Ball bearing with integrated bushing
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorWilliam Moratz
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Abstract
A including: an inner race; an outer race arranged to rotate freely relative to the inner race and including a circumferentially disposed channel forming a portion of a first radially outermost surface of the outer race; a cage located in the channel and comprising a first plurality of apertures; and a plurality of rolling elements, each rolling element in the plurality of rolling elements disposed in a respective aperture included in the first plurality of apertures.
Claims17
A bearing arranged to reduce friction between a housing and a rotating shaft, comprising:
- an inner race;
- an outer race arranged to rotate freely relative to the inner race and including a circumferentially disposed channel forming a portion of a first radially outermost surface of the outer race;
- a cage located in the channel and including a first plurality of apertures;
- and,
- a plurality of rolling elements, each rolling element in the plurality of rolling elements disposed in a respective aperture included in the first plurality of apertures.
A bearing arranged to reduce friction between a housing and a rotating shaft, comprising:
- an inner race;
- an outer race arranged to rotate freely relative to the inner race and including a circumferentially disposed channel forming a portion of a first radially outermost surface of the outer race;
- a cage located in the channel and including a first plurality of apertures and a second radially outermost surface;
- and,
- a plurality of rolling elements, each rolling element in the plurality of rolling elements:
- disposed in a respective aperture included in the first plurality of apertures;
- and,
- extending radially past the second radially outermost surface.
A method of axially displacing a ball bearing disposed in a housing and including an outer race and an inner race through which a shaft passes, comprising:
- contacting the housing with a plurality of rolling elements disposed in a plurality of apertures in a cage wrapped about an outer surface of the outer race;
- contacting the outer surface of the outer race with the plurality of rolling elements;
- axially displacing the shaft;
- and,
- rolling the plurality of rolling elements within the plurality of apertures so that the ball bearing axially displaces with the shaft and with respect to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.