Patent ID: 7927022
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A thrust roller bearing comprising: a ring shaped cage provided with rectangular shaped pockets being long in respective radial directions, in a plurality of places around the circumferential direction, and a plurality of rollers each rotatably provided in a respective pocket, the cage being made with first and second cage elements overlapped in the axial direction, and the first cage element comprising: a first ring portion provided with rectangular shaped first through holes, being long in respective radial directions in a plurality of places around the circumferential direction, for constructing the pockets, a first inside cylindrical portion formed on the inner circumference of the first ring portion, and a first outside cylindrical portion formed on the outer circumference of the first ring portion, and the second cage element comprising: a second ring portion provided with rectangular shaped second through holes, being long in respective radial directions at the same pitch as that of the first though holes in relation to the circumferential direction, for constructing the pockets, a second inside cylindrical portion formed on the inner circumference of the second ring portion, and a second outside cylindrical portion formed on the outer circumference of the second ring portion, and for the first and second cage elements, the second outside cylindrical portion is fitted into the radial inside of the first outside cylindrical portion, and the second inside cylindrical portion is fitted onto the radial outside of the first inside cylindrical portion, in a condition with the first through holes and the second through holes matched with each other in relation to the axial direction, wherein of the axial end surfaces of each roller, at least the outside end surface which is on the radial outside of the cage, in a condition in which the roller is fitted into the pocket, is a convex surface in which a center part of the outside end surface projects furthest in the axial direction, and wherein a part, being one part of the second outside cylindrical portion, around the circumferential direction, positioned at the outside end part of each pocket, is removed, and the surfaces of the axial opposite end surfaces of the rollers retained in the pockets, which become the outside end surfaces on the radial outside of the cage, are faced to the inner peripheral surface of the first outside cylindrical portion, and wherein the dimensions of the cage and the rollers are regulated so that in a condition where the rollers in the pockets are displaced to the outermost side in relation to the radial direction of the cage, the center part of the outside end surface, and the inner peripheral surface of the first outside cylindrical portion are in contact with each other.