Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Masaru Kondo

Yukiyasu Taguchi

Masao Takahashi

Kenji Watanabe

Takashi Tomikawa

Katsuhiro Ashihara

Yasuaki Goto

Yukitaka Muramoto

A sliding bearingis composed of a pair of halved bearingsand is provided with crush reliefsE,E in positions adjoining abutment surfacesB,B of these halved bearings. Chamfered portionsD,D are formed in inward edge portions of the above-described abutment surfacesB,B, and a dust pocketis formed on the middle side of the chamfered portionsD,D. The relative angle &#x3b1; formed by the above-described crush reliefsE,E with sliding surfacesin positions adjoining the crush reliefsE,E is set at 0.69&#xb0; or more.

Sliding bearing

A sliding bearingis formed cylindrically of a pair of half bearingsand. A dust pocketformed of a recess part is formed in the inner peripheral edges of joining surfacesA andA of the half bearingsand, and foreign-substance discharge groovesand' are formed in a sliding surfacecontinuing from the dust pocket

A sliding bearingis formed into a cylindrical shape by placing abutting surfacesA andA of a pair of half-bearingsandso as to abut against each other. Two foreign substance discharging groovesand' inclined with respect to an axial direction of the sliding bearingare formed on a sliding surfaceadjacent to an inner circumferential edgeof the abutting surfacesA andA. When a lubricant is supplied to the sliding surface, a foreign substancemixed in the lubricant is trapped by foreign substance discharging groovesand&#x2032; and then discharged out of the sliding bearingfrom endsA andB (A&#x2032; andB&#x2032;) open to end facesand

In a bearing device, annular recessesandthat house a thrust bearingare formed in side surfaces of a housingand a cap, a rotation preventing protrusionis provided in an outer periphery of a lower side half-split thrust bearingin the thrust bearing, and a rotation preventing grooveinto which the rotation preventing protrusionfits is formed in the annular recessformed in the cap

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