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US 2018/0023619 A1Published application
Thrust sliding bearing
AssigneeTaiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsShogo TAKAGI, Satoru KANBARA
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Abstract
A crank washer may be provided for supporting a load exerted in the thrust direction of a crankshaft, wherein an oil groove is radially formed in a thrust receiving surface, a first resin sheet, a second resin sheet, and a third resin sheet are laminated in a tapered land region TP partitioned by the oil groove, and the widths of the laminated first resin sheet, second resin sheet, and third sheet in the circumferential direction gradually decrease in the direction toward the top layer.
Claims4
A thrust sliding bearing for supporting a load applied in a thrust direction of a rotating shaft, wherein
- a thrust receiving surface is provided with radial oil grooves,
- a resin portion is formed by laminating a plurality of resin sheets in an area defined by the oil grooves of the thrust receiving surface,
- circumferential widths of the plurality of resin sheets increase upwardly from a bottom resin sheet, and
- a circumferential width of the resin portion decreases upwardly.
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