US 12,066,089 B1
Follower bearing module
Kenichiro Tsuruta, Mino (JP); Tomoaki Nakamura, Mino (JP); Yusuke Takaya, Mino (JP); Yuichi Shibuya, Mino (JP); and Jinya Suzuki, Mino (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/580,233
Filed by NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 23, 2023, PCT No. PCT/JP2023/019181
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 18, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/243331, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-097876 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16C 13/00 (2006.01); F16C 19/26 (2006.01); F16H 53/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 53/06 (2013.01) [F16C 13/006 (2013.01); F16C 19/26 (2013.01); F16C 2226/60 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A follower bearing module for mounting a follower bearing to a mounted member having a mounting hole, the follower bearing module comprising:
a follower bearing;
a fixing element operative to fix the follower bearing to the mounted member; and
a fastening element operative to fasten the follower bearing and the fixing element, the fastening element including a body having threads on an outer circumferential surface thereof;
the follower bearing including
an inner member having a shaft through hole penetrating in an axial direction, the inner member having an annular first raceway surface on an outer circumferential surface thereof,
an outer ring having an annular second raceway surface facing the first raceway surface on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and
a plurality of rolling elements arranged on an annular raceway along the first and second raceway surfaces so as to contact the first and second raceway surfaces,
the inner member including
a large diameter portion having the first raceway surface provided thereon, and
a shaft portion extending in the axial direction from the large diameter portion and having at least a portion accommodated in the mounting hole,
the fixing element including
a cylindrical portion disposed in the shaft through hole and having a threaded groove on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and
a plate-shaped portion provided at one end in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion and extending radially outward,
the fastening element fastening the follower bearing and the fixing element with the cylindrical portion being disposed in the shaft through hole,
at least one of the follower bearing and the fixing element including a rotation prevention mechanism operative to prevent rotation of the fixing element.