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US 11,203,051 B2Granted
Rolling element bearing cage with supporting frame and reinforcing frame
AssigneeBowman International Limited
InventorIan Breeze
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rolling element bearing cage formed of one or more segments, each segment comprising: a supporting frame having a plurality of spaced apart openings each for accommodating a rolling element; and a reinforcing frame, inserted within the supporting frame, having a corresponding plurality of openings each for aligning with the openings of the supporting frame.
Claims21
A rolling element bearing cage formed of one or more segments, each segment comprising:
- a supporting frame having a plurality of spaced apart openings each for accommodating a rolling element;
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- a reinforcing frame, inserted within the supporting frame, having a corresponding plurality of openings each for aligning with the openings of the supporting frame,
- wherein the supporting frame and the reinforcing frame are made of different materials, and
- wherein the reinforcing frame is provided with a plurality of internal voids, the voids being filled with a filling material being the same material as the material of one of the supporting frame or the reinforcing frame.
2 more elements
The rolling element bearing cage of 6 wherein the reinforcing frame is provided through the internal void of the supporting frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.