Abstract: An exemplary locating mechanism includes a bearing outer race (422) that has a central axis (z-axis) and that has a turbine end, a compressor end and a slot (421), of an axial length, disposed between the turbine end and the compressor end; and a deformable clip (430) shaped as a semi-cylindrical wall having an axial length less than the axial length of the slot, where in a tension state, the clip (430) has an inner circumference to position the clip (430) with respect to the slot (421) and where in a compression state, the clip (430) has an inner circumference that locates the clip (430) in the slot (421). Various other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A lubricated bushing is mounted in a mounting cavity in a bushing housing and has a body and a flange. The body has an axial hole formed coaxially through the body to rotatably hold a shaft of a rotor of a fan and a bottom concentric recess formed in a bottom end of the body. The flange is formed on and protrudes radially out from the outer wall of the body, is mounted against an inner wall of the mounting recess, extends longitudinally from the top end of body and is shorter than half the body. Even though the inner wall of the mounting cavity tightly compresses the flange, the compressive force cannot be effectively transmitted to the body to deform the axial hole, so the shaft is kept from seizing up in the axial hole.

Abstract: A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in a circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The grooves and the guide elements are disposed convergent to one another at least over a partial circumference of the slide surface least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid.

Abstract: An exemplary bearing assembly for a turbocharger includes a center housing with a bearing bore having a bearing bore turbine end radius and an inlet for lubricant and a unitary bearing disposed in the bearing bore and forming an outer lubricant film between the bearing and the bearing bore wherein the bearing includes a central axis, an internal bore to receive a shaft extending between a compressor end and a turbine end of the bearing and forming an inner lubricant film between the internal bore and the shaft, a locating mechanism between axial ends of the bearing to prevent rotation and translation of the bearing within the bearing bore and a turbine end protrusion wherein the protrusion comprises a radius that exceeds the bearing bore turbine end radius to thereby deflect lubricant from the outer lubricant film layer radially outward. Other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bearing support journal (100) for an internal shaft of a gas turbine engine comprising a means of retaining a sealing sleeve surrounding said shaft, the retaining means comprising: a full radial annular flange (132) formed upstream on an axial cylindrical part (130) of the journal (100), said full flange (132) being intended to butt axially against a radial annular flange of the sealing sleeve, and tangential means (135) of immobilizing the sealing sleeve with respect to the journal (100), these being created downstream on the axial cylindrical part (130) of the journal (100). The invention also relates to assembly of a journal (100) and of a sealing sleeve.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a limit structure for motor spindle, which includes a base equipped with a shaft tube and a stator set. A limit member and a bearing are disposed inside a shaft tube such that a spindle can be inserted and rotated in the bearing. The inner wall of a through hole of the limit member has plural limit protrusions extended toward a center of the through hole for snapping a necking of a nose of a spindle to limit its axial displacement. The limit protrusion forms a non-vertical included angle with the inner wall of the through hole in a tilted manner. Therefore, when the limit protrusions are subjected to compression of the nose of the spindle, its deformation is so small that irrecoverable condition and fracture of the limit protrusion and rotor drop can be prevented.

Abstract: A slide bearing for supporting a shaft and comprising at least one bearing shell for receiving the shaft. The bearing shell and the surface of the shaft define a bearing gap. Also described is a mechanism for supplying a lubricant to the bearing gap so that the lubricant can be removed therefrom. To compensate for negative effects of a temperature-dependent change of the bearing gap, there is provided at least one throttling element for throttling the flow of lubricant through the bearing gap.

Abstract: A bearing includes a first member having a passageway configured to engage a shaft, the first member having a metallic material; and a second member disposed around at least a portion of the first member, the second member having a metallic material and at least one radially and inwardly bent portion capable of restricting axial movement of the first member. The first and second members are movable relative to each other.

Abstract: A bearing shell assembly has a bearing of length B1 and having two bearing shell halves each having a width B2<B1/2 spaced from each other axially. An oil duct extending angularly of the bearing shell halves is formed between the bearing shell halves.

Abstract: There is provided a sliding bearing, which can continuously enhance conformability even when deformation by high oil film pressure in the vicinity of a central part of the sliding bearing occurs. The sliding bearing includes crownings which are each formed in an inclined shape toward an outer peripheral surface from an inner peripheral surface, at end parts in an axial direction, of an inner peripheral surface of a sliding bearing, so that even when the region in the vicinity of the central part of the sliding bearing 1 receives the oil film pressure and deforms in the recessed shape so as for both the end parts in the axial direction to locally contact a shaft, conformability can be enhanced not only at an early stage of use of the sliding bearing but also continuously by relief by the crownings.

Abstract: An A-arm frame 10 for a vehicle has two arms 12, 14 that converge at an apex 16. Each arm has a mounting end opposite the apex for mounting to the housing for an axle of the vehicle. A pivot joint at the apex connects the A-arm frame to the vehicle frame. The pivot joint includes a case-hardened spherical plain bearing 22 that includes an inner ring 26 and an outer ring 28. The inner ring 26 may have a lubrication aperture therethrough, but the outer ring 28 has no lubrication aperture therethrough. The outer ring 28 may have a multi-fracture configuration and, therefore, a greater wrap-around of the inner ring 26 than it otherwise would have.

Abstract: A drivetrain for use with a power unit is disclosed. The drivetrain may have a driving member, a driven member, and a sleeve disposed between the driving member and the driven member. The drivetrain may further have a first oil film bearing disposed between the sleeve and one of the driving member and the driven member.

Abstract: To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided with a bush and a pin to be inserted in this bush. When an external force is acting in a certain direction, the bush and the pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range H is formed, in which an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush partially and slidably contact with each other. An oil reservoir is provided at the side of the pin in order to prevent a no-lubrication portion, to which no lubrication oil is supplied, from being formed in the slidable range H.

Abstract: The present invention provides a self-lubricating track roller and a method of making the self-lubricating track roller. First, an inner ring is provided having a radially outwardly facing surface. A parting agent is applied onto the radially outwardly facing surface. Next, a self-lubricating material is applied over the radially outwardly facing surface. Then, an outer ring is formed around the self-lubricating material such that a radially inwardly facing surface of the outer ring is bonded to the self-lubricating material. A resilient tire is bonded onto the radially outwardly facing surface of the outer ring. In the resulting track roller, the radially outwardly facing surface of the inner ring has a surface profile that corresponds to a mating surface profile of the the self-lubricating material that is bonded to the radially inwardly facing surface of the outer ring.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a roller bearing having a bore, and a pin positioned within the bore. The pin has a composite outer profile defined by a first substantially circular segment with a first axis of rotation, and a second substantially circular segment with a second axis of rotation of a different radius. The second axis of rotation is offset from the first axis of rotation.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes: an oil guide member that opens and closes an annular opening between an outer peripheral surface of a large rib of an inner ring and an outer ring and is mounted on the large rib; and a discharge port that discharges, along the outer peripheral surface of the large rib, lubricating oil and is formed through an inner peripheral portion of the oil guide member. The oil guide member includes a closing portion for closing the annular opening. When a fluid pressure of the lubricating oil which flows through pockets of a cage toward an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring is below a predetermined values, the closing portion closes the annular opening and guides the lubricating oil toward the discharge port. When the fluid pressure exceeds the predetermined value, the closing portion opens the annular opening.

Abstract: To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided with a bush and a pin to be inserted in this bush. When an external force is acting in a certain direction, the bush and the pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range H is formed, in which an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush partially and slidably contact with each other. An oil reservoir is provided at the side of the pin in order to prevent a no-lubrication portion, to which no lubrication oil is supplied, from being formed in the slidable range H.

Abstract: A bearing system for a turbocharger, simple in design and easy to manufacture, having desired rotational dynamics of a three piece bearing design, yet having the superior vibration damping characteristics of a one piece bearing design. The inboard end of each journal bearing includes an axial recess for receiving an outboard end of a cylindrical bearing spacer, thereby axially locating the journal bearings as well as axially and radially locating the bearing spacer.

Abstract: A composite anti-friction bearing structure comprising a bearing substrate and an anti-friction layer. The bearing structure can be in the form of bushings, wear plates, wear rings, etc. The anti-friction layer includes particles of an alloy which combines lubricity of molybdenum with the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of elements such as cobalt and nickel. The invention is particularly related to anti-friction bushings for use in die sets, presses and other heavy duty machinery.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston mechanism for an air-conditioning compressor in a motor vehicle has a housing, a rotary driven shaft, a shaft seal assembly with a gliding ring seal, at least one radial shaft bearing, and at least one axial shaft bearing.

Abstract: There is provided a shaft member such as a bearing, washers, and shaft, having at least one surface defining a plurality of radial grooves for providing radial fluid communication without generating significant thrust loading between the shaft member and an adjacent surface. The grooves can be formed by pressing a die against the surface(s) of the shaft member.

Abstract: A yoke in a motor includes a cylindrical yoke housing having a closed end and two magnets that is located in the yoke housing. The magnets are fixed to the yoke housing with adhesive. The adhesive is applied a at least to each adhering area of the yoke housing that is to be adhered to the corresponding magnet or to an adhering area of the each magnet that is to be adhered to the yoke housing. The adhesive is spread to the adhering areas of the yoke housing and each magnet by sliding the adhering areas on each other. Therefore, the magnets are firmly fixed to the yoke housing with a small amount of adhesive.

Abstract: An engine bearing for an internal combustion engine has a pair of separately constructed bearing halves comprising a pair of arcuate shells having a pair of laterally spaced flanges extending generally radially outwardly from each shell. Each pair of laterally spaced flanges comprises a pair of thrust faces facing generally away from one another with one of the thrust faces comprising an undulating contoured surface and the other thrust face having a generally planar non-contoured surface. The engine bearing is assembled having the contoured surface of one engine bearing half abutting the non-contoured surface of the other engine bearing half so that the engine bearing has generally opposite sides comprising both contoured and non-contoured surfaces.

Abstract: A supercharger arrangement for an engine assembly 10 is disclosed, the arrangement including first and second superchargers 22A, 22B that are mounted on the engine assembly by means of separate first and second mounting members 46, 48 respectively. Each mounting member defines an integrated supercharger lubrication conduit 62A, 62B, 64A, 64B and the present invention is characterized in that the superchargers 22A, 22B are of substantially identical construction and are separable from the first and second mounting members 46, 48.

Abstract: An exhaust gas valve device in an internal combustion engine, including a first bearing member mounted between a valve shaft and a valve body with one end of the valve shaft turnably fitted into the first bearing member, a second bearing member mounted between the valve shaft and the valve body with the other end of the valve shaft turnably passed through the second bearing member, and an actuator connected to the other end of the valve shaft protruding from the second bearing member. The valve body, the valve shaft and the first and second bearing members are formed of metal materials having equivalent thermal expansion coefficients; the first and second bearing members are press-fitted into said valve body; and a skin of a graphite-based solid lubricant is formed on a surface of the valve shaft in regions corresponding to the first and second bearing members.

Abstract: A motor comprises an axle tube, a rotor, and a member. The axle tube includes a hole, and a stator is mounted to an outer periphery of the axle tube. The rotor includes an end wall having a shaft base from which a shaft extends. An annular wall extends from an inner face of the shaft base and surrounds the shaft. The member is mounted in the hole of the axle tube and rotatably receives the shaft of the rotor. The member includes a reduced section, forming a gap between the reduced section of the member and the axle tube. The annular wall extends into the gap between the reduced section of the member and the axle tube.

Abstract: A greatly simplified turbocharger assembly comprised of a minimum number of parts allows accurate and efficient control of oil flow over the bearings (44,46), thereby permitting excellent lubrication of the bearings with a reduced amount of oil flow through the bearing housing (16), resulting in significantly lower hydrocarbon leakage from the turbocharger into the engine or engine exhaust, and ultimately lower hydrocarbon emissions by the engine.

Abstract: A fan assembly includes a mounting tube having an annular flange extending radially and inwardly from an inner wall surface thereof. A rotor includes a rotor shaft extending into the mounting tube. First and second bearings are sleeved on the rotor shaft, and each has an abutment plate, and a peripheral flange that extends axially from the abutment plate, that slidably contacts the inner wall surface of the mounting tube, and that cooperates with the rotor shaft and the abutment plate to define a lubricant-receiving reservoir thereamong. Two annular bearing-covering caps are sleeved on the rotor shaft to sealingly cover the lubricant-receiving reservoirs in the first and second bearings.

Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered bearing is comprised of a cylindrical porous bearing body and a non-porous resinous slide member. The bearing body has a first portion providing a part of the slide surface of the bearing and a second portion having an inner periphery. The non-porous resinous slide member is disposed at the inner periphery of the second portion providing the other part of the slide surface. The slide member has a radial thickness that corresponds to a suitable ratio of the radial thickness of the bearing.

Abstract: Each of a sliding bearing and a rotating and sliding member according to the present invention includes an irregularity portion on its inner peripheral surface. The irregularity portion comprises projections adapted to come into contact with a rotary shaft, and recesses which are provided, so that they cannot be brought into contact with the rotary shaft to define gaps or spaces between the bearing itself and the rotary shaft. The irregularity portion is integrally formed-on the inner peripheral surface of the sliding bearing to extend in a direction of rotation of the sliding bearing, in such a manner that the recess is disposed at a central portion of the inner peripheral surface, and the projections are disposed on opposite sides of the recess.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a heat dissipation fan includes a bearing and a cap. The bearing has multiple grooves peripherally defined in the cylindrical body and a room defined in the body to communicate with the through hole in the center of the body. The cap is securely mounted on top of the bearing so that lubricant is able to be stopped from further movement away from the room.

Abstract: A reaction shaft support for a motor vehicle transmission includes a fluid passage having a cored portion and a drilled portion. The reaction shaft support includes an axially extending cylindrical portion defining an axially extending cylindrical channel. The reaction shaft support additionally includes a radially oriented face. The fluid passage extending between the front face and the cylindrical channel. The cored portion of the fluid path radially extends from the cylindrical channel. The drilled portion of the fluid path axially extends from the front face to the cored portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shift rod support assembly for a transmission gear shift mechanism comprising a housing fixed to a vehicle body and including a hole through which a shift rod passes; a ball case including a fixed unit that is fixedly mounted to the housing and has a hole through which the shift rod passes, and having a protrusion portion extending toward an inner area of the housing from the fixed unit and a plurality of ball insertion holes; a plurality of balls, each provided in one of the ball insertion holes in a state of contacting the shift rod, the balls rotating as the shift rod undergoes rectilinear and rotational motion; rollers provided in a space formed by the housing and the ball case, the rollers contacting and rotating together with the balls; and play adjustment members for adjusting play between the rollers and the balls by manipulating positioning of the rollers relative to the housing and the ball case.

Abstract: A self-lubricating bearing for use in submersible oil-filled motors is disclosed. The bearing comprises a bearing housing and is fixed against rotation. A bearing sleeve is disposed in the bearing housing. The bearing sleeve is fixed in the bearing housing, and has a slot disposed therethrough. The bearing housing has an inlet and an outlet defined therethrough that intersect the slot in the bearing sleeve. The bearing is disposed about a rotatable shaft in the motor. Rotation of the shaft will cause oil to be drawn in through the inlet so that the shaft and the bearing surface of the bearing sleeve are lubricated. Rotation will also cause oil drawn in through the inlet to be expelled through the outlet back into the motor so that there is a constant circulation of oil through the bearing to provide lubrication.

Abstract: A roller supporting device which comprises a pair of supporting arms, a supporting shaft attached between the pair of supporting arms in a non-rotatable manner, and a roller having an inner hole in the central part thereof, the roller being disposed between the pair of supporting arms and being supported in a rotatable manner by the supporting shaft inserted through the inner hole, the roller being arranged to rotate along with the relative movement with a mating member by making the roller contact with the mating member, wherein a cut out portion, which extends in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface of the supporting shaft, is formed at an appropriate portion except the portion on which the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller is pressed due to the load applied to the roller from the mating member, thereby defining an oil passage which extends in the axial direction between the supporting shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller

Abstract: In a bearing arrangement, a rotary shaft has an annular groove opposite a bearing portion so that a part of the annular groove extends outward from the bearing portion, and lubrication oil is disposed between the rotary shaft and the bearing portion.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a bearing assembly includes a rotatable hub and a porous bearing surrounding the hub, a sprocket surrounding the bearing, and means for rotating the hub relative to the bearing. The porous bearing includes “lubricant channels” containing a lubricant and having inlet openings facing toward the sprocket and outlet openings facing toward the rotatable hub so that lubricant in the lubricant channels can exit through the outlet openings to lubricate the mating surfaces of the bearing and the rotatable hub. The porous bearing is permeable to fluids and thus capable of being penetrated by lubricants and greases and thus due to its porous character includes lubricant channels that function to conduct lubricants and greases from an outer surface of the porous bearing to an inner surface of the porous bearing through lubricant channels or pores formed in the porous bearing.

Abstract: A rotary slide bearing part of a rotary slide slit bearing for supporting a rotary shaft thereon in a rotatable manner, has a first bearing surface portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a second bearing surface portion of another rotary slide bearing part of the rotary slide slit bearing, a load from the shaft to be borne by the first bearing surface portion is larger than a load from the shaft to be borne by the second bearing surface portion, the first bearing surface portion includes a fluidal pressure generating surface facing close to the shaft to generate a fluidal pressure between the fluidal pressure generating surface and the shaft, a main groove arranged at an circumferential end of the first bearing surface portion adjacent to the second bearing surface portion, and a sub-groove extending from the main groove in a circumferential direction of the first bearing surface portion, and an axial width of the sub-groove is smaller than that of the main groove.

Abstract: A roller supporting device comprises a pair of supporting arms, a supporting shaft attached between the pair of supporting arms in a non-rotatable manner, and a roller having an inner hole in the central part thereof, the roller being disposed between the pair of supporting arms and being supported in a rotatable manner by the supporting shaft inserted through the inner hole, the roller being arranged to rotate along with the relative movement with a mating member by making the roller contact with the mating member, wherein a cut out portion, which extends in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface of the supporting shaft, is formed at an appropriate portion except the portion on which the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller is pressed due to the load applied to the roller from the mating member, thereby defining an oil passage which extends in the axial direction between the supporting shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller.

Abstract: An oil sleeve bearing device for holding a shaft of a motor in a motor base and permitting smooth revolving of the shaft therein is disclosed. The oil sleeve bearing device includes a sleeve bearing for holding the shaft, a bearing holder for supporting the sleeve bearing, and a securing member for positioning the sleeve bearing and the shaft in the bearing holder, and there exists a room among the sleeve bearing, the bearing holder, and the securing member for storing oil which can be supplied to the sleeve bearing for lubrication. A buckle structure of the securing member is also disclosed so as to allow the sleeve bearing and the shaft to be easily secured to the bearing holder.

Abstract: A slide bearing for a gear pump or the like has a lubrication groove provided in the surface of the cylinder forming the slide bearing. The lubrication groove is constructed to be ending flatly in the area of that edge which, with respect to the shaft rotating direction acts as an inlet edge into the slot between the slide bearing and the shaft. Thus, it is achieved that the slide bearing is sufficiently lubricated also by fluid which flows at a higher viscosity and has an unknown elastic performance.

Abstract: A slide bearing has a bearing bore for accommodating a shaft acted upon at least temporarily by a radial force. At least one bearing end of the slide bearing has at least one chamfer for preventing a contact between the shaft and the slide bearing and/or for facilitating the supply of the slide bearing with lubricating medium. In a preferred embodiment, in which the radial force acts essentially in a predetermined direction onto the shaft, at least one chamfer is provided on an unstressed side created because of the predetermined force effect, which chamfer is larger than a chamfer on a stressed side situated opposite the unstressed side. By means of the chamfer or chamfers, the danger of contact on the unstressed side caused by a bending of the shaft is reduced and the supply of the slide bearing with lubricating medium is increased without significantly reducing the bearing length on the stressed side which essentially carries the bearing load.

Abstract: An engine has two balancer shafts supported on two bearing bushings which are made of the same material and mounted to a balancer holder. Lubricating oil passages for supplying oil to the bearing bushings are defined offset upwards from the centers O of the bearing bushings and by a distance .delta.. Each of the bearing bushings has two oil bores having a center angle .theta. other than 180.degree.. The two oil bores in the bearing bushing of one balancer shaft communicate with the lubricating oil passage, and one of the oil bores in the bearing bushing of another balancer shaft communicates with the lubricating oil passage, while the other oil bore of that another balancer shaft is closed to keep out of the lubricating oil passage. Thus, downstream ends of the lubricating oil passages for supplying the oil to the bearing bushings of the plurality of rotary shafts can be closed without use of a special closing member such as a blind plug.

Abstract: A cast element comprises an elongated cast body having an axial opening in a direction of its axis thereof, and first and second friction bearings at ends of the axial opening. The friction bearings are formed as a single piece with the cast body, and each friction bearing consists of several slide elements with a space between them. Each of the slide elements has a cross section shaped like a cylindrical ring segment, and the slide elements of the first bearing are circumferentially alternate with the slide elements of the second bearing.

Abstract: A planet bearing and gear assembly for the carrier of a speed increasing planetary gear train for driving a diesel engine turbocharger or the like includes an enlarged diameter gear bore and associated bearing outer diameter for lightening the gear and increasing the bearing area to at least 50 percent and preferably more than 65 percent greater than those of the bearing inner wall and the outer diameter of an associated support pin. Self-cleaning of unfiltered dirt particles in the engine lubricating oil is provided by dirt expulsion passages formed by flats at the edges of an oil supply groove in the planet bearing while operation with entrained dirt particles capable of passing through the engine lubricating oil filters is improved by increased oil film thickness resulting from reduced bearing loads due to reduction of mass of the planet gears and increased bearing surface.

Abstract: A combined journal-thrust bearing assembly includes a bearing body formed of upper and lower sections secured together at an axial plane. To the axial ends of the bearing body, thrust rings are removably mounted with the thrust rings also being formed of segments, the ends of which lie in the axial plane. Extending through a bore defined by the bearing face of a journal liner is a rotating shaft having a pair of spaced collars. The collars abut bearing faces of the thrust rings to prevent axial movement of the shaft relative to the bearing assembly. Disassembly of the bearing body about the axial plane facilitates repair or replacement of the bearing body sections, the liner, or worn thrust rings independently of one another. An oil delivery system is also provided for lubricating the interface between the shaft and the journal bearing face as well as lubricating the interface between the thrust bearing faces and the shaft collars.

Abstract: A shaft bearing or bushing includes a hydrodynamic wedge film lubricant pumping surface along one edge region and an essentially continuous cylindrical land surface along the other opposed edge region. Lubricant moves circumferentially along the pumping surface and axially along the continuous land surface. The bearing provides extensive surface area oil film support for the rotating shaft and may be optimized for supporting a specific shaft load distribution.

Abstract: A lubricating system for cooling fans is provided and mainly consists of a self-lubricating bearing, an oil retaining cap, and an oil retaining ring. The oil retaining ring has a central hole, an inner portion adjacent to the central hole and having a round cross section, and an outer flange portion integrally extended from the inner portion and having a concavo-concave cross section. The oil retaining cap is bowl-shaped and has a central opening, an inner convex portion, and an outer concave portion. The self-lubricating bearing has two end surfaces each of them being provided with a plurality of shallow bevel grooves inclining toward an axially extended shaft hole of the bearing, and an annular recess formed at a middle section of the shaft hole.

Abstract: A slide bearing comprising: an outer cylinder in which two ends of a cylindrical section made of thin metal plate are respectively provided with a flange and an annular side wall section formed by bending inwardly and perpendicularly; and either a plurality of plate-like bearing elements or a single bearing element both provided with an opening having convexes and concaves in the center so that a shaft to be supported may be supported by the convexes in a state of face contact; the concaves of the bearing elements being filled with a lubricant.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide sliding members having preferable lubrication and seizure resistance. Sliding members comprising a columnar texture which is composed from at least one of metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal carbides, and metals on a base member, wherein the columnar texture is composed of assemblies of fine columnar asperities, with intervals formed between the columnar asperities being connected to each other so as to form a net work, and with gaseous, liquid, or solid lubricants being maintained in the intervals. The mutually connected intervals in the columnar texture are superior in filling and holding of lubricants, and the above described superiorities improve lubrication and seizure resistance and extend sliding life.