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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Akio Kato, Iwata, JP;
Takahiro Yamashita, Iwata, JP;
Katsufumi Abe, Iwata, JP;
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A chain guide and a chain tensioner device using the chain guide. A roller, brought into contact with a chain, comprises a support shaft supported by an opposing guide base provided along the running direction of the chain, and roller bearings each having a steel outer ring on the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft so as to be brought into contact with the chain. The roller is also configured to be assembled by inserting opposite ends of the support shaft into support recesses on facing wall surfaces of the guide base. The roller has a vibration damping material between the support shaft and the support recess of each of the plate members.