Claims
- 1-75. (canceled)
- 76. A preloaded, double row bearing unit comprising:
an outer ring having a first outer raceway and a second outer raceway, a shaft member formed with a first inner raceway, an inner ring formed with a second inner raceway, a first row of tapered rollers provided between the first outer raceway and the first inner raceway, and a second row of tapered rollers provided between the second outer raceway and the second inner raceway, wherein the bearing unit has been preloaded, by way of pressure-fitting between the shaft member and the inner ring, by pushing the inner ring which is tightly fitted to the shaft member to preload the bearing unit by utilizing interference which produces a larger friction force than the force of the preload, and wherein, provided that D is a diameter of a pitch circle defined by the tapered rollers of the first and second rows of tapered rollers and P is a pitch in the axial direction of the outer ring and shaft member in the first row of tapered rollers and the second row of tapered rollers, D>P.
Priority Claims (4)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
5-163293 |
Jun 1993 |
JP |
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4-72181 |
Feb 1992 |
JP |
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4-345146 |
Dec 1992 |
JP |
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5-44383 |
Feb 1993 |
JP |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/020,533 filed Feb. 22, 1993.
Divisions (2)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10080152 |
Feb 2002 |
US |
Child |
10757579 |
Jan 2004 |
US |
Parent |
08620541 |
Mar 1996 |
US |
Child |
10080152 |
Feb 2002 |
US |
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
08254589 |
Jun 1994 |
US |
Child |
08620541 |
Mar 1996 |
US |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
08020533 |
Feb 1993 |
US |
Child |
08254589 |
Jun 1994 |
US |