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AssigneeSKF GmbH
InventorsBurkhard Buchheim, Berthold Beyfub, Helmut Hauck, Peter Horling
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A method for fixing at least one bearing in a depression of a bearing retainer involves deforming a portion of the bearing retainer to cause a portion of the bearing retainer to form an overlapping connection of the bearing which axially retains the bearing in the depression. In the first stage of the two-stage deformation process, a first partial area of the bearing retainer is deformed compress the material forming the bearing retainer. In the second stage of the deformation process, a second partial area of the bearing retainer is deformed to form the overlapping connection, in the axial direction, between the bearing and the bearing retainer.
A method for fixing in place at least one bearing in a bearing retainer comprising:
A method for axially retaining at least one bearing in at least one depression formed in a bearing retainer comprising:
A bearing arrangement comprising a bearing retainer provided with at least one depression and at least one bearing positioned in the at least one depression, a portion of the bearing retainer overlapping with a portion of the at least one bearing so that the at least one bearing is connected in an interlocking manner in the axial direction with the bearing retainer, the bearing retainer being formed of a material having an increased material thickness in a vicinity of the overlap, and the increased material thickness being formed by a two-stage deformation process.
A bearing arrangement comprising a bearing retainer provided with at least one depression and at least one bearing positioned in the at least one depression, a portion of the material forming the bearing retainer extending inwardly towards the at least one bearing to form a projection that overlaps with a portion of the at least one bearing to axially retain the at least one bearing within the at least one depression.
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