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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Kengo Hidano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shoji Nagao, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigmasa Itabashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akihide Yanagitani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kengo Hidano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shoji Nagao, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigmasa Itabashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akihide Yanagitani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rolling-contact bearing has an outer ring, an inner ring or a shaft rotational relative to the outer ring and a full complement of rollers disposed for rotation between the outer ring and the shaft. A semisolid gel-like lubricant composed of a mixture of a gelling agent and lubricating oil is packed into interstices or gaps between the outer ring and the rollers and among the adjacent rollers to retain surely the rollers on a circular inside surface of the outer ring. The gel-like lubricant is composed of the lubricating oil of mineral oil or base oil, and a powdery oil gelling agent based on amino acids.