Patent ID: 6648513
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A plain bearing comprising:a back metal; and a bearing alloy layer bonded onto said back metal which bearing alloy layer is provided at a surface side thereof with a cylindrical bearing face extended in a direction of an axis of said plain bearing, said bearing alloy face being provided at each of axially terminal portions thereof with an inclination face inclined radially outwardly from a location defined between both of axially terminal ends of said bearing face toward said axially terminal ends thereof, said inclination face having an axial length varying along the circumference of said bearing alloy layer; wherein the axial length of said inclination face is set to be shortest at each of axial locations corresponding to maximum oil film pressures which are present on the bearing face, and said axial length is increased in succession as spaced apart therefrom in the circumferential direction.