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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rikuro Obara, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Minebea Kabushiki-Kaisha, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/376 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/376 ;
Abstract
A double seal bearing includes a labyrinth seal mechanism. The double seal bearing is provided with a pair of annular inner and outer sealing plates having respective central openings with a remaining slight clearance between each respective sealing plate and one of the inner and outer races, respectively, so as to assure the labyrinth seal function.