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US 11,078,959 B1Granted
High speed bearing with single piece wide plastic cage
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorGuihui Zhong
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Abstract
A ball bearing is adapted to high-speed applications. The single-piece plastic cage has a wide flange portion. In particular, the mass of the flange portion is at least 40% of the total mass of the cage.
Claims14
A bearing cage comprising:
- an annular flange portion having a flange mass;
- and
- a plurality of wings extending axially from the flange portion to define a plurality of roller pockets;
- wherein
- the flange mass is greater than 40% of a total mass of the bearing cage.
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A bearing comprising:
- a bearing cage having an annular flange portion and a plurality of wings extending axially from the flange portion to define a plurality of roller pockets wherein a mass of the flange portion exceeds 40% of a total mass of the bearing cage;
- an outer ring having a radially inward facing outer race;
- an inner ring having a radially outward facing inner race;
- and
- a plurality of rollers each retained in one of the roller pockets and in rolling contact with the inner race and the outer race.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.