Patent 7849783 was granted and assigned to GGB on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a bearing for a piston engine has a bearing made of a plastic material and having a substantially planar base and a substantially hemispherical portion. The base is configured to engage with a swash plate, and the hemispherical portion is configured to engage with a piston.