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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/34 ; C23C 8/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/34 ; C23C 8/32 ;
Abstract
A rolling bearing contains no more than 0.3 wt % of nitrogen in a grinding allowance portion after carbonitriding and hardening heat treatments, contains from 0.9 wt % (inclusive) up to 1.6 wt % (inclusive) of carbon and from 0.05 wt % (inclusive) up to 0.3 wt % (inclusive) of nitrogen in the surface layer of the finished part and has a nitrogen gradient of no more than 0.5 wt %/mm in the surface layer of the finished part. The rolling bearings are improved in grinding efficiency and which have their rolling life extended significantly.