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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuya Sawaguchi, Ami-machi, JP;
Michio Horikoshi, Moriya-machi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/710 ;
Abstract
A fluid bearing includes a rotary body with a rotor having a cylindrical surface to be borne and a thrust plate arranged at least at an end of the rotor, and a housing including a radial bearing section arranged vis-a-vis the surface of the rotor and a thrust bearing section arranged vis-a-vis the thrust plate. The thrust plate has a hole bored around the axis of rotation of the rotary body and the inner diameter of the hole is greater at the rotor side than at the opposite side.