To provide an IC-tagged bearing device, in which the IC tag can easily and
assuredly fitted to the bearing device and can easily be protected from
an environment of elevated temperature. A sealing member 5 for sealing a
bearing space delimited between inner and outer races 1 and 2 has the IC
tag 9 attached thereto. The sealing member 5 includes a core metal 6
provided with an elastic element 7, which is made of rubber or resin, and
the IC tag 9 is held embedded in this elastic element 7. The IC tag 9 may
be fixedly either bonded by vulcanization or engaged in a groove defined
in the elastic element 7.