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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Rino Fukami, Iwata, JP;
Inventor:
Rino Fukami, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thrust roller bearing () comprises a plurality of rollers () and an annular retainer () having a plurality of pockets () for containing the rollers (), not bent in a thickness direction and guided by the rollers. Each of first and second roller retaining parts () and () for retaining the roller () includes an arc-shaped curved line projecting toward the pocket in a cross section provided by cutting the retainer () by a plane containing the first and second roller retaining parts () and () and perpendicular to a center axis () of the roller ().