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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Masahiro Muranaka, Iwata, JP;
Masao Fukuwaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A pulley which is brought into contact with a timing belt of an engine of automobile and a belt for driving auxiliary machinery, and a ball-bearing used for the same, wherein the radial internal clearance in the running state of a ball bearing is set to substantially 5 to 30 .mu.m, and grease to be sealed in said ball bearing is such that the base oil thereof is made a mixture of .alpha.-olefin oligomer and ester, the thickening agent thereof is made a mixture of an alicyclic urea compound and an aliphatic urea compound, the worked penetration thereof is roughly 240, and the base oil viscosity thereof is made 40 to 43 cSt at a temperature of 40.degree. C., whereby it is possible to suppress self-excited vibrations of a rolling element and to securely prevent the hoot sound from occurring. Furthermore, since grease used herein has superior characteristics in the high temperature durability, there is no worry about a lowering of the high temperature durability as in conventional pulleys in which low temperature grease of good low temperature characteristics is employed.