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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Motohiko Koushima, Inuyama, JP;
Osamu Ishigo, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plain bearing for supporting a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The plain bearing is constituted by a pair of semicylindrical members. A crush relief is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the semicylindrical member, and a main cylindrical surface is formed in a region aside from the crush relief. The crush relief includes an outwardly convex curved surface and an inwardly convex curved surface.