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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Kuwana, JP;
Chikara Ohki, Kuwana, JP;
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A bearing component composed of steel which contains carbon not less than 0.95 mass % and not more than 1.1 mass %, silicon less than 0.3 mass %, manganese less than 0.5 mass %, sulfur less than 0.008 mass %, and chromium not less than 1.4 mass % and less than 1.6 mass % and is composed of remainder iron and an impurity and having a carbonitrided layer formed at a surface portion including a contact surface which is a surface in contact with other components is provided. An average concentration of nitrogen in the surface portion is not lower than 0.3 mass % and not higher than 0.6 mass % and variation in nitrogen concentration in the surface portion is not higher than 0.1 mass %.