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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Ryouichi Satake, Mino, JP;
Inventor:
Ryouichi Satake, Mino, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 1/00 (2006.01); F16C 17/00 (2006.01); F16C 21/00 (2006.01); F16C 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A leaf spring (S) and a lubricating member (L) are combined together and then mounted. The lubricating member (L) has a pair of protrusions () protruding from one of the two sides thereof to make contact with an outer ring () and a pair of wall faces () formed on the other side opposite to the pair of protrusions (). The leaf spring (S) is formed in a mountain-like shape in cross section and provided with a pair of protruding pieces () that protrude from bottom edges of the mountain-like shape and respectively make contact with the wall faces () of the lubricating member to pinch the wall faces ().