Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage. The cage includes: a large-diameter side annular portion and a small-diameter side annular portion that form wall portions in both axial ends of pockets; and a plurality of cage bars. A pressure difference reducing portion is provided which reduces the difference between a pressure in an inner region including a smallest bore diameter portion of an outer ring raceway surface of the outer ring and a pressure in an outer region including a boundary portion between an outer peripheral surface and an axially outer end surface of the small-diameter side annular portion of the cage.

Abstract: A front bearing (tapered roller bearing) includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of tapered rollers, a cage, and a lubricating oil holding member. The lubricating oil holding member includes: a cylindrical portion having an axial length from a large diameter-side outer ring end surface to an end portion of the cage and capable of resisting a pressing force for press-fitting the outer ring; a fitting hook that is connected to one end of the cylindrical portion, that projects in the axial direction from an abutment surface which is in surface contact with the large diameter-side outer ring end surface, and that is fitted in an engagement groove portion provided in an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring; and a projection that projects radially inward from an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A corner is formed at a small-diameter-side end portion of a cage. The cage is disposed such that the axial position of a tip of the corner substantially coincides with the axial position of a large end face of an outer ring. Thus, a cylindrical space formed between an inner periphery cylindrical face of the outer ring and an outer periphery cylindrical face of the cage is filled with an oil low pressure region. As a result, the inflow of the oil into a bearing is restricted.

Abstract: A ball bearing includes an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of balls; and a cage that has an annular shape. Oil flows into an area between the outer ring and the inner ring from one side in an axial direction and flows out from the other side in the axial direction. The cage includes an annular portion provided on an oil inflow side, and bar portions extending from the annular portion toward an oil outflow side. An outer peripheral end portion of the annular portion is constituted by a corner portion at which an axial outer end face intersects with an outer peripheral surface. An axial position of a tip end of the corner portion is substantially same as an axial position of a side surface of the outer ring.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes: an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of tapered rollers; and a cage that holds the tapered rollers at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the tapered roller bearing. A small-diameter-side inner periphery end portion of the cage is located at a position inward of an axially outer small end face of the inner ring in the axial direction of the tapered roller bearing. A small-diameter-side end face of the cage has an inwardly tilted face that is tilted inward in the axial direction from the inner periphery end portion from the radially inner side to the radially outer side.

Abstract: There is provided a clutch release bearing in which a water resistance is enhanced. At a side axially opposite from one side where an outer ring rib of a clutch release bearing is formed, there is provided a first seal member externally fitted to an outer ring to be fixed thereto. A seal lip disposed in sliding contact with an outside-diameter surface of an inner ring is formed at a radially-inward distal end of the first seal member. An annular guide is provided at a bearing-outward side of the first seal member, and an axial lip which extends toward the outside of the bearing and extends to be disposed radially outwardly of the guide is formed at a bearing-outward side face of the first seal member. The axial lip is disposed in non-contact, close relation to the guide to form a labyrinth. A radially outwardly-open groove is formed in a joint portion of the axial lip joined to the first seal member.

Abstract: There is provided a clutch release bearing in which a water resistance is enhanced. At that a side axially opposite from one side where an outer ring rib of a clutch release bearing is formed, there is provided a first seal member externally fitted to an outer ring to be fixed thereto. A seal lip disposed in sliding contact with an outside-diameter surface of an inner ring is formed at a radially-inward distal end of the first seal member. An annular guide is provided at a bearing-outward side of the first seal member, and an axial lip which extends toward the outside of the bearing and extends to be disposed radially outwardly of the guide is formed at a bearing-outward side face of the first seal member. The axial lip is disposed in non-contact, close relation to the guide to form a labyrinth. A radially outwardly-open groove is formed in a joint portion of the axial lip joined to the first seal member.

Abstract: In a gear transmission apparatus including a shared gear in which two rows of internal teeth are formed on an inner circumference of a common gear main body so as to be adjacent to each other in an axial direction, the internal teeth of each of the rows are meshed with an external gear to configure a transmission mechanism for each of the rows, the internal teeth of each of the rows are inclined with respect to the axial direction such that each of inner end portions thereof in the axial direction is further deviated to a normal rotation direction, which is a rotation direction in which a frequency in use of the shared gear is high, than each of outer end portions in the axial direction, oil drainage holes are provided between the internal teeth, and oil drainage grooves are provided on bottom lands of the internal teeth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing device for supporting a pinion shaft so as to freely rotate with respect to a case. The bearing device comprises a first tilt-contact rolling bearing provided on the connecting-flange-side outer peripheral surface of the pinion shaft and a second tilt-contact rolling bearing formed from an angular ball bearing provided on the pinion-gear-side outer peripheral surface of the pinion shaft, wherein lines of action of the first and second tilt-contact rolling bearings intersect with one another on an outer diameter side, the connecting-flange-side end portion of the first tilt-contact rolling bearing and the pinion-gear-side end portion of the second tilt-contact rolling bearing are respectively sealed with seal members, a sealed space between the seal members is infilled with grease, and the connecting flange is fastened in the pinion-gear direction to thereby preload the first and second tilt-contact rolling bearings.

Abstract: In order to improve a seizure resistance as well as restricting of a dispersion of a rotation torque, surface roughness of a large diameter side end face (4A) of a tapered roller (4) is defined as a value satisfying both the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 0.04 ?m?Ra(r)?0.1 ?m??(1) 0.8?Ra(r)/Ra(c)?1.1??(2) where, Ra(r) is an arithmetic average of roughness in a radial direction on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller, and Ra(c) is an arithmetic average of roughness in a peripheral direction on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing device for supporting a pinion shaft so as to freely rotate with respect to a case. The bearing device comprises a first tilt-contact rolling bearing provided on the connecting-flange-side outer peripheral surface of the pinion shaft and a second tilt-contact rolling bearing formed from an angular ball bearing provided on the pinion-gear-side outer peripheral surface of the pinion shaft, wherein lines of action of the first and second tilt-contact rolling bearings intersect with one another on an outer diameter side, the connecting-flange-side end portion of the first tilt-contact rolling bearing and the pinion-gear-side end portion of the second tilt-contact rolling bearing are respectively sealed with seal members, a sealed space between the seal members is infilled with grease, and the connecting flange is fastened in the pinion-gear direction to thereby preload the first and second tilt-contact rolling bearings.

Abstract: The present invention provides a roller bearing in which a plurality of rollers is interposed between an inner ring member and an outer ring member, and a flange having a guide surface for guiding an end surface of the roller in a sliding contact manner is provided at an end portion of at least one of the inner ring member and outer ring member in an axial direction. Three-dimensional surface roughness of the end surface of the roller is defined to a value which satisfies conditional expressions of Sa≦0.1 &mgr;m and 0.15 &mgr;m≦Svk≦0.30 &mgr;m, where Sa is arithmetical average roughness based on rough curve and Svk is reduced valley depth based on the rough curve.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing in which tapered rollers are interposed between an inner ring member and an outer ring member and a large diameter flange having a guide surface guiding a large diameter side end face of a tapered roller is provided in an end portion in an axial direction of the inner ring member. Microscopic streaked grinding trails are arranged in multiple directions on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller.

Abstract: In order to improve a seizure resistance as well as restricting of a dispersion of a rotation torque, surface roughness of a large diameter side end face (4A) of a tapered roller (4) is defined as a value satisfying both the following conditional expressions (1) and (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a roller bearing in which a plurality of rollers is interposed between an inner ring member and an outer ring member, and a flange having a guide surface for guiding an end surface of the roller in a sliding contact manner is provided at an end portion of at least one of the inner ring member and outer ring member in an axial direction. Three-dimensional surface roughness of the end surface of the roller is defined to a value which satisfies conditional expressions of Sa≦0.1 &mgr;m and 0.15 &mgr;m≦Svk≦0.30 &mgr;m, where Sa is arithmetical average roughness based on rough curve and Svk is reduced valley depth based on the rough curve.

Abstract: The invention provides a tapered roller bearing in which a plurality of tapered rollers 4 are interposed between an inner ring member 3 and an outer ring member 2, a large diameter flange 7 having a guide surface 8 guiding a large diameter side end face 4A of a tapered roller 4 in a slide contact is provided in an end portion in an axial direction of the inner ring member 2, and a number of microscopic streaked grinding trails 9 are left in multiple directions on the large diameter side end face 4A of the tapered roller 4.