Patent ID: 7566174

Claim:
Fluid lubricated bearing device comprising: an axial member, a bearing member formed of a sintered metal containing oil and opposed to an outer periphery of the axial member via a radial bearing gap; and a housing with the bearing member secured to an inner periphery thereof, the axial member being rotated relative to the bearing member to generate a hydrodynamic pressure in the radial bearing gap to provide non-contact support to the axial member, grooves being provided with openings at their both end faces, through which a lubricating fluid flows, on the outer periphery of the bearing member, wherein the fluid lubricated bearing device is provided with three of the grooves, and wherein the grooves are not in contact with a die during sizing, and wherein the bearing member is formed in shape of a three-arc segmented bearing and has a plurality of dynamic pressure generating grooves on an inner periphery thereof.