Bearing apparatus for supporting pinion shaft

摘要

A bearing apparatus for supporting a pinion shaft comprises a pair of rolling bearings which rotatably support a pinion shaft to a case and are arranged side by side in a shaft direction between a pinion gear arranged at one end of the pinion shaft, and a companion flange attached outside the other end thereof. The rolling bearing on a companion flange side comprises an angular ball bearing, and a radius of curvature Ri of an inner ring raceway, a radius of curvature Ro of an outer ring raceway, and a ball diameter Bd of the rolling bearing may satisfy a relationship given by equations of Ri