Method for fabricating an elastomeric bearing assembly

摘要

A method of making a novel bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft, having a housing with a central bore in which is mounted a shell with a polygonal shaped opening which receives a plurality of circumferential spaced staves presenting a plurality of flat planar surface that tangentially contact a drive shaft. The staves have a outer layer made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene material and an inner layer made of an elastomeric material. The outer layer is received by or may have a projection that is received by a corresponding recess in the shell which is made from a fiberglass material impregnated with an epoxy-resin.