Bearing assembly
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsJuergen Barthelme, Helmut Hauck, Stefanie Seufert, Hubert Herbst
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Abstract
A method of forming a bearing assembly includes providing a bearing unit configured to support a rotatable component relative to a stationary component, the bearing unit including a stationary bearing ring and a rotatable bearing ring, and overmolding a material onto a portion of a radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, the portion being less than an entire radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, for example less than 75% of the entire radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, to form the stationary component.
Claims16
A method of forming a bearing assembly comprising:
- providing a bearing unit configured to support a rotatable component relative to a stationary component, the bearing unit including a stationary bearing ring and a rotatable bearing ring, and
- overmolding a material onto a portion of a radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, the portion being less than an entirety of the radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, to form the stationary component in contact with less than the entirety of the radial outer surface of the stationary bearing ring,
- wherein the portion is less than 75% of the entirety of the radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, and
- wherein the overmolding includes overmolding the material onto less than a total area of an axial end face of the stationary bearing ring so that the stationary component covers less than the total area of the axial end face.
A method of forming a bearing assembly comprising:
- providing a bearing unit configured to support a rotatable component relative to a stationary component, the bearing unit including a stationary bearing ring and a rotatable bearing ring,
- mounting a retainer ring to a radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, and
- overmolding a material onto the retainer ring to form the stationary component on the retainer ring so that the stationary component overlies a portion of the radial surface of the stationary bearing ring that is less than an entirety of the radial surface of the stationary bearing ring,
- wherein the portion is less than 75% of the entirety of the radial surface of the stationary bearing ring,
- wherein the retainer ring includes a portion that does not radially overlie the stationary bearing ring, and
- wherein the overmolding completely covers the portion of the retainer ring with the material.
A method of forming a bearing assembly comprising:
- providing a bearing unit configured to support a rotatable component relative to a stationary component, the bearing unit including a stationary bearing ring and a rotatable bearing ring,
- mounting a retainer ring to a radial surface of the stationary bearing ring, and
- overmolding a material onto the retainer ring to form the stationary component on the retainer ring,
- wherein the material is overmolded onto less than a total area of an axial end face of the stationary bearing ring so that the stationary component covers less than the total area of the axial end face,
- wherein the retainer ring includes a portion that does not radially overlie the stationary bearing ring, and
- wherein the overmolding completely covers the portion of the retainer ring with the material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.