Patent ID: 8376620

Claim:
A sliding bearing, comprising: a first split bearing half having a sliding surface including an oil groove for channeling a lubricating oil in a circumferential direction within the oil groove; and a second split bearing half, the first and second split bearing halves including crush reliefs at a junction area along the sliding surface between the first and second split bearing halves, the crush reliefs forming a cut extending throughout the lengths of the first and second bearing halves and having at least one straight side surface extending from the junction area between the first and second split bearing halves to the sliding surface for allowing both split bearing halves to deform radially inward, wherein the oil groove is formed over the entire circumferential extent of the first split bearing half, the oil groove extending through the crush reliefs to be open to the junction area between the split bearing halves and having a bottom which is formed so that a portion disposed toward the junction area as considered in the circumferential direction of the crush relief is located closer to the center position of the sliding surface as compared with a central portion thereof, thus reducing the channel area of the oil groove toward the junction area.