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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a needle roller bearing capable of restricting heat treatment deformation while securing prescribed hardness. SOLUTION: Steel material for forming at least one of an inner ring 2, an outer ring 4, and a needle roller 3 is quenched and hardened by atmospheric cooling. A surface layer part quenched and hardened has hardness of HV650 or more. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rocker arm rarely generating dents on a transfer surface of a bearing outer ring acting as a cam follower and to provide a bearing of the rocker arm. SOLUTION: An action part 14 operating a valve of an internal combustion engine and a roller bearing 10 in which an outer ring 22 acts as the cam follower are installed in a rockable arm body 4. The roller bearing 10 is equipped with a roller spindle 21 fit to the arm body 4; the outer ring 22; and a plurality of needle rollers 23. The material of the outer ring 22 is steel and the amount of retained austenite in the steel is specified to 8% or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a rolling-contact part with which the manufactured cost can be decreased while securing durability.SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing the rolling-contact parts (11, 12, 13), constituted with a steel composed of 0.4-0.7% carbon, 0.15-0.35% silicon, 0.4-1.3% manganese and the balance iron with impurities; is provided with the following step, wherein, a step, in which formed bodies formed into the formations of the rolling-contact parts (11, 12, 13), are prepared; a step, in which the formed bodies are heated to the temperature of lower than the Atransforming point under the atmosphere containing nitrogen atmos to form nitrogen-invasion layers 11B, 12B, 13B; a step, in which the high nitrogen hardened layers 11B, 12B, 13B being the nitrogen-invasion layer, induction-hardened in the range containing the surfaces of the rolling-contact parts (11A, 12A, 13A), are formed; and a step, in which the nitride layer formed on the surfaces of the high nitrogen hardened layers (11B, 12B, 13B), are removed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling bearing cage to which high durability is imparted while suppressing an increase in the weight and which secures high dimensional accuracy and dimensional stability, and also to provide its manufacturing method and a rolling bearing. SOLUTION: The cage 14 is formed of steel which contains 0.05 or more and less than 0.4 mass% carbon, 0.1-0.35 mass% silicon, and 0.1-0.9 mass% manganese, and consists of iron in the rest and impurities. In a region including a surface 14A of the cage 14, a cage nitrogen enriched layer 14B is formed which has higher nitrogen concentration than an inside 14C. The cage nitrogen enriched layer 14B includes a bainite structure where a remaining austenite amount is held down to 5 vol% or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a needle roller bearing and a needle roller, having a long service life under severe environment while restraining the contents of alloy elements. SOLUTION: An orbital ring 11 and a needle roller 13 of a thrust-needle roller bearing 1, are composed of steel containing 0.7-1.1% C, 0.3-0.7% Si, 0.3-0.8% Mn, 0.5-1.2% Ni, 1.3-1.8% Cr, 0.1-0.7% Mo and 0.2-0.4% V, and the balance Fe with impurities, wherein the content of Si+Mn is ≤1.0%, the content of Ni+Cr is ≤2.3% and the content of Cr+Mo+V is ≤3.0%, and high carbon-containing layer is formed, wherein the hardness on this surface layer is 725-800 Hv, the maximum grain diameter of carbide on the surface layer part is ≤10 μm, the area ratio is 7-20% and the carbon content on the surface layer is higher by 0.2-0.4% than this content in the inner part and the nitrogen content on the surface layer part is 0.1-0.5%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling member for a machine tool having a long service life even in a severe environment while suppressing the contents of alloy elements, and to provide a rolling bearing for the machine tool. SOLUTION: The outer ring 11, inner ring 12 and ball 13 of an angular contact ball bearing 1 supporting the main shaft of a machine tool are each composed of a steel having a composition comprising 0.7 to 1.1% carbon, 0.3 to 0.7% silicon, 0.3 to 0.8% manganese, 0.5 to 1.2% nickel, 1.3 to 1.8% chromium, 0.1 to 0.7% molybdenum and 0.2 to 0.4% vanadium, and the balance iron with impurities, and in which the content of silicon+manganese is ≤1.0%, the content of nickel+chromium is ≥2.3%, the content of nickel+molybdenum+vanadium is ≤3.0%, a high carbon-containing layer is formed, the hardness of the surface layer part is 725 to 800 HV, the maximum grain size of carbide in the surface layer part is ≤10 μm, the area ratio thereof is 7 to 20%, the carbon content in the surface layer part is higher than that at the inside by 0.2 to 0.4%, and the content of nitrogen in the surface layer part is 0.1 to 0.5 mass%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device for a wheel of which the high durability is ensured, by including a part with improved fatigue strength in a non-hardened portion. SOLUTION: A wheel bearing device 1 includes an outer member 10, an inner member 20, and a roller 50. The inner member 20 includes a hub ring 30 made of steel and having a wheel mounting flange 31 formed. The hub ring 30 has a hardened portion 39 hardened to attain at least 50 HRC as a result of quench hardening and a non-hardened portion 33 which is a portion other than the hardened portion 39. An austenite crystal grain size of steel constituting the non-hardened portion 33 is #8 or more. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheel bearing device of which the high durability is ensured, by including a part with improved fatigue strength in a non-hardened portion. SOLUTION: A wheel bearing device 1 includes an outer member 10, an inner member 20, and a roller 50. The inner member 20 includes a hub ring 30 made of steel and having a wheel mounting flange 31 formed. The hub ring 30 has a hardened portion 39 hardened to attain at least 50 HRC as a result of quench hardening and a non-hardened portion 33 which is a portion other than the hardened portion 39. Compressive stress in a range of 50-500 MPa remains in the surface of the non-hardened portion 33. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device for a wheel with a hub ring having improved strength and durability under rotationally bent conditions, while reducing its weight without changing the shape and size of a wheel mounting flange and without impairing face deflection. SOLUTION: After hot forging of medium carbon steel as material of the hub wheel 1, by control of cooling speed or whole surface refining processing, residual compression stress from a corner R surface of a wheel mounting flange inboard side root part 10ir of the hub wheel 1 to a shaft part outer diameter surface is defined in a range of 200-800 MPa, and the residual compression stress of an inner diameter part surface of the hub wheel 1 is defined in a range of 50-500 MPa. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a track member capable of suppressing the increase of a manufacturing cost, sufficiently increasing the hardness of an area including a rolling surface, ensuring the sufficient rolling fatigue lifetime by giving the high resistance against the rolling fatigue, and consistently controlling the hardness of an area of the plastic deformation. SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the track member includes a steel member preparing step of preparing a steel member for suppressing the carbon content and the chromium content, a heat treatment step, and a finishing step. The heat treatment step includes a carbo-nitiriding step of heating and carbo-nitiriding the steel member, a hardening step of performing the hardening by cooling the steel member at the temperature below M S point, a high-temperature tempering step of performing the tempering by heating the steel member at the temperature of ≥650°C and 1 point, and an induction hardening step of performing the induction hardening of a high-hardness area of the steel member without any hardening of a low-hardness area other than the high-hardness area including an area to be formed as a rolling surface of the track member. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT