Ball bearing
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsIman Nezami, Thomas Klotten
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Abstract
A ball bearing for the scroll of a scroll compressor, having an outer race, an inner race and a plurality of balls disposed therebetween, characterized in that the balls are held and guided in a ball bearing cage, wherein the ball bearing cage is formed as an externally guided plastic cage with a reinforcing structure made of metal as a hybrid cage.
Claims6
A ball bearing for the scroll of a scroll compressor, comprising an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of balls disposed therebetween, wherein the balls are held and guided in a ball bearing cage, wherein the ball bearing cage is formed as an externally guided plastic cage with a reinforcing structure made of metal as a hybrid cage, wherein the reinforcing structure is formed as a circumferentially shaped ring with an H-profile, and wherein the H-profile has two parallel lateral flanks, which are connected to each other by a central web, a first one of the lateral flanks is inside the plastic cage and a second one of the lateral flanks is outside the plastic cage.
A ball bearing for the scroll of a scroll compressor, comprising an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of balls disposed therebetween, wherein the balls are held and guided in a ball bearing cage, wherein the ball bearing cage is formed as an externally guided plastic cage with a reinforcing structure made of metal as a hybrid cage, wherein the reinforcing structure is formed as a circumferentially shaped ring with an X-profile, and wherein the X-profile is completely surrounded by the plastic cage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.