Double row spherical roller bearing
AssigneeCooper Roller Bearings Company Ltd
InventorMartin Caspall
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Abstract
A split double row spherical roller bearing comprising an outer ring including an outer race, an inner ring within the outer ring including an inner race, a cage mounted between the inner and outer races, the cage mounting rollers which engage the inner and outer races, the inner ring, inner race, outer ring, outer race, and cage each comprising two generally semicircular parts engageable together to form a circular component via respective radially extending contact surfaces, and characterized in that the contact surfaces of at least the outer ring comprise a saw-tooth arrangement in which the angle of each saw tooth joint is between 25 and 40 degrees.
Claims20
A split double row spherical roller bearing, comprising:
- an outer ring including an outer race;
- an inner ring within the outer ring including an inner race;
- and
- a cage mounted between the inner and outer races, said cage mounting rollers which engage the inner and outer races,
- said inner ring, inner race, outer ring, outer race, and cage each comprising two generally semicircular parts engageable together to form a circular component via respective radially extending contact surfaces,
- characterized in that the contact surfaces of at least the outer ring comprise a saw-tooth arrangement having a surface and saw tooth tips in which the angle of each saw tooth joint is between 25 and 40 degrees from a horizontal cross-section from which the saw tooth tips extend,
- wherein said saw tooth surface includes a plurality of direction changes, and
- wherein said plurality of direction changes comprises at least 5 direction changes.
A split double row spherical roller bearing, comprising:
- an outer ring including an outer race;
- an inner ring within the outer ring including an inner race;
- a shroud positioned between a housing and the outer ring;
- and
- a cage mounted between the inner and outer races, said cage mounting rollers which engage the inner and outer races,
- said inner ring, inner race, outer ring, outer race, and cage each comprising two generally semicircular parts engageable together to form a circular component via respective radially extending contact surfaces,
- characterized in that the contact surfaces of at least the outer ring comprise a saw-tooth arrangement having a surface and saw tooth tips in which the angle of each saw tooth joint is between 25 and 40 degrees,
- wherein said saw tooth surface includes a plurality of direction changes, and
- wherein said plurality of direction changes comprises at least 5 direction changes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.