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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Neishi, Muroran, JP;
Takahisa Suzuki, Muroran, JP;
Tatsuya Koyama, Nishio, JP;
Shingo Yamasaki, Kimitsu, JP;
Kohei Kanetani, Kashiwara, JP;
Takashi Sada, Kashiwara, JP;
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a steel for carbonitrided bearing which excels in hardenability and also excels in toughness, wear resistance, and surface-originated flaking life after quenching and tempering. A steel for carbonitrided bearing of the present embodiment has a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.22 to 0.45%, Si: not more than 0.50%, Mn: 0.40 to 1.50%, P: not more than 0.015%, S: not more than 0.005%, Cr: 0.30 to 2.0%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.35%, V: 0.20 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: not more than 0.030%, and O: not more than 0.0015%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2).1.20<0.4Cr+0.4Mo+4.5V<2.60  (1)2.7C+0.4Si+Mn+0.8Cr+Mo+V>2.20  (2)