needle bearing

English

needle bearing

Noun

needle bearing (plural needle bearings)

2. A type of roller bearing in which the load-bearing elements are longish, thin, cylindrical pins.

   Hypernyms: roller bearing < roller bearing < bearing < component, part

   Coordinate term: ball bearing

   • 1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

     The drive from each hydraulic transmission to the axle-mounted gearboxes on the outer axles of each bogie is through cardan shafts fitted with needle-bearing universal joints.

Translations

type of bearing

• Bulgarian: иглен лагер m (iglen lager)
• Finnish: neulalaakeri
• German: Nadellager n

thrust bearing type of needle bearing