Oil-lubricated bearing device and vacuum pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9958005-B2
Application number	US-201615277008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	Oct 13, 2015
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

An oil-lubricated bearing device comprises: a rolling bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling bodies, and a holder; a tapered member; a lubricant storage disposed on a side provided with the tapered member with respect to the inner ring; and a contact portion. The holder includes pockets each formed with outer and inner ring side openings and configured to hold a corresponding one of the rolling bodies, a lubricant scraping portion formed at an inner peripheral surface of each of the pockets and configured to scrape lubricant adhering to a surface of each of the rolling body, and a second inclined surface formed at an outer peripheral surface portion of the holder adjacent to the outer ring side opening and rising with a slope toward the lubricant storage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oil-lubricated bearing device comprising:
a rolling bearing
including an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling bodies, a holder configured to maintain a gap between adjacent ones of the rolling bodies and a lubricant storage disposed on a side provided with a tapered member with respect to the inner ring, and
configured to support a rotor shaft;

the tapered member provided at the rotor shaft to which the inner ring is fixed and formed with a first inclined surface rising with a slope toward the inner ring;
and
a contact portion configured to contact the first inclined surface to supply lubricant of the lubricant storage to the first inclined surface,
wherein the holder includes
pockets each formed with outer and inner ring side openings and configured to hold a corresponding one of the rolling bodies,
a lubricant scraping portion formed at an inner peripheral surface of each of the pockets and configured to scrape lubricant adhering to a surface of each of the rolling body, and
a second inclined surface formed at an outer peripheral surface portion of the holder adjacent to the outer ring side opening and rising with a slope toward the lubricant storage.

2. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the lubricant scraping portion includes a plurality of raised portions formed in a circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of each of the pocket in a region close to the outer ring side opening such that the plurality of raised portions are aligned.

3. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second inclined surface is formed with a protrusion protruding from the second inclined surface.

4. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tapered member is an inner ring fixing member detachably provided at the rotor shaft and configured to fix the inner ring to the rotor shaft.

5. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lubricant guide portion disposed closer to the outer ring with respect to the holder to contact the lubricant storage and the outer ring and configured to guide lubricant scattered from the second inclined surface to the lubricant storage.

6. A vacuum pump comprising:
the oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 1 ; and
a pump rotor provided with the rotor shaft.

7. An oil-lubricated bearing device comprising:
a rolling bearing
including an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling bodies, a holder configured to maintain a gap between adjacent ones of the rolling bodies and a lubricant storage disposed on a side provided with a tapered member with respect to the inner ring, and
configured to support a rotor shaft;

the tapered member provided at the rotor shaft to which the inner ring is fixed and formed with a first inclined surface rising with a slope toward the inner ring;
and
a contact portion configured to contact the first inclined surface to supply lubricant of the lubricant storage to the first inclined surface,
wherein the holder includes
pockets each penetrating from an inner peripheral holder surface to an outer peripheral holder surface and configured to hold a corresponding one of the rolling bodies,
a second inclined surface formed by the outer peripheral holder surface and rising with a slope such that a distance from a center axis increases toward the lubricant storage,
a third inclined surface formed by the inner peripheral holder surface and falling with a slope such that a distance from the center axis increases with distance from the lubricant storage, and
a connection surface formed at a holder end portion opposite to the lubricant storage and connecting between the second and third inclined surfaces.

8. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 7 , wherein
the second inclined surface is formed with a protrusion formed in a ridge shape to extend from a side of the connection surface toward the lubricant storage through a portion between adjacent two of the pockets.

9. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 7 , wherein
at least one of the pockets penetrates from an inner ring side opening with surroundings thereof closed to an outer ring side opening with surroundings thereof closed.

10. The oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 9 , wherein
the holder is configured such that two or more members are integrally coupled together.

11. A vacuum pump comprising:
the oil-lubricated bearing device according to claim 7 ; and
a pump rotor provided with the rotor shaft.

Assignees

• Shimadzu Corp

Inventors

• Manabe Masashi
• Saito Hidefumi

Classifications

• F16C33/6651

  in recesses or cavities provided in retainers, races or rolling elements · CPC title

• F16C33/6659

  Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles · CPC title

• F16C19/16 Primary

  with a single row of balls · CPC title

• F16C33/412

  Massive or moulded comb cages, e.g. snap ball cages · CPC title

• F16C32/0408

  Passive magnetic bearings · CPC title