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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Ono, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyumi Matsumura, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Niwa, Nagoya, JP;
Shoji Nawa, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Shibayama, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384291 ; 384283 ; 384292 ;
Abstract
A sliding bearing of a cylindrical shape which bearing is adapted to support a rotation shaft through a lubricant film, comprising a plurality of fine grooves juxtaposed on an inner peripheral face of said sliding bearing in a circumferential direction of the bearing, each of said grooves extending from a backward position of a minimum lubricant film thickness portion at which the lubricant film becomes minimum in thickness on the rotation of said shaft, to a forward position of said minimum lubricant film thickness portion.