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Tapered roller bearing, tapered roller bearing apparatus, and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing apparatus

US7871201B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2006
Grant dateJan 18, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19693
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a tapered roller bearing, LWR/DW is in the range of 1.1 to 1.7 where LWR represents a roller effective length of tapered rollers and DW represents a roller mean diameter of tapered rollers. RCO/LRO is 30 to 150, and RCI/LRI is 50 to 260 where RCO represents a crowning radius of an outer ring, LRO represents a raceway length of the outer ring, RCI represents a crowning radius of an inner ring and LRI represents a raceway length of the inner ring. The following expressions are satisfied: 20°≦α≦30°, and α−0.87γ−0.334≦BK≦α−0.87γ−0.167, where α represents a raceway angle of the outer ring, γ represents a roller angle of the tapered rollers, and BK represents a rib angle of a large rib portion of the inner ring.

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