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US 2021/0270320 A1Published application
Two-piece bearing cage assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsMichael White, Michael Conlin, Chris Hutchison, Scott Hart, Eric Ovendorf
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Abstract
An improved bearing cage is disclosed herein. The bearing cage assembly generally consists of two cage halves that are connected, fixed, or joined to each other directly via mating components formed integrally with the two cage halves. The cage halves are joined to each other via engagement of integrally formed sockets and posts defined on radially extending arms of the cage halves.
Claims20
A bearing cage assembly comprising:
- a first cage half including a first base rim and a first plurality of arms extending from the first base rim, the first plurality of arms each defining a first plurality of rolling element pockets, wherein at least one arm of the first plurality of arms defines a first socket and at least one arm of the first plurality of arms defines a first post;
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- a second cage half including a second base rim and a second plurality of arms extending from the second base rim, the second plurality of arms each defining a second plurality of rolling element pockets, wherein at least one arm of the second plurality of arms defines a second socket and at least one arm of the second plurality of arms defines a second post;
- wherein the first cage half and the second cage half are joined to each other via engagement of the first socket with the second post and engagement of the first post with the second socket.
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A bearing cage assembly comprising:
- two cage halves that each include:
- a base rim and a plurality of arms extending from the base rim, the plurality of arms each defining one half of a plurality of rolling element pockets,
- at least two sockets and at least two posts, wherein the at least two sockets and the at least two posts are formed on enlarged arms of the plurality of arms;
- wherein the two cage halves are connected directly to each other via engagement of the at least two posts on a first cage half of the two cage halves with the at least two sockets on a second cage half of the two cage halves, and engagement of the at least two sockets on the first cage half with the at least two posts of the second cage half.
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A bearing cage assembly comprising:
- two cage halves that each include a plurality of arms extending from a base rim, each arm of the plurality of arms partially defines a rolling element pocket,
- at least one first arm of the plurality of arms on a first cage half of the two cage halves includes a socket, and at least one second arm of the plurality of arms on a second cage half of the two cage halves includes a post, such that the two cage halves are connected to each other by insertion and retention of the post within the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.