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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Applicant:
Isao Hirai, Iwata, JP;
Inventor:
Isao Hirai, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 13/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member and an inner member, each having a raceway surface. The inner member is made up of a combination of a rotatable ring, having its outer periphery formed with a vehicle body fitting flange, and a separate member. Each of the outer member and the flanged rotatable ring has a surface region representing a thermally refined structure formed by means of martensite hardening and high temperature tempering and also has a core region representing an as-forged structure made up of ferrite and pearlite.