# US 8,998,497 B2 · Thrust sliding bearing and combination mechanism of the thrust sliding bearing and piston rod with coil spring

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- Number: US 8,998,497 B2
- Document ID: US8998497B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/016,498
- Filed: 2013-09-03
- Published: 2014-01-02
- Granted: 2015-04-07
- Earliest claimed: 2007-03-20
- Assignees: Oiles Corporation
- Applicants: Oiles Corporation
- Inventors: Ryohei Kaneko
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8998497B2

## CPC

- F16C 17/04: for axial load only
- B60G 15/06: and fluid damper
- B60G 15/068: {specially adapted for MacPherson strut-type suspension}
- F16C 17/08: for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member, e.g. footstep bearings
- F16C 17/10: for both radial and axial load
- F16C 17/26: Systems consisting of a plurality of sliding-contact bearings
- F16C 33/20: Sliding surface consisting mainly of plastics (F16C33/22 - F16C33/28 take precedence)
- B60G 2202/312: The spring being a wound spring
- B60G 2204/124: Mounting of coil springs
- B60G 2204/128: Damper mount on vehicle body or chassis
- B60G 2204/41: Elastic mounts, e.g. bushings
- B60G 2204/418: Bearings, e.g. ball or roller bearings
- B60G 2206/013: with embedded inserts for material reinforcement
- B60G 2206/7104: Thermoplastics
- B60G 2206/722: Plates
- B60G 2206/73: Rubber; Elastomers
- B60G 2206/8205: by conical or compressed rubber clamping inserts as joining means
- F16C 2208/04: Glass fibres
- F16C 2208/60: Polyamides [PA]
- F16C 2208/66: Acetals, e.g. polyoxymethylene [POM]
- F16C 2208/70: Polyesters, e.g. polyethylene-terephthlate [PET], polybutylene-terephthlate [PBT]
- F16C 2208/76: Polyolefins, e.g. polyproylene [PP]
- F16C 2326/05: Vehicle suspensions, e.g. bearings, pivots or connecting rods used therein
- F16C 2361/53: Spring-damper, e.g. gas springs
- F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00})

## Abstract

A thrust sliding bearing includes an synthetic resin-made annular bearing body having an annular upper surface, an annular outer peripheral surface, and an annular lower surface; a synthetic resin-made annular bearing body having an annular lower surface; a sheet metal-made reinforcement member having an annular lower surface and an annular upper surface; a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece interposed between the annular upper surface of the reinforcement member and the annular lower surface of the bearing body; and a synthetic resin-made radial sliding bearing piece disposed between an annular inner peripheral surface of a hollow cylindrical portion of the reinforcement member and an annular outer peripheral surface of a hollow cylindrical portion of the bearing body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A thrust sliding bearing comprising: a synthetic resin-made annular first bearing body having an annular upper surface and an annular lower surface; a synthetic resin-made annular second bearing body which is superposed on said first bearing body so as to be relatively rotatable about an axis of said first bearing body and has an annular lower surface opposed to the annular upper surface of said first bearing body; a sheet metal-made reinforcement member having an annular lower surface and an annular upper surface opposed to the annular lower surface of said second bearing body; and thrust sliding bearing means interposed between the annular upper surface of said reinforcement member and the annular lower surface of said second bearing body,
wherein said first bearing body is adapted to receive at the annular lower surface thereof one end of a coil spring, and
wherein said reinforcement member includes an annular plate portion having the annular lower surface of said reinforcement member and the annular upper surface of said reinforcement member, and a hollow cylindrical portion extending integrally from an inner peripheral edge of the annular plate portion in an axial direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The thrust sliding bearing according to claim 1, wherein said first bearing body has an annular lower bearing main body having the annular upper surface of said first bearing body and an annular inner peripheral surface extending from an inner peripheral edge of the annular upper surface of said first bearing body and extending in the axial direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The thrust sliding bearing according to claim 2, wherein said hollow cylindrical portion has an annular outer peripheral surface which is in contact with the annular inner peripheral surface of the annular lower bearing main body of said first bearing body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The thrust sliding bearing according to claim 3, wherein said second bearing body includes an upper bearing main body having the annular lower surface of said second bearing body and a hollow cylindrical portion extending integrally from an inner peripheral edge of the upper bearing main body in the axial direction and having an annular outer peripheral surface opposed to an annular inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical portion of said reinforcement member; and radial sliding bearing means is disposed between the annular inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical portion of said reinforcement member and the annular outer peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical portion of said second bearing body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A combination mechanism of a thrust sliding bearing and a piston rod with a coil spring, comprising: the thrust sliding bearing according to claim 1; and said piston rod and said coil spring of a shock absorber in a strut-type suspension, wherein said piston rod is fixed at an upper end portion to a mounting plate of a mounting mechanism for mounting to a vehicle body, one end of said coil spring is in contact with the annular lower surface of said first bearing body, and said second bearing body has an annular upper surface in contact with a lower surface of a mounting plate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The combination mechanism of the thrust sliding bearing and the piston rod with the coil spring according to claim 5 for use in a strut-type suspension in a four-wheeled vehicle.