Solid lubricating rolling bearing
AssigneeNsk Ltd.
InventorsNorifumi Ikeda, Shin Nizeki
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Abstract
A spacer type solid lubricating bearing disposing a spacer comprising a solid lubricating material, for example, graphite between each of rolling elements is proposed. A solid lubricating rolling bearing is provided with an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling elements, spacers of a material containing a solid lubricant comprising a selected material, and a cage with a pocket for accommodating at least one spacer and one rolling element as a unit.
Claims7
A solid lubricating rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling elements, spacers of material containing a solid lubricant, and a cage with pockets, each of said pockets accommodating at least one of said spacers and at least one of the rolling elements which contacts the at least one spacer as a unit,
- wherein each of the spacers has a cylindrical shape, and the number of the spacers disposed in a circumferential direction is equal to or less than the number of the rolling elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.