Bearing compression strap
AssigneeInsight Analytics Solutions Holdings Limited
InventorsColin McNichols, Chad Phillip Glinsky, Ashley Crowther
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Abstract
A tensioning arrangement for a bearing ring, which introduces a compressive force towards a rotational centre of the bearing ring, to prevent the bearing ring distorting as a shaft supported by the bearing turns. The tensioner arrangement includes a strap and a tensioner. The strap has a connector at each end, and tensioner has an element for connecting to the connectors. The tensioner also has an element for applying tension to the strap. In use, the strap is arranged around the bearing ring and a circumferential length of the strap in contact with the bearing ring is reduced, thereby applying compressive force to the bearing ring.
Claims16
A tensioning arrangement for a bearing ring comprising:
- a strap, in which said strap comprises a first connector at a first end and a second connector at a second end;
- a tensioner, in which said tensioner comprises:
- means for connecting to said connectors;
- means for applying tension to the strap;
- and
- a plurality of channels for receiving the first end of said strap;
- wherein, in use, the strap is connected to the tensioner and arranged around the bearing ring and actuation of the tensioner reduces a circumferential length of the strap in contact with the bearing ring and increases tension in the strap, thereby applying compressive force to a rotational centre of the bearing ring sufficient to prevent the bearing ring from distorting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.