Sleeve for deep groove ball bearing
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorGuihui Zhong
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Abstract
A deep groove ball bearing assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an inner bearing ring defining an inner race, an outer bearing ring defining an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements supported on the inner race and the outer race. A shaft is supported on a radially inner surface of the inner bearing ring, and a housing is supported on a radially outer surface of the outer bearing ring. A sleeve is arranged between the radially outer surface of the outer bearing ring and a radially inner surface of the housing, and the sleeve includes a plurality of through openings.
Claims16
A deep groove ball bearing assembly comprising:
- an inner bearing ring defining an inner race;
- an outer bearing ring defining an outer race;
- a plurality of rolling elements supported on the inner race and the outer race;
- a shaft supported on a radially inner surface of the inner bearing ring;
- a housing supported on a radially outer surface of the outer bearing ring;
- and
- a sleeve arranged between the radially outer surface of the outer bearing ring and a radially inner surface of the housing, the sleeve including a plurality of through openings each having a predetermined, closed profile,
- the sleeve further including a plurality of grooves having at least one of:
- (i) a first plurality of grooves extending circumferentially to connect adjacent through openings of the plurality of through openings;
- or
- (ii) a second plurality of grooves extending axially to connect axially outermost edges of the sleeve and the plurality of through openings.
A sleeve for a deep groove ball bearing assembly, the sleeve comprising:
- a circular ring body defining a plurality of through openings,
- each through opening of the plurality of through openings has a H-shaped profile and includes a pair of circumferentially extending slots connected by an axially extending slot,
- the sleeve further including:
- a first plurality of grooves extending circumferentially to connect adjacent through openings of the plurality of through openings, and
- a second plurality of grooves extending axially to connect axially outermost edges of the sleeve and the plurality of through openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.