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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1997
Hiroshi Ueno, Tondabayashi, JP;
Kazuhisa Kajihara, Yao, JP;
Akihiro Bun, Toyoaki, JP;
Hideki Fujiwara, Kasiwara, JP;
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A bearing retainer having a body formed of steel has a nitride layer on the body surface. The average particle diameter of a nitride contained in the nitride layer is not more than 1 .mu.m. The surface of the retainer is subjected to fluoriding treatment, and is then subjected to nitriding treatment. The above-mentioned oxide is removed by replacing an oxide on the surface of the retainer with a metal fluoride film by the fluoriding treatment. In the nitriding treatment, a gaseous mixture of gas for nitriding, for example, ammonia gas and hydrogen gas for removing the metal fluoride film is brought into contact with the surface of the retainer. A precise and uniform nitride layer is obtained in a state where the oxide is reliably removed from the surface of the retainer.