Bearing arrangement and orthopaedic device having same
AssigneeOtto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
InventorsThomas ECKER-WESSELY, Christian BREUER-RUESCH
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bearing arrangement having a radial spherical plain bearing with an inner ring (10), which is arranged on a bolt (15) or pin and has a spherical outer contour (12), and with an outer ring (20), which has a hollow spherical inner geometry (22) for receiving the inner ring (10) and an outer geometry (21) for mounting in a bearing seat (30), wherein the inner ring (10) and the outer ring (20) are preloaded against one another in an axial direction via at least one preloading device (41, 42).
Claims11
A bearing arrangement having a radial spherical joint comprising:
- a bolt or pin;
- an inner ring arranged on the bolt or pin, wherein the inner ring has a spherical outer contour;
- an outer ring, which has a hollow-spherical inner geometry for receiving the inner ring, and an outer geometry for mounting in a bearing seat;
- and
- at least one pretensioning device,
- wherein the inner ring and the outer ring are pretensioned against each other in an axial direction via the at least one pretensioning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.