Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealed bearing assembly
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Application No.: US15556165Application Date: 2016-03-08
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Publication No.: US10190637B2Publication Date: 2019-01-29
- Inventor: Kazunori Inamasu , Yugo Yoshimura , Takahiro Wakuda , Katsuaki Sasaki
- Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-045800 20150309; JP2016-038993 20160301; JP2016-044050 20160308
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/057176 WO 20160308
- International Announcement: WO2016/143786 WO 20160915
- Main IPC: F16C33/78
- IPC: F16C33/78 ; F16C19/06 ; F16J15/34 ; F16C33/72

Abstract:
A sealed bearing assembly includes seal members each including a seal lip with multiple protrusions, and being arranged such that oil passages are defined between the seal lip and a seal sliding surface which is configured to slide circumferentially relative to the protrusions such that the oil passages communicate with a bearing internal space and an exterior of the bearing, and prevent passage of foreign objects having particle diameters larger than a predetermined value therethrough. The seal lip and the seal sliding surface are arranged such that, when the bearing rotates, lubricating oil in the oil passages is pulled into spaces between the seal lip and the seal sliding surface such that a fluid lubricating condition is created between the seal lip and the seal sliding surface, due to a wedge effect.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180045247A1 SEALED BEARING ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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