Rolling bearing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025230842-A1
Application number	US-202519169324-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 3, 2025
Priority date	Oct 5, 2022
Publication date	Jul 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A rolling bearing includes: inner and outer rings; a plurality of balls; a retainer configured to retain the plurality of balls; and a seal member attached to the outer ring and configured to close a bearing space between the inner ring and the outer ring. The seal member is a contact seal including a lip configured to come into contact with the seal groove. The seal groove has an outer groove wall surface which is an inclined surface which is inclined toward an outer diametric side as the inclined surface extends outward in an axial direction. The lip has a tip end part having a round shape so that the tip end part contacts the outer groove wall surface of the seal groove at from 80 to 100°. The outer groove wall surface has an inclination angle of from 55 to 65° with respect to the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring; an outer ring; a plurality of balls interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a retainer configured to retain the plurality of balls; and a seal member attached to the outer ring and configured to close a bearing space between the inner ring and the outer ring, the inner ring having an outer peripheral surface on which a seal groove is formed in a circumferential direction, wherein
the seal member is a contact seal which contacts the seal groove outside a lip, the seal groove has an outer groove wall surface which is an inclined surface which is inclined toward an outer diametric side as the inclined surface extends outward in an axial direction, the outer groove wall surface has an inclination angle of from 55 to 65° with respect to the axial direction, and a lip shape is configured so that a tip end part of the lip has a round shape and contacts the outer groove wall surface at from 80 to 100°.

2 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tip end part of the lip has an arcuate shape having a radius of from 0.03 to 0.09 mm.

3 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seal member includes a metal core and a rubber member,
the lip is constituted by the rubber member, and the lip has a surface roughness Ra of from 0.4 μm to 2.5 μm on the entirety of an inner surface of the lip or a part of the inner surface which is located on an inner diametric side with respect to a pitch circle diameter (PCD).

4 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seal member is provided with an air outlet on an outer diametric part configured to release internal pressure of the rolling bearing.

5 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least the seal member on one side of the rolling bearing is provided with a plurality of air outlets in an outer peripheral part of the seal member,
the air outlets include a radial air outlet defined in the radial direction and an axial air outlet defined in the axial direction, and the radial air outlet and the axial air outlet are arranged at different circumferential positions.

6 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lip of the seal member is provided with air outlet configured to release internal pressure of the rolling bearing.

7 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the air outlet is provided to the seal member disposed on one side or each of two sides of the rolling bearing.

8 . The rolling bearing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seal member includes a sub lip protruding axially inward from a base end part of the seal member, and
labyrinth seal is produced between a tip end part of the sub lip and an inner groove wall surface of the seal groove.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Yutaka
• Ito Takeru

Classifications

• F16C33/782

  of the sealing region · CPC title

• F16C33/7826

  of the opposing surface cooperating with the seal, e.g. a shoulder surface of a bearing ring · CPC title

• F16C2240/30

  Angles, e.g. inclinations · CPC title

• F16C2240/34

  Contact angles · CPC title

• F16C2240/40

  Linear dimensions, e.g. length, radius, thickness, gap · CPC title