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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2021
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Yasuaki Goto, Aichi, JP;
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sliding bearing that is disposed in a cylinder block and supports a journal portion of a crankshaft, including: a semi-annular first split bearing having a first circumferential end surface; and a semi-annular second split bearing having a second circumferential end surface. The first and second circumferential end surfaces contact each other, the first split bearing has a same outer diameter as an outer diameter of the second split bearing, the second split bearing has a thickness at a second circumferentially central position that is greater than a thickness of the first split bearing at a first circumferentially central position, the thickness of the first split bearing is decreased from the first circumferentially central position toward the first circumferential end surface, the thickness of the second split bearing is decreased from the second circumferentially central position toward the second circumferential end surface.