IP Library Granted Patent US 10,246,757
Granted Patent B2
US 10,246,757 · App. 15/110,390 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Bearing part

Inventors: Masashi Sakamoto (Kamaishi, JP); Junichi Kodama (Kamaishi, JP); Yutaka Neishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C21D9/40B22D23/00C21D1/18C21D1/32C21D8/065C21D9/36C21D9/38C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/18C22C38/20C22C38/22C22C38/32C22C38/44C22C38/54F16C33/30F16C33/62F16C33/64C21D2211/001C21D2211/003C21D2211/004C21D2211/005C21D2211/008F16C2204/66F16C2204/70F16C2204/72F16C2220/44F16C2223/02F16C2223/10
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Patent No.
US 10,246,757
App. No.
15/110,390
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing part according the present invention includes, as the chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.95% to 1.10%, Si: 0.10% to 0.70%, Mn: 0.20% to 1.20%, Cr: 0.90% to 1.60%, Al: 0.010% to 0.100%, N: 0.003% to 0.030%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.025% or less, O: 0.0010% or less, and optionally Mo: 0.25% or less, B: 0.0050% or less, Cu: 1.0% or less, Ni: 3.0% or less, and Ca: 0.0015% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities; metallographic structure includes a retained austenite, a spherical cementite and a martensite; an amount of the retained austenite is 15% to 25%, by volume %; an average grain size of prior-austenite is 8.0 μm or less; and a number density of a void having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.02 μm to 3.0 μm is 2000 mm −2 or less in the metallographic structure.

Claims (33)

1. A bearing part comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %,

C: 0.95% to 1.10%,

Si: 0.10% to 0.70%,

Mn: 0.20% to 1.20%,

Cr: 0.90% to 1.60%,

Al: 0.010% to 0.100%,

N: 0.003% to 0.030%,

P: 0.025% or less,

S: 0.025% or less,

O: 0.0010% or less, and

optionally

Mo: 0.25% or less,

B: 0.0050% or less,

Cu: 1.0% or less,

Ni: 3.0% or less, and

Ca: 0.0015% or less, and

a remainder including Fe and impurities,

wherein a metallographic structure includes a retained austenite, a spherical cementite and a martensite,

wherein an amount of the retained austenite is 15% to 25%, by volume %,

wherein an average grain size of a prior-austenite is 8.0 μm or less, and

wherein a number density of a void having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.02 μm to 3.0 μm is 2000 mm −2 or less in the metallographic structure.

2. The bearing part according to claim 1 comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %, one or more of

Mo: 0.01% to 0.25%,

B: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Cu: 0.1% to 1.0%,

Ni: 0.05% to 3.0%, and

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0015%.

3. The bearing part according to claim 1 ,

wherein a Vickers hardness is 750 Hv or more, and

wherein a rolling contact fatigue life in a contaminated environment is 5.0×10 6 or more, the contaminated environment being an environment where 1 g of an iron powder having a hardness of 750 Hv to 800 Hv and a particle size of 100 μm to 180 μm is mixed into 1 L of a lubricating oil.

4. The bearing part according to claim 2 ,

wherein a Vickers hardness is 750 Hv or more, and

wherein a rolling contact fatigue life in a contaminated environment is 5.0×10 6 or more, the contaminated environment being an environment where 1 g of an iron powder having a hardness of 750 Hv to 800 Hv and a particle size of 100 μm to 180 μm is mixed into 1 L of a lubricating oil.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2016
From: SAKAMOTO, MASASHI; KODAMA, JUNICHI; NEISHI, YUTAKA
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039111/0893 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-003338 · Jan 10, 2014 · national
JP 2014-084952 · Apr 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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