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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kotaro Yamashita, Kashiwara, JP;
Yoshihito Nakashima, Kariya, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thrust roller bearing includes rollers, a cage that holds the rollers in a manner that allows the rollers to roll, and a washer including a raceway surface on which the rollers roll. The washer includes a raceway portion that has the raceway surface and is disposed on a first axial side of the cage, and hook portions that extend toward a second axial side. Each of the hook portions includes a first projecting portion that extends toward the second axial side from the raceway portion, a second projecting portion that extends radially toward the rollers and toward the second axial side from an end portion of the first projecting portion on the second axial side, and a third projecting portion that further projects radially toward the rollers from an end portion of the second projecting portion on a side opposite to the first projecting portion.