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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masamichi Hayakawa, Nagano, JP;
Masato Gomyo, Nagano, JP;
Toshihiko Miyakoshi, Nagano, JP;
Arihiro Yonezawa, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho, Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384278 ; 384100 ; 384133 ;
Abstract
A fluid bearing unit includes a shaft; a bearing; bearing fluid arranged between a shaft and a bearing which are rotatably engaged with each other so that they can be relatively rotated so as to generate dynamic pressure in the bearing fluid, wherein at least one of the bearing and the member for fixing the bearing unit is made of iron alloy having the volumetric magnetostriction of which acts to cancel the thermal expansion so as to become the coefficient of linear expansion thereof lower than that of the shaft.