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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideo Okoshi, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384609 ; 384614 ; 384615 ;
Abstract
A thrust ball bearing using balls as the rolling members of the bearing comprises first and second races having track grooves having a cross-sectional radius slightly greater than the radius of the balls, a retainer for retaining the balls interposed between the first and second races, and a third race circumscribing the balls and positioning the balls slightly inwardly of the track diameter of the bearing.