Oiles Corporation

Giles Corporation

Kouichi Morishige

Ryohei Kaneko

Takashi Horiguchi

Tsuyoshi Nagashima

Keisuke Imagawa

Tomohiro Yamada

Yoshikazu Sakairi

Yuta Ishii

Mirai Shida

Yoshiteru Igarashi

Katsunori Saito

Tadashi Watai

Toshihiko Sekine

Wataru Nishioka

Kohei Takahashi

A slide bearing is made of synthetic resin and has an upper case, a lower case combined with the upper case, and an annular center plate placed between the upper case and the lower case so as to allow relative rotation between the upper case and the lower case. The center plate is integrally formed with the lower case. A joining surface of the lower case that joins to the center plate has a grip part, and the joining surface of the center plate has a grasp on the grip part.

Slide bearing and method for manufacturing same

A thrust sliding bearing in which a dust cover that covers a piston rod of a strut type suspension can be securely and easily assembled to a lower case that is arranged under an upper case, and to provide the thrust sliding bearing whose mold structure for molding the lower case can be simple. In a thrust sliding bearing, a lower case, which rotatably slides around an axial center of an upper case, includes a plurality of upper tongues for engaging with at least a case-side protrusion of the upper case and a plurality of lower tongues for engaging with at least a cover-side protrusion of a dust cover, and the upper tongues and the lower tongues of the lower case protrude in the direction toward the axial center from an inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical portion provided in the lower case so as not to overlap each other in the direction of the axial center.

Thrust sliding bearing

Provided is a slide bearing capable of retaining strength while achieving weight reduction and cost-cutting. The slide bearing has an upper case () to be attached to an upper support for attaching a suspension to a vehicle body, a lower case () rotatably combined with the upper case (), an annular center plate () located between the upper case () and the lower case (), and an annular sliding sheet () located between the upper case () and the center plate (). The lower case () has a lower case body () in a substantial cylindrical shape, a flange part () projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the lower case body (), and hollow sections () formed on an outer peripheral surface of the flange part (). A plurality of the hollow sections () are formed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the flange part ().

Slide bearing

Provided is a slide bearing capable of sustaining sliding performance over long period. A slide bearing has an upper case () configured to be attached to an upper support for attachment of a suspension to a vehicle body, a lower case () rotatably combined with the upper case () to form an annular space (); and an annular center plate () and an annular sliding sheet () both placed within the annular space (). The center plate () includes a bearing surface () slidable with the sliding sheet () and an annular groove () formed on the bearing surface () so as to hold lubricant. The annular groove () has an inner circumferential surface () inclining down from the opening section toward the groove bottom section as it goes outwardly in the radial direction and an outer circumferential surface () inclining down from the opening section toward the groove bottom section as it goes inwardly in the radial direction. A line P of intersection between the inner circumferential surface () and the outer circumferential surface () is located closer to the bearing surface () than to a back face () of the center plate ().

Provided is a sliding bearing capable of reducing the number of components and reducing costs. This sliding bearing () is provided with; an upper case (); a lower case () combined with the upper case (); and an annular dust seal-integrated center plate () that has a dust seal part () for covering a gap between the upper case () and the lower case (), is disposed between the upper case () and the lower case (), and enables relative rotation between the upper case () and the lower case (). The dust seal-integrated center plate () is integrally formed with the lower case ().

Sliding bearing

A slide bearing () is provided with an upper case () attached to an upper support for attaching a strut assembly to a vehicle body, a lower case () which is rotatably combined with the upper case () and which forms an annular space (), and an annular center plate () and sliding sheet () disposed in the annular space (). The upper case () has a load-transmitting surface () constituting part of an upper surface of the annular space (), the center plate () is provided with an annular recess () filled with a lubricant, and the center plate () has a bearing surface () for supporting loads exerted on the load-transmitting surface (). The sliding sheet (), which is disposed between the load-transmitting surface () and the bearing surface (), has a sliding surface () that slides against the bearing surface (). The sliding sheet () is formed of a thermoplastic plastic, and the center plate () is formed from a thermoplastic elastomer having a lower modulus of elasticity than the thermoplastic plastic.

Provided is a sliding bearing wherein radial play is prevented. A sliding bearing () comprises: an upper case () mounted to an upper support for mounting the strut assembly of a strut-type suspension to a vehicle body; a lower case () which is mounted to an upper spring seat for supporting the upper end of the coil spring of the strut-type suspension, is combined with the upper case () so that the upper case () and the lower case () can pivot relative to each other, and forms an annular space () between the upper case () and the lower case (); and an annular center plate () disposed in the annular space () and enabling the upper case () and the lower case () to pivot relative to each other. The center plate () has a circular conical surface-shaped bearing surface (). The upper case () has a circular conical surface-shaped load transmission surface () sliding on the bearing surface () of the center plate ().

Provided is a thrust sliding bearing which, while allowing a shaft member to smoothly rotate, can support for a long period of time a thrust load acting on the shaft member. A thrust sliding bearing comprises: an upper case () mounted to an upper support for mounting a strut-type suspension to a vehicle body; a lower case () mounted to an upper spring seat for supporting the upper end of the coil spring of the strut-type suspension, the lower case () being combined with the upper case () to form an annular space (); and an annular center plate () disposed in the annular space () and enables the relative rotation between the upper case () and the lower case (). The annular space () is filled with lubricating grease. The center plate () comprises: a bearing surface () in slidable contact with the surface () to be supported of the upper case (); and annular protrusions () provided at the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge of the bearing surface () so as to extend in the circumferential direction of the center plate ().

A thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made bearing body having a hollow cylindrical portion, an annular collar portion, an annular protruding portion, a tubular projecting portion, an engaging projecting portion, and an annular projecting portion; an annular cover having a disk portion, a tubular portion, and an engaging projecting portion; an annular metal plate having an outer disk portion and an inner disk portion; and a thrust sliding bearing which is interposed between the bearing body and an annular lower surface of the outer disk portion of the annular metal plate and renders the annular metal plate rotatable with respect to the bearing body in a direction about an axis of the bearing body.

Thrust sliding bearing and combination mechanism of the thrust sliding bearing and a piston rod

A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; and a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece disposed in a space between the upper casing and the lower casing.

Synthetic resin-made sliding bearing

A thrust sliding bearingincludes a synthetic resin-made lower casing, a synthetic resin-made upper casingsuperposed on the lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing pieceinterposed between said upper casingand the lower casing

Thrust sliding bearing and mounting structure of a strut-type suspension using the thrust sliding bearing

A thrust sliding bearing includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece disposed in an annular space between the upper casing and the lower casing; and a synthetic resin-made seal member for sealing respective other end portions, communicating with the outside, of a first gap on an inner peripheral side and a second gap on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction between the upper casing and the lower casing, the first gap and the second gap respectively communicating with the annular space at their one annular end portions.

A sliding bearingincludes: a synthetic resin-made upper casingwhich is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casingwhich is superposed on the upper casingand on which a spring bearing surface for a suspension coil spring is formed; a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piecedisposed in an annular spacebetween the upper casingand the lower casing; and an annular inner seal memberand an annular outer seal member, both made of a synthetic resin, for respectively sealing an annular gapon an inner peripheral side in a radial direction X and an annular gapon an outer peripheral side in the radial direction X between the upper casingand the lower casing, the annular gapand the annular gapallowing the annular spaceto communicate with the outside.

A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing, a synthetic resin-made lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece interposed between the upper casing and the lower casing.

Synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing

A thrust sliding bearingincludes a synthetic resin-made upper casing, a synthetic resin-made lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing pieceinterposed between the upper and lower casingsand, and the thrust sliding bearing piecehas inner recessed portionsand outer recessed portionswhich are formed on its upper surfacein two rows including an inner row and an outer row and a lubricating oil filled in each of these inner recessed portionsand outer recessed portions, the inner recessed portionsand the outer recessed portionsbeing arranged with a phase difference of an angle &#x3b8;1=6&#xb0;.

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Kouichi Morishige