Bearing assembly having a shaft, a first bearing, and a nut
AssigneeSew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsErmalt Lamaj, Jens Blömeke, Norbert Schneider, Thomas Huber, Markus Lutz, Sven Wurzer
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Abstract
A bearing assembly includes a shaft, a first bearing, and a nut. The nut has a thread, which is screwed onto a threaded region formed on the shaft, and a bearing seat formed on the shaft adjoins the threaded region. The inner ring of the first bearing contacts the bearing seat, and the nut contacts the inner ring of the first bearing. The inner ring of the first bearing is arranged spaced apart from the threaded region of the shaft. A runout region of a thread cut into the threaded region of the shaft is arranged in a subsection of the bearing seat adjoining the threaded region.
Claims20
A bearing assembly, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a first bearing, and
- a nut including a thread threadedly engaged with a threaded region of the shaft;
- wherein a bearing seat arranged on the shaft adjoins the threaded region, an inner ring of the first bearing contacts the bearing seat, the nut contacts the inner ring of the first bearing, the inner ring of the first bearing is arranged spaced apart from the threaded region of the shaft, and a runout region of a thread cut into the threaded region of the shaft is arranged in a subsection of the bearing seat adjoining the threaded region;
- wherein the nut includes a first inner-cylindrical region adjacent to a first side of the thread of the nut and a second inner-cylindrical region adjacent to a second side of the thread of the nut opposite the first side of the thread of the nut, the first inner-cylindrical region having a larger internal diameter than a smallest internal diameter of the thread of the nut and contacting the bearing seat, the second inner-cylindrical region having a smaller internal diameter than the smallest internal diameter of the thread of the nut.
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