Pivot cradle bearing and method for producing a synchronization device of a pivot cradle bearing

A method for producing a synchronization device of a pivot cradle bearing, the method comprising:

• providing a cage segment blank in which a through-opening with a cylindrical portion and a tapering portion adjoining the cylindrical portion is arranged,
• providing a pivoting lever which has a spherical portion as an inner sliding bearing piece spaced from the ends thereof,
• inserting the pivoting lever into the through-opening of the cage segment blank, such that the spherical portion comes to rest on the tapering portion of the through-opening, and
• narrowing of the cylindrical portion of the through-opening, by heating and deforming the cage segment blank, by which the pivoting lever is secured against being pulled out of the through-opening.

A pivot cradle bearing, comprising:

• two bearing parts which are pivotable with respect to one another;
• a bent cage segment, in which rolling bodies are guided, which roll between the two bearing parts which are movable relative to one another;
• a synchronization device configured to synchronize a relative movement of the bearing parts with a displacement of the cage segment, the synchronization device comprising a pivoting lever mounted in the cage segment;
• an articulated bearing configured for mounting the pivoting lever in the cage segment, said articulated bearing being asymmetrical with respect to a tangential plane lying centrally between an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the cage segment;
• and
• a retainer that holds a portion of the pivoting lever in the cage segment, the retainer comprises a deformation formed in the cage segment.