Bearing structure and air blower

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10161447
APP PUB NO 20160258485A1
SERIAL NO

15058382

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A bearing structure includes: a shaft; an oil-impregnated bearing that supports the shaft to be rotatable and includes a first sintered metal material having a first density; a bearing holder that supports an outer circumferential surface of the oil-impregnated bearing; and a seal member that is provided at an opening of the bearing holder, wherein the shaft is provided with an annular groove having a side surface portion that has an outer diameter that decreases as the side surface portion separates away from one end surface of the oil-impregnated bearing, and wherein the seal member includes a second sintered metal material having a second density that is lower than the first density of the first sintered metal material.

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MINEBEA MITSUMI INC4106-73 OAZA MIYOTA MIYOTA-MACHI KITASAKU-GUN NAGANO 3890293 ?3890293

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Ide, Tatsuya Nagano, JP 44 204
Iijima, Masayuki Nagano, JP 84 699
Takeuchi, Nobuo Nagano, JP 21 225

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