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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Yasuhiro Hikita, Toyota, JP;
Norio Imai, Toyota, JP;
Shinji Matsumoto, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhiro Hikita, Toyota, JP;
Norio Imai, Toyota, JP;
Shinji Matsumoto, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sliding bearing includes a center portion and end portions on a bearing surface. Convexo-concave portions are respectively formed in the center portion and the end portions. The average height of the vertexes of convex portionsA in the center portion is set smaller than the average height of the vertexes of convex portionsB in the end portions. Average height Lof the convexo-concave portionA in the center portion and average height Lof the convexo-concave portionsB in the end portions are set to the same height. The center portion may be formed flat.