Split bearing cage
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsJuergen Weiglein, Franziska Meyer
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Abstract
A split bearing cage for a rolling-element bearing assembly includes a first bearing cage segment and a second bearing cage segment each having two side ring sections axially spaced apart by a plurality of bridges. Adjacent pairs of the bridges define rolling-element receiving pockets for receiving rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing assembly and for holding the rolling elements spaced apart from each other and for guiding the rolling elements. The first bearing cage segment is connected to the second bearing cage segment via a swivel joint that may be formed of a bolt element on a first end of the first bearing cage segment and an at least partial eyelet on the first end of the second bearing cage segment.
Claims16
A split bearing cage for a rolling-element bearing assembly comprising:
- a first bearing cage segment,
- a second bearing cage segment each including two side ring sections axially spaced from one another by a plurality of bridges, and
- adjacent pairs of the bridges defining rolling-element receiving pockets configured to receive rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing assembly and hold the rolling elements spaced apart from each other and to guide the rolling elements, wherein
- the first bearing cage segment is connected to the second bearing cage segment via a swivel joint.
A split bearing cage for a rolling-element bearing assembly comprising:
- a first bearing cage segment having a first side ring section and a second side ring section, the first side ring section being connected to the second side ring section by a plurality of first bridges, the first bearing cage segment having a first end and a second end circumferentially spaced from the first end;
- a second bearing cage segment having a first side ring section and a second side ring section, the first side ring section of the second bearing cage being connected to the second side ring section of the second bearing cage by a plurality of second bridges, the second bearing cage segment having a first end and a second end circumferentially spaced from the second bearing cage segment first end;
- wherein the first end of the first side ring of the first bearing cage segment includes a first at least partial eyelet and the first end of the second side ring of the first bearing cage segment includes a second at least partial eyelet, and
- wherein the first end of the second bearing cage segment includes a bolt having a first end swivelably mounted in the first at least partial eyelet and a second end swivelably mounted in the second at least partial eyelet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.