Preload inspection method and assembly method for bearing device for vehicle wheel

    公开(公告)号:US11959519B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17434793

    申请日:2020-02-28

    申请人: NTN Corporation

    摘要: A preload inspection method for a bearing device for a vehicle wheel comprises: a first bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a first bearing preload value; a first rotating torque measurement step for measuring a first rotating torque; a caulking step for swaging the small-diameter stepped part to the inner ring; a second bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a second bearing preload value; a second rotational torque measurement step for measuring a second rotational torque; a third bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a third bearing preload value by adding, to the first bearing preload value, a preload change amount based on a differential torque between the first rotating torque and the second rotating torque; and a determination step for determining the suitability of the preload from the second bearing preload value and the third bearing preload value.

    ROLLING BEARING
    14.
    发明公开
    ROLLING BEARING 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240052887A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18268242

    申请日:2021-12-22

    IPC分类号: F16C33/62 F16C19/06

    CPC分类号: F16C33/62 F16C19/06

    摘要: To provide a rolling bearing having superior handling property and creep resistance. A rolling bearing 1 includes an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 3 that are raceway rings, and a plurality of balls 4 interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The outer ring 3 is fitted to a housing 10. The rolling bearing 1 includes a surface coating film 8 on an outer ring outer diametrical surface 3a that is a fitting surface with the housing 10. The surface coating film 8 contains: a binder containing two or more kinds of thermosetting resins having different average molecular weights; and a solid lubricant. The solid lubricant contains molybdenum disulfide, polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and graphite.

    BEARING PART AND ROLLING BEARING
    15.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240035515A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18025379

    申请日:2021-09-16

    申请人: NTN Corporation

    摘要: A bearing part (10) is composed of a steel, and has a quench-hardened layer (11) in a surface of the bearing part. The quench-hardened layer includes a plurality of martensite crystal grains. The plurality of martensite crystal grains are classified into a first group and a second group. A minimum value of crystal grain sizes of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group is larger than a maximum value of crystal grain sizes of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the second group. A value obtained by dividing a total area of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group by the total area of the plurality of martensite crystal grains is more than or equal to 0.3. A value obtained by dividing, by the total area of the plurality of martensite crystal grains, a total area of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group except for a martensite crystal grain that has a minimum crystal grain size and that belongs to the first group is less than 0.3. An average grain size of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group is less than or equal to 1.5 μm. The quench-hardened layer (11) further includes a plurality of cementite grains. A number density of cementite grains each having a grain size of more than or equal to 1 μm is more than or equal to 0.025/μm2.

    STATE MONITORING SYSTEM
    16.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418275A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18243685

    申请日:2023-09-08

    申请人: NTN CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: G05B23/02 G16Y40/20 G16Y40/10

    摘要: The condition monitoring system is for monitoring the conditions of a piece of equipment and includes: a sensor configured to be installed to the piece of equipment; a data instrumentation unit configured to receive a sensing signal from the sensor to acquire instrumentation data from the sensing signal under a predefined instrumentation condition; and a data diagnosis unit configured to receive the instrumentation data from the data instrumentation unit and use the instrumentation data to perform a diagnosis process to diagnose the conditions of the piece of equipment. The data diagnosis unit includes an edge application and an industrial IoT platform. The edge application includes a data collection and analysis module, and the data collection and analysis module is configured to calculate a feature for the instrumentation data from the data instrumentation unit and broadcast the feature to the industrial IoT platform.

    Tapered roller bearing
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11841051B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17616474

    申请日:2020-06-05

    申请人: NTN Corporation

    IPC分类号: F16C33/66 F16C19/36 F16C33/46

    摘要: In a tapered roller bearing, a large-diameter-side annular portion includes large-diameter-side pocket surfaces opposed to large end surfaces of respective tapered rollers; and oil retaining recesses each having an opening spanning an inner peripheral surface of the large-diameter-side annular portion and each of the large-diameter-side pocket surfaces. Each of the oil retaining recesses has an inner surface having a radially inwardly facing surface portion which is an inclined surface that is radially inwardly inclined toward the corresponding tapered roller.

    STEERING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230356777A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18223143

    申请日:2023-07-18

    申请人: NTN CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B62D7/18 B62D15/02

    CPC分类号: B62D7/18 B62D15/023

    摘要: Provided is a steering system which includes a hub unit with a steering function and a control device. A steering actuator includes a motor and a linear drive mechanism configured to convert a rotational output from the motor to a linear motion. An angle sensor is configured to sense a rotational angle of the motor and capable of generating two or more angle sensor values. A position sensor is configured to sense a position of the linear drive mechanism which represents an amount of displacement of an output rod and capable of outputting the same in the form of a position sensor value. The control device is configured to compare each of the angle sensor values sensed and generated by the angle sensor against the position sensor value sensed by and output from the position sensor to determine whether any one of the angle sensor values is incorrect.