Ball bearing assembly
AssigneeNook Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrian Joseph Fehr, Daniel J. Piltz, Alexander S. Margolin
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Abstract
A ball bearing assembly having a bearing ball recirculation arrangement. The ball bearing assembly includes an outer ring having an inner surface, an inner ring having an outer surface and insertable inside the outer ring along a common longitudinal axis, and an insert removably fixed in a position between the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring, inner ring and insert define at least one ball bearing recirculation path. At least one set of bearing balls is disposed to travel along the at least one ball bearing recirculation path.
Claims20
A ball bearing assembly having a bearing ball recirculation arrangement, the assembly comprising:
- an outer ring having an inner surface;
- an inner ring having an outer surface and insertable inside the outer ring along a common longitudinal axis, wherein the inner surface of the outer ring and the outer surface of the inner ring are cooperatively arranged to define at least one ball bearing recirculation path;
- an insert removably fixed in a position between the outer ring and the inner ring, the insert having a recessed channel, the recessed channel defining a length of the at least one ball bearing recirculation path;
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- at least one set of bearing balls disposed to travel along the at least one ball bearing recirculation path.
A ball bearing assembly having a bearing ball return arrangement, the assembly comprising:
- an outer ring;
- an inner ring insertable inside the outer ring along a common longitudinal axis;
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- an insert removably fixed in a position between the outer ring and the inner ring, the insert having at least one recessed channel;
- wherein an inner surface of the outer ring, an outer surface of the inner ring and the at least one recessed channel are cooperatively shaped to define at least one ball bearing return path, and the at least one bearing return path is positioned at zero degrees relative to the common longitudinal axis of the outer ring and the inner ring.
A method of assembly of a ball bearing, the ball bearing having a bearing ball recirculation arrangement, the method comprising:
- positioning an inner ring within an outer ring along a common longitudinal axis, wherein the inner surface of the outer ring and the outer surface of the inner ring are cooperatively arranged to define at least one ball bearing recirculation path;
- filling the at least one ball bearing recirculation path with a set of bearings balls;
- positioning an insert between the outer ring and the inner ring, the insert having a recessed channel, the recessed channel defining a length of the at least one ball bearing recirculation path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.