Musashi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Oiles Industries Co., Ltd.

Oiless Industry Co., Ltd.

Eiji Satoh

Masamitsu Kojima

Akira Nemoto

Kenji Yamada

Hiroto Kamimura

Masayuki Kohama

Yasunori Nishi

Kunihiko Yokoya

Mararu Iwakura

A thrust ball bearing unit has a pair of ringed cylindrical upper and lower casings, each casing being made of synthetic resin, a pair of upper and lower races, and a buffer interposed between the upper casing and the upper race or between the lower race and the lower casing. Alternatively, two buffers are interposed between the upper casing and the upper race and between the lower race and the lower casing respectively. The upper and lower casings have peripheral sealing portions which are in a labyrinth or contact seal relationship with each other.

Thrust ball bearing unit

The ball joint for the suspension system of automobiles, in which as a load-supporting seat, a multi-layer material provided with the synthetic resin layer having self-lubricating ability and abrasion resistance is used on the surface of the back metal, while as an opposite seat to a ball stud, synthetic resin having self-lubricating ability and wear resistance is used, and constituted so as to keep securely load support applied on the ball head by both seats.

Ball joint and a method for manufacturing the ball joint

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Fujisawa, Japan

Eiji Satoh