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US 7,354,200 · App. 10/394,573 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Bearing device and pin for bearing device

Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,354,200
App. No.
10/394,573
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided with a bush and a pin to be inserted in this bush. When an external force is acting in a certain direction, the bush and the pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range H is formed, in which an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush partially and slidably contact with each other. An oil reservoir is provided at the side of the pin in order to prevent a no-lubrication portion, to which no lubrication oil is supplied, from being formed in the slidable range H.

Claims (9)

1. A bearing device comprising:

a bush;

a pin inserted into said bush, said pin fixed to links at end portions of said pin, said pin having a center S on an outer peripheral face thereof and a pin axial center therein, said center S located at a direction opposed to a traveling direction x;

wherein

said bush and said pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range is formed in which an outer peripheral face of said pin and an inner peripheral face of said bush partially and slidably contact each other,

said outer peripheral face of said pin has formed thereon a single oil reservoir, said oil reservoir being elongated in the direction of said pin axial center, and said oil reservoir being rocked centering on said center S,

and an angular circumferential direction range of said oil reservoir is limited to a center angle of 10 to 30 degrees centering on said pin axial center.

2. A bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said oil reservoir is configured by a flat face portion, which is formed on said outer peripheral face of said pin along a pin axial center direction.

3. A bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said oil reservoir is configured by a plurality of punctate concave portions, which are formed on said outer peripheral face of said pin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2003
From: YAMAMOTO, TEIJI; HASHIMOTO, AKIRA; YAMAMOTO, HIROSHI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-095320 · Mar 29, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030219181A1 · Nov 27, 2003