Bearing anti creep device & method
OwnerJohn Horvatinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an anti rotational creep bearing including a socket designed in the inner race of the bearing for partially receiving an anti creep ball therein, further including a shaft onto which the bearing is to be longitudinally mounted, including a channel defined along a longitudinal direction for receiving there along the anti creep ball projecting from its socket, wherein the depth of the socket plus the depth of the channel is at least equal to the diameter of the anti creep ball, such that when the bearing is installed on the shaft, the anti creep ball prevents creep in the rotational direction, however allows movement in the axial direction.
Claims20
A bearing anti creep system comprising:
- a) an anti creep ball;
- b) a first socket defined in a mounting surface of a bearing for partially receiving the anti creep ball therein;
- c) a second socket adjacent the first socket defined in a mating surface for partially receiving the anti creep ball therein;
- d) such that when said mounting surface mounted onto the mating surface and the anti creep ball mounted simultaneously in adjacent first and second sockets, the anti creep ball prevents rotational creep of the bearing mounting surface relative to the mating surface however permitting longitudinal movement of the bearing.
A bearing anti creep system comprising:
- a) an anti creep ball;
- b) a socket defined in a mounting surface of a bearing for partially receiving the anti creep ball therein;
- c) a longitudinally extending channel defined in a mating surface for partially receiving the anti creep ball therein;
- d) such that when said mounting surface mounted onto the mating surface and the anti creep ball mounted simultaneously in the socket and in the channel, the anti creep ball prevents rotational creep of the bearing mounting surface relative to the mating surface however permitting longitudinal movement of the bearing.
An anti rotational creep bearing including a socket designed in the inner race of the bearing for partially receiving an anti creep ball therein, further including a shaft onto which the bearing is to be longitudinally mounted, including a channel defined along a longitudinal direction for receiving there along the anti creep ball projecting from its socket, wherein the depth of the socket plus the depth of the channel is at least equal to the diameter of the anti creep ball, such that when the bearing is installed on the shaft, the anti creep ball prevents creep in the rotational direction, however allows movement in the axial direction.
An anti rotational creep bearing including at least two sockets defined in separate locations on the bearing, the bearing including a socket defined in an outer race, and a socket defined in an inner race, wherein each socket is dimensioned to receive approximately ½ of an anti creep ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.