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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Yuto Otsuki, Inuyama, JP;
Mikio Suzuki, Inuyama, JP;
Inventors:
Yuto Otsuki, Inuyama, JP;
Mikio Suzuki, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A half bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, which includes crush relieves at both circumferential end portions of an inner circumferential surface of the half bearing, is provided. The half bearing further includes an axial groove at least at a position adjacent to a crush relief on a rear side of a relative rotation direction of the crankshaft, and adjacent to the inner circumferential surface of the half bearing. The axial groove extends along an entire width of the inner circumferential surface of the half bearing.