Patent ID: 10816034

Abstract:
A tapered roller bearing includes inner and outer rings having tapered raceway surfaces. The inner ring also includes large-collar and small-collar surfaces respectively on large-diameter and small-diameter sides of its raceway surface. A plurality of tapered rollers are arrayed between the raceway surfaces. Each of the tapered rollers has a large end surface that contacts and is guided by the large-collar surface. A set curvature radius (R) of the large end surface of each of the tapered rollers and a base curvature radius (RBASE) from a vertex of a cone angle of each of the tapered rollers to the large-collar surface has a ratio R/RBASE in a range of 0.75 to 0.87, and when RACTUAL represents an actual curvature radius of the large end surface, a ratio RACTUAL/R is equal to or larger than 0.5.