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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ookuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Hoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A bearing structure has a crankshaft rotatably supported by a crankshaft bearing part, formed of a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine and a first bearing cap, through a bearing metal, a second shaft rotatably supported by a second shaft bearing part formed of the first bearing cap and a second bearing cap, wherein the bearing metal has a bearing metal planar portion for rotatably supporting the crankshaft with an entire inner peripheral surface of the bearing metal, the inner peripheral surface at which the bearing metal planar portion is formed, a bearing metal oil groove portion formed with an oil groove formed to extend circumferentially in an inner peripheral surface of the bearing metal, the inner peripheral surface at which the bearing metal oil groove portion is formed, a first oil hole opening at the oil groove, and a second oil hole opening at the oil groove.