Roller for a pod joint
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsXavier Mehul, Christophe Walliser, Jean-Philippe Dietrich
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Abstract
A roller bearing for a pod joint comprising an inner race, an outer ring assembly, a race that runs along a bell section and is disposed on the outer surface of the outer ring assembly, a plurality of rolling elements, wherein the plurality of rolling elements are disposed between the inner race and the outer ring assembly and are formed as rollers, and a cage assembly, wherein the rolling elements are disposed in the cage assembly, wherein the cage assembly is formed as a central cage, wherein the rollers pass through the central cage in a middle area, and the running areas thereof project outward from both sides of the central cage.
Claims18
A roller bearing for a pod joint, comprising:
- an inner race;
- an outer ring assembly;
- a race that runs along a bell section coupled to a gearbox output, and is disposed on an outer surface of the outer ring assembly;
- a plurality of rolling elements, wherein the rolling elements are disposed between the inner race and the outer ring assembly and are formed as rollers;
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- a cage assembly, wherein the rolling elements are disposed in the cage assembly, wherein the cage assembly is formed as a central cage, wherein the rollers pass through the central cage in a middle area, and running areas thereof project outward from both sides of the central cage.
A roller bearing comprising:
- a roller bearing axis with an axis of rotation;
- an inner race;
- an outer race;
- a cage device;
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- one or more rolling elements, wherein the rolling elements are arranged between an inner ring assembly and an outer ring assembly, and the rolling elements are arranged in the cage device and the rolling elements are guided in a central region by the cage device and protrude from both sides of the central region in running regions, wherein the roller bearing is disposed in a drive train of a vehicle between a gearbox output and an intermediate shaft.
A pod joint comprising:
- a bell section that is coupled to a gearbox output and provides a race for one or more roller bearings, wherein the one or more roller bearings include:
- an inner ring assembly for holding a journal of a shaft stump section;
- an outer ring assembly;
- a raceway for running on the bell section that is arranged on an outside of the outer ring assembly;
- a cage device;
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- a plurality of rolling elements, wherein the rolling elements are arranged between the inner ring assembly and the outer ring assembly, and the plurality of rolling elements are arranged in the cage device and the rolling elements are guided in a central region by the cage device and protrude from both sides of the cage device in running regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.