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US 12,449,002 B2Granted
Tapered roller bearing
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorYouzou Taniguchi
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Abstract
A recess is provided in the large-diameter annular portion of a cage of a tapered roller bearing. A first clearance between the large-diameter annular portion and the outer ring is smaller than a second clearance between the small-diameter annular portion and the outer ring. The large-diameter annular portion includes, in its outer periphery, a tilted surface whose diameter increases toward the other side in an axial direction. The tilted surface faces an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring.
Claims4
A tapered roller bearing comprising:
- an outer ring including an outer ring raceway surface whose diameter increases from one side in an axial direction toward another side in the axial direction;
- an inner ring including an inner ring raceway surface whose diameter increases from the one side in the axial direction toward the other side in the axial direction;
- a plurality of tapered rollers each including a large end face on the other side in the axial direction;
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- an annular cage that holds the plurality of tapered rollers, wherein
- the cage includes
- a small-diameter annular portion located on the one side in the axial direction of the tapered rollers,
- a large-diameter annular portion located on the other side in the axial direction of the tapered rollers, and
- a plurality of bars connecting the small-diameter annular portion and the large-diameter annular portion,
- the inner ring includes a large rib that slidingly contacts the large end face,
- a recess that is open toward the large end face is provided in the large-diameter annular portion,
- a first clearance between the large-diameter annular portion and the outer ring is smaller than a second clearance between the small-diameter annular portion and the outer ring,
- the large-diameter annular portion includes, in an outer periphery of the large-diameter annular portion, a tilted surface whose diameter increases toward the other side in the axial direction,
- the tilted surface includes an opposing surface portion that is located on the one side in the axial direction with respect to an imaginary plane extending along a side surface on the other side in the axial direction of the outer ring, and that faces an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring,
- the bar includes, on a radially outer side of the bar,
- a first outer surface that increases a distance to the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring toward the other side in the axial direction,
- a second outer surface that is continuous with the first outer surface and continuous with an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter annular portion, and
- a wall surface extending from an end on the other side in the axial direction of the first outer surface toward the outer ring,
- the bar includes, on the radially outer side of the bar,
- an extended surface that is continuous with the wall surface via a bent portion and continuous with the tilted surface of the large-diameter annular portion without via a bent portion, and
- a distance from the extended surface of the bar and the tilted surface of the large-diameter annular portion to the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring is smaller than a distance from the second outer surface to the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring.
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