MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517074451 A) filed by Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Shanghai, on Aug. 5, for 'bearing steel for vehicle hub and manufacturing method for bearing steel.'

Inventor(s) include Liu, Xiangjiang; Huang, Rui; Chen, Zhiping; and Yao, Zan.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed in the present invention is bearing steel for a vehicle hub. The bearing steel comprises Fe and inevitable impurities, and further comprises the following chemical elements in percentage by mass: 0.70-0.80% of C; 0.50-0.70% of Si; 0.95-1.05% of Mn; 0.60-0.70% of Cr; 0.10-0.25% of Cu, 0.010-0.040% of Al; 0.025-0.035% of Nb; and 0.10-0.15% of V. Accordingly, also disclosed in the present invention is a manufacturing method for the bearing steel for a vehicle hub. The present invention can ameliorate the Brinell indentation phenomenon of a rolling bearing raceway of the vehicle hub, and prevent breakage caused by micro-cracks generated due to Brinell damage of a contact part of a rolling body and a raceway roller."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 05, 2024, under International application No.PCT/CN2024/075902.

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