Rolling element bearing with cage
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsTiago Batalha, Rudoniel Cury
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AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsTiago Batalha, Rudoniel Cury
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A rolling element bearing (1) that includes a plurality of balls (4) as rolling elements guided in a cage (5). A lubricant channel (19) is formed in snap-in pockets (8) in a region between a lateral ring section (6) and the central ball (4) track, between the ball (4) and the adjoining web section (7) and/or the adjoining lateral ring section (6), which fluidically connects the radial outer side and the radial inner side of the cage (5). In order for the rolling element bearing (1) lubricant supply to be improved, on the web sections (7), an outer block section (10) is formed on the radial outer side and/or an inner block section (11) is formed on the radial inner side, which project relative to the lateral ring section (6), in the radial direction in relation to the bearing axis L, and reduce the available rolling element space between two adjoining balls (4).
A rolling element bearing comprising a plurality of balls rolling elements, a cage that guides the balls, the cage including a side ring section and a plurality of web sections that are arranged on the side ring section and form snap-in pockets, one of the balls is arranged in each of the snap-in pockets and is held captively by a positive-fit connection, the cage defines a bearing axis (L), and in each of the snap-in pockets, in an area between the side ring section and a ball center track of the balls between the ball and at least one of the adjacent web section or the adjacent side ring section, a lubricant channel is formed that connects a radial outer side and a radial inner side of the cage in terms of flow, an outer block section is formed on the web sections on the radial outer side or an inner block section is formed on the radial inner side, or both the outer block section and the inner block section are formed, and said inner or outer block section, or both, projects relative to the side ring section with respect to the bearing axis (L) in a radial direction and reduces an available rolling element space between two adjacent ones of the balls.
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