Method for producing a housing for a fluid bearing apparatus

A method for producing a housing for a fluid lubrication bearing apparatus which has a cylindrical shape whose inner periphery having a fixing face to which an outer circumferential surface of a bearing sleeve is to be fixed, the method comprising:

• providing a forging mold having a groove molding portion extending parallel to a direction of a stroke of said mold and a face molding portion having a convex cylindrical shape on an outer periphery of the forging mold for forming the fixing face of the housing, and
• forming the housing with the forging mold, while forging circulation grooves and the fixing face simultaneously on the inner periphery of the housing with the groove molding portion and the face molding portion of the forging mold,
• wherein the face molding portion directly contacts the fixing face of the housing during the formation of the housing.