Oiles Corporation

Oiles Industry Co., Ltd.

Oiless Industry Co., Ltd.

Hiroto Kamimura

Shuichi Kubota

Masaru Iwakura

Masamitsu Kojima

Eiji Satoh

Mararu Iwakura

Hiroshi Suda

Yasunori Nishi

A thrust bearing for use with an automobile thrust-strut type suspension comprises a lower casing made of resin, an upper casing made of resin, and a bearing piece made of resin. The bearing piece is disposed rotatably within the upper and lower casings upon snap-fitting a hook portion of an annular suspended portion of the upper casing with an engaging portion of an annular protruded portion of the lower casing. The thrust bearing is so adapted that two annular inner labyrinth portions and two annular outer labyrinth portions are respectively formed at inner and outer peripheral portions of the thrust bearing to thereby prevent sufficiently dust from intruding into a sliding surface of the bearing piece.

Thrust bearing made of synthetic resin

A thrust bearing made of synthetic resin assembled into a strut-thrust type suspension for use in four wheel cars, comprising a casing made of synthetic resin and a bearing body made of synthetic resin, the bearing body being fitted rotatably to the casing by snap-fitting a hook portion of a suspended portion with an engaging portion of a protruded portion, the suspended portion being formed integrally with an outer circumferential edge of the casing, the protruded portion being formed integrally with an outer circumferential edge of the bearing body.

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

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Fujisawa, Japan

Hiroto Kamimura