Roller bearing cage and method for mounting a roller bearing cage
AssigneeSkf Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH
InventorsJuergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel
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Abstract
A rolling-element bearing cage includes a first side ring and a second side ring connected to the first side ring by a plurality of bridges defining a plurality of pockets configured to receive a rolling-element. The first side ring includes a joint at which the first side ring is configured to be opened to increase a diameter of the first side ring, and the first side ring and the second side ring and the plurality of bridges are made of steel and an outer diameter of the second side ring is greater than 500 mm.
Claims18
A rolling-element bearing cage having at least one first side ring extending in a circumferential direction, which includes an opening point at which the first side ring is configured to be opened to expand a circumference of the first side ring, wherein the rolling-element bearing cage comprises steel and has an outer diameter greater than 500 mm.
A method for installing a rolling-element bearing cage comprising:
- a) opening a side ring of the rolling-element bearing cage at an opening point;
- b) installing the rolling-element bearing cage with the opened side ring onto a rolling-element bearing;
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- c) closing and securing the opening point.
A rolling-element bearing cage comprising a first side ring and a second side ring connected to the first side ring by a plurality of bridges defining a plurality of pockets configured to receive a rolling-element,
- wherein the first side ring includes a joint at which the first side ring is configured to be opened to increase a diameter of the first side ring, and
- wherein the first side ring and the second side ring and the plurality of bridges comprise steel and wherein an outer diameter of the second side ring is greater than 500 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.