Rolling-contact bearing assembly with data sensor
AssigneeThe Torrington Company
InventorsIsabelle Coux, Claude Sonnerat, Roger Dumas, Roger Chalansonnet
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Abstract
A packing is mounted on a fixed ring of a rolling-contact bearing with rolling elements in contact with the fixed ring and a rotating ring. A sensor is supported by the packing and an encoder is mounted on the rotating ring. A protective casing for the sensor and its connection with a feed cable has a chamber extending axially, between a recess receiving the fixed ring and a bottom wall of the casing, for holding the cable. The resulting rolling-contact bearing assembly may include a winding cylinder and may include features permitting assembling together of a number of casings for different bearing assemblies.
Claims11
A rolling-contact bearing assembly including a data sensor, the rolling-contact bearing assembly comprising:
- a fixed ring;
- a rotating ring;
- rolling elements in contact with said rings;
- a packing mounted on the fixed ring;
- sensor means supported by said packing;
- encoding means mounted on the rotating ring;
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- a protective casing for the sensor means and its connection with a feed cable, the casing having a chamber for holding the cable extending axially between a recess for receiving the fixed ring and a bottom wall of the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.