Thrust roller bearing
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorRino Fukami
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Abstract
A thrust roller bearing (21) comprises a plurality of rollers (23) and an annular retainer (11) having a plurality of pockets (14) for containing the rollers (23), not bent in a thickness direction and guided by the rollers. Each of first and second roller retaining parts (17a) and (17b) for retaining the roller (23) includes an arc-shaped curved line projecting toward the pocket in a cross section provided by cutting the retainer (11) by a plane containing the first and second roller retaining parts (17a) and (17b) and perpendicular to a center axis (30) of the roller (23).
Claims9
A thrust roller bearing comprising a plurality of rollers and an annular retainer having a plurality of pockets for containing said rollers, not bent in a thickness direction and guided by the rollers, wherein
- a roller retaining part retaining said roller includes a curved line projecting toward said pocket in a cross section provided by cutting said retainer by a plane containing said roller retaining part and perpendicular to a center axis of said roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.