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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2009
Applicants:

Katsuhiko Kizawa, Osaka, JP;

Tsuyoshi Mikami, Yamatotakada, JP;

Kentarou Ono, Yamatotakada, JP;

Chikara Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;

Inventors:

Katsuhiko Kizawa, Osaka, JP;

Tsuyoshi Mikami, Yamatotakada, JP;

Kentarou Ono, Yamatotakada, JP;

Chikara Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;

Assignee:

JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 33/62 (2006.01); F16C 33/64 (2006.01); C23C 8/00 (2006.01); B21D 53/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A bearing constituent member includes a surface layer, at least one of particles composed of vanadium nitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm and particles composed of vanadium carbonitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm are present in the surface layer ranging from the surface to a depth of 10 μm and at least one of the area ratio of the particles composed of vanadium nitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm and the particles composed of vanadium carbonitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm in the surface layer ranging from the surface to a depth of 10 μm is 1 to 10%.


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