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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Masaru Kondo, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Yukiyasu Taguchi, Toyota, JP;
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sliding bearingis formed into a cylindrical shape by placing abutting surfacesA andA of a pair of half-bearingsandso as to abut against each other. Two foreign substance discharging groovesand' inclined with respect to an axial direction of the sliding bearingare formed on a sliding surfaceadjacent to an inner circumferential edgeof the abutting surfacesA andA. When a lubricant is supplied to the sliding surface, a foreign substancemixed in the lubricant is trapped by foreign substance discharging groovesand′ and then discharged out of the sliding bearingfrom endsA andB (A′ andB′) open to end facesand