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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Ntn Corporation, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Katsutoshi Muramatsu, Mie, JP;
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An outer ring, an inner ring and a ball that are a rolling contact member formed of sintered β sialon inexpensive and capable of reliably ensuring sufficient durability, is constituted of a sintered body containing β sialon as a main component and having a remainder formed of an impurity, and the outer ring, the inner ring and the ball have raceway/rolling contact surfaces, i.e., an outer ring raceway surface, an inner ring raceway surface and a ball rolling contact surface included in a portion having an outer ring high density layer, an inner ring high density layer and a ball high density layer higher in density than an inner portion.