Bearing cage
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsBerthold BEYFUSS, Hans-Juergen FRIEDRICH, Alfred RADINA, Maximilian Soellner, Jonas Schierling, Martin KEMMER
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Abstract
A bearing cage for large rolling-element bearings includes a first side part and a second side part and a plurality of bridge elements connecting the first and second side parts to form a plurality of cage pockets each configured to receive a rolling element. The at least one bridge element and/or the first side part and/or the second side part includes at least one opening, and an insert element is mounted in each of the at least one opening and configured to contact the rolling element.
Claims16
A bearing cage for large rolling-element bearings comprising:
- a first side part;
- a second side part;
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- a plurality of bridge elements connecting the first and second side parts to form a plurality of cage pockets each configured to receive a rolling element,
- wherein the at least one bridge element and/or the first side part and/or the second side part includes at least one opening, and
- wherein an insert element is mounted in each of the at least one opening and configured to contact the rolling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.