Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thrust washer
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Application No.: US17624109Application Date: 2021-08-24
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Publication No.: US11460073B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Hideyoshi Noguchi , Yasuyuki Yokoyama
- Applicant: TPR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TPR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TPR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2020-181259 20201029
- International Application: PCT/JP2021/030962 WO 20210824
- International Announcement: WO2022/091538 WO 20220505
- Main IPC: F16C33/10
- IPC: F16C33/10 ; F16C17/04

Abstract:
Oil grooves (40) formed in at least one of surfaces of a ring-shaped member (30) each have a longitudinal direction that forms an angle falling within a range of from 40 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to a radial direction of the ring-shaped member, and are arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped member (30). The oil grooves (40) include communicating oil grooves (40A) and non-communicating oil grooves (40B) formed to extend to the vicinity of an outer peripheral end (34), and are arranged with periodic regularity in the circumferential direction of the ring-shaped member (30). In addition, a communicating oil groove area ratio expressed by Expression: “S1/(S1+S2)” falls within a range of from 0.15 to 0.85, where S1 represents a sum of plane areas of the communicating oil grooves (40A), S2 represents a sum of the non-communicating oil grooves (40B).
Public/Granted literature
- US20220213928A1 THRUST WASHER Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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