A major seating manufacturer that supplies products to one of the world’s best selling minivans needed a unique bearing to fit into a folding seat assembly that allows the second and third-row seats to be folded flat into the floor in less than 30 seconds. The manufacturer’s engineers realized early on that an off-the-shelf bearing would not work for such a custom application. In addition to requiring a special mechanism to attach the assembly to the seats, the bearing material needed to accommodate tremendous loads, high stress and excessive torque. Read Article