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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Tomohiro Haga, Ozu, JP;
Tomohiro Haga, Ozu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fluid bearing device capable of preventing a lubricant from scattering outward even during rotation thereof, while holding a relatively large amount of lubricant at a seal surface portion. A lubricant is filled between a sleeve and a shaft, a seal surface portion is formed on the sleeve in a location facing an open end thereof, the seal surface portion has a sectional shape defined by a plurality of inclined surfaces, and an inclination angle α of the inclined surface of the seal surface portion adjacent a radial bearing portion with respect to a shaft axis is formed to be larger than an inclination angle β of the inclined surface of the seal surface portion distant away from the radial bearing portion with respect to the shaft axis.