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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Akiyuki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cage has a small-diameter annular portion provided between an inner ring and an outer ring on a first side of a bearing in an axial direction and a plurality of cage bars extending from the small-diameter annular portion toward a second side of the bearing in the axial direction. In each of an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter annular portion, recessed portions are formed which is each open toward a bearing exterior on the first side of the bearing in the axial direction. An inner wall of each recessed portion has an inclined surface that serves to enlarge a cross section of the recessed portion toward the bearing exterior on the first side of the bearing in the axial direction.