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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Nagai, Kashiwara, JP;
Akiyuki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring having an outer-ring raceway surface that increases in diameter from a first side toward a second side in an axial direction, an inner ring having an inner-ring raceway surface and having a cone large face rib that is located on the second side of the inner ring in the axial direction, a plurality of tapered rollers, an annular cage, and a holding member provided on the second side of the outer ring in the axial direction to enable a lubricant inside the bearing to be held. The holding member has a cylindrical portion provided adjacently to the outer ring and a protruding portion protruding inward from the cylindrical portion in the radial direction. A slit is formed in the cylindrical portion to separate a radially inner portion, on which the protruding portion is provided, from a radially outer portion.