# US 11,078,955 B2 · Tapered roller bearing

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- Number: US 11,078,955 B2
- Document ID: US11078955B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/089,506
- Filed: 2017-03-23
- Published: 2020-09-24
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-01
- Assignees: Ntn Corporation
- Applicants: Ntn Corporation
- Inventors: Tomoki Matsushita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078955B2

## CPC

- F16C 19/364: {with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone}
- F16C 33/366: {Tapered rollers, i.e. rollers generally shaped as truncated cones}
- F16C 33/581: {integral with other parts, e.g. with housings or machine elements such as shafts or gear wheels}
- F16C 2240/50: Crowning, e.g. crowning height or crowning radius
- F16C 2240/54: Surface roughness
- F16C 2240/70: Diameters; Radii
- F16C 2361/00: Apparatus or articles in engineering in general
- F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS

## Abstract

Provided is a tapered roller bearing (1, 1′, 21) which is to be used for a pilot portion and an idler portion of a synchronous mesh-type transmission in which a component corresponding to a bearing outer ring (3, 23) is formed of a gear (34, 43), wherein a ratio L/Dw of a roller length (L) of a tapered roller (4) serving as a rolling element to a roller diameter (Dw) is set to 1.7 or more, wherein a rolling surface (6) of the tapered roller (4) includes a straight portion (6a) in a center portion of the rolling surface (6) in an axial direction and crowning portions (6b, 6c) extending from the straight portion (6a) to both end portions, and wherein the crowning portions (6b, 6c) are each formed of logarithmic crowning.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tapered roller bearing which is to be used for a pilot portion and an idler portion of a synchronous mesh-type transmission in which a component corresponding to a bearing outer ring is formed of a gear, the tapered roller bearing comprising a tapered roller,
wherein a ratio L/Dw of a length (L) of the tapered roller serving as a rolling element to a roller diameter (Dw) of the tapered roller is set to 1.7 or more,
wherein a rolling surface of the tapered roller comprises a straight portion in a center portion of the rolling surface in an axial direction and crowning portions extending from the straight portion to both end portions,
wherein the crowning portions are each formed of logarithmic crowning, and
wherein a ratio Dr/Dw of a drop amount (Dr) of one of the crowning portions of the rolling surface to the roller diameter (Dw) falls within a range of from 0.003 to 0.03.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tapered roller bearing according to claim 1, wherein a width of the straight portion falls within a range of from 50% to 85% of an effective rolling surface width of the tapered roller.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The tapered roller bearing according to claim 1, wherein a roller filling ratio of the tapered roller bearing is 90% or more.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tapered roller bearing according to claim 1,
wherein an effective raceway surface width of an inner ring of the tapered roller bearing is larger than an effective rolling surface width of the tapered roller, and
wherein a raceway surface of the inner ring comprises a grind-finished surface having a roughness within a range of from 0.1 μRa to 0.4 μRa.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tapered roller bearing according to claim 1, wherein a gap formed between a small flange surface of an inner ring of the tapered roller bearing and a small end surface of the tapered roller of the tapered roller bearing is 0.3 mm or less.