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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Hiroki Fujiwara, Kuwana, JP;
Hiroki Fujiwara, Kuwana, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A roller bearing includes: an inner ring having an inner ring raceway; an outer ring having an outer ring raceway; and a plurality of rollers interposed between the inner ring raceway and an outer ring raceway, wherein a crowning is formed on at least one of the inner ring raceway, the outer ring raceway, and a roller rolling contact surface, wherein an optimal value of a drop amount of the crowning at an end of an effective length is determined, from a diameter of a roller and an effective length of the roller, and wherein drop amounts of the crowning at a plurality of positions in a bus-line direction of the crowning are within an allowable range set forth in a specific table.