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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Ono, Nagoya, JP;
Satoshi Imai, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroichi Matsuhisa, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Mori, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/310 ;
Abstract
A shaft bearing member includes an inner circumferential face serving as a sliding surface, an oil groove formed in the inner circumferential face so as to circumferentially extend, and a recess formed in the inner circumferential face so as to extend from at least one of both widthwise sides of the oil groove toward axial end side of the inner circumferential face with respect to the shaft so that the recess is rendered shallower and shallower.