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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tsukasa Sakazaki, Kizugawa, JP;
Yoshimichi Higashiyama, Kashihara, JP;
Masami Naka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rolling bearing device includes: a bearing portion that has an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and a cage that holds the plurality of balls; and an oil supply unit that supplies lubricating oil to the bearing portion. The oil supply unit has: a pump that discharges the lubricating oil through drive of a piezo element; a voltage boost portion that boosts a voltage to be applied to the piezo element; and a control portion that causes the pump to operate while varying a voltage boost time included in a period since the start of voltage boost by the voltage boost portion until the start of the drive of the piezo element.