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Granted Patent B2
US 11,421,732 · App. 16/766,266 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Rolling component, bearing, and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Takahiro Okada (Kuwana, JP); Takumi Fujita (Kuwana, JP); Naoya Kamura (Kuwana, JP); Yoshinori Sugisaki (Kuwana, JP)
Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
F16C19/36F16C33/58F16C33/64
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Patent No.
US 11,421,732
App. No.
16/766,266
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rolling component has a surface. The rolling component includes a fiber flow. The surface has an Ra of 0.1 μm or less, an Rsk<0, and a compressive residual stress of 700 MPa or more. The surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.

Claims (41)

1. A rolling component comprising a surface, wherein:

the rolling component includes a fiber flow,

the surface has an Ra of 0.1 μm or less, an Rsk<0, and a compressive residual stress of 700 MPa or more,

no gap between a non-metallic inclusion present on a side of the surface of the rolling component and a base material forming the rolling component exists, and

the surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.

2. The rolling component according to claim 1 , wherein

the rolling component is made of a steel material having an oxygen content of 5 ppm or more.

3. A bearing comprising:

an outer ring;

a rolling element disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring; and

an inner ring disposed at an inner circumferential side of the rolling element, wherein:

at least one of the outer ring, the rolling element or the inner ring is the rolling component according to claim 1 , and

the surface of the rolling component is one of a raceway surface of the outer ring, a raceway surface of the inner ring, and a rolling surface of the rolling element.

4. A rolling component comprising a surface, wherein:

the rolling component includes a fiber flow,

a gap between a non-metallic inclusion present on a side of the surface of the rolling component and a base material forming the rolling component is smaller than a gap between a non-metallic inclusion present on a side of an interior of the rolling component and the base material forming the rolling component, and

the surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.

5. The rolling component according to claim 4 , wherein

the rolling component is made of a steel material having an oxygen content of 5 ppm or more.

6. A method of manufacturing a rolling component comprising a surface, the method comprising:

preparing a member comprising a surface to be worked and including a fiber flow;

polishing the surface to be worked; and

after the polishing, plastically working the surface to be worked, wherein:

the surface is formed to have an Ra of 0.1 μm or less, an Rsk<0, and a compressive residual stress of 700 MPa or more, and

the surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.

7. The method of manufacturing a rolling component according to claim 6 , wherein

burnishing is performed in the plastically working.

8. The method of manufacturing a rolling component according to claim 7 , wherein

the burnishing is performed by application of a resultant force of a perpendicular force applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface to be worked and a tangential force applied in a direction intersecting the perpendicular force.

9. The method of manufacturing a rolling component according to claim 6 , wherein

one selected from the group consisting of shot peening, a water jet, and an ultrasonic impact treatment is employed in the plastically working.

10. A method of manufacturing a bearing,

the bearing comprising an outer ring, a rolling element disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, and an inner ring disposed at an inner circumferential side of the rolling element,

at least one of the outer ring, the rolling element and the inner ring being the rolling component manufactured according to claim 6 , and

the surface of the rolling component being one of a raceway surface of the outer ring, a raceway surface of the inner ring, and a rolling surface of the rolling element.

11. A method of manufacturing a rolling component comprising a surface, the method comprising:

preparing a member comprising a surface to be worked and including a fiber flow;

polishing the surface to be worked; and

after the polishing, plastically working the surface to be worked such that a gap between a non-metallic inclusion present on a side of the surface of the rolling component and a base material forming the rolling component is smaller than a gap between a non-metallic inclusion present on a side of an interior of the rolling component and the base material forming the rolling component, and the surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.

12. The method of manufacturing a rolling component according to claim 11 , wherein

burnishing is performed in the plastically working.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: OKADA, TAKAHIRO; FUJITA, TAKUMI; KAMURA, NAOYA; SUGISAKI, YOSHINORI
To: NTN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053709/0556 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-226107 · Nov 24, 2017 · national
JP JP2018-102350 · May 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200362912A1 · Nov 19, 2020