Liner for bearing and bearing assembly including the liner

A bearing assembly comprising:

• a bearing ring having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and a first axial side surface axially spaced from a second axial side surface, and
• a first non-metallic liner having a base portion covering the radially outer surface and/or the radially inner surface and a plurality of first side wall sections extending radially over at least a portion of the first axial side surface,
• wherein the base is formed from a plurality of circumferentially adjacent axially extending subsections, each pair of circumferentially adjacent subsections being connected by a least one hinge, the at least one hinge having a radial thickness less than a radial thickness of the base portion,
• wherein the plurality of first side wall sections are mutually spaced in the circumferential direction by first gaps,
• wherein the plurality of subsections of the base are mutually spaced in the circumferential direction by second gaps,
• wherein the first gaps are axially aligned with the second gaps, and
• including at least one groove in a subset of the plurality of subsections, a length direction of the at least one groove extending axially inward from a respective one of the plurality of first side wall sections.

A bearing assembly comprising:

• a bearing ring having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and a first axial side surface axially spaced from a second axial side surface, and
• a first non-metallic liner having a base portion covering the radially outer surface and/or the radially inner surface and a plurality of first side wall sections extending radially over at least a portion of the first axial side surface,
• wherein the base is formed from a plurality of circumferentially adjacent axially extending subsections, each pair of circumferentially adjacent subsections being connected by a least one hinge, the at least one hinge having a radial thickness less than a radial thickness of the base portion
• wherein the plurality of first side wall sections are mutually spaced in the circumferential direction by first gaps,
• wherein the plurality of subsections of the base are mutually spaced in the circumferential direction by second gaps, and
• wherein the first gaps are axially aligned with the second gaps, and
• including at least one groove in a subset of the plurality of subsections, the at least one groove being spaced from a periphery of the each of the plurality of subsections.