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US 12,590,607 B2Granted
Bearing
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorsMasaki Kato, Mitsuhiko Yoshikawa
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Abstract
A bearing includes a plurality of claws located in a circumferential direction at an end face of an inner ring and protruding from the end face of an inner ring in an axial direction. A lock mechanism can be used to fasten the claws to a shaft. At least one of the plurality of claws has an opening provided therein.
Claims8
A bearing comprising:
- an inner ring made from bearing steel;
- an outer ring made from bearing steel;
- a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring;
- and
- a plurality of claws located in a circumferential direction at an end face of the inner ring and protruding from the end face of the inner ring in an axial direction, at least one of the plurality of claws having an opening provided therein,
- wherein the plurality of claws are indivisibly and integrally formed in the inner ring.
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A bearing device comprising:
- an inner ring made from bearing steel;
- an outer ring made from bearing steel and arranged outwards of the inner ring;
- a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring;
- a shaft which is fittedly coupled to an inner diameter surface of the inner ring;
- a plurality of claws located in a circumferential direction at an end face of the inner ring and protruding from the end face of the inner ring in an axial direction, at least one of the plurality of claws having an opening provided therein;
- and
- a lock mechanism which fastens the plurality of claws to the shaft,
- wherein the plurality of claws are indivisibly and integrally formed in the inner ring.
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A bearing comprising:
- an inner ring;
- an outer ring;
- a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring;
- and
- a plurality of claws located in a circumferential direction at an end face of the inner ring and protruding from the end face of the inner ring in an axial direction, at least one of the plurality of claws having an opening provided therein, the opening being a through hole having a round shape and extending through a respective one of the plurality of claws in a radial direction of the bearing,
- wherein each of the plurality of claws has a thickness smaller than a maximum thickness of the inner ring, as measured in the radial direction, and
- each of the plurality of claws defines an inner diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the inner ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.