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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Kenichi Iwamoto, Iwata, JP;
Koichi Okada, Iwata, JP;
Hiroaki Ohba, Iwata, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a bearing assembly having an electric power generating capability, that can be assembled compact in size and easily incorporated in a drive transmission system of an internal combustion engine, the bearing assembly having an electric power generating capability includes a rolling bearingincluding an outer raceand an inner racerotatable relative to the outer race, and an electric power generatorinterposed between the inner and outer racesandfor generating an electric power by a rotation of the inner racerelative to the outer race. This bearing assembly may be used as a bearing in the drive transmission system of the internal combustion engine for rotatably supporting, for example, a crankshaft