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US 8,894,290 B2Granted
Retaining cage for the rolling elements of a rolling-contact bearing
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsRoberto Mola, Riccardo Restivo, Gianpiero Scaltriti
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Abstract
A retaining cage for the rolling elements of a rolling-contact bearing, having an annular body featuring seven pockets capable of restraining seven respective rolling elements of a rolling-contact bearing, the rolling elements being spaced apart around a center (O) of the cage, the pockets being spaced from one another according to the following values of angular spacing between two consecutive pockets: 48.3°; 48.5°; 51.2°; 51.8°; 53°; 53.5°; 53.7°.
Claims2
A retaining cage for rolling elements of a rolling bearing, the retaining cage comprising:
- an annular body providing a plurality of pockets for retaining a respective plurality of rolling elements of a bearing spaced around a center of a cage, the pockets being spaced according to respective values of angular spacings which are different from one another with respect to the center of the cage, and wherein
- the cage includes a total of seven pockets which are spaced according to the following values of the angular spacings between two consecutive pockets:
- 48.3°, 48.5°, 51.2°, 51.8°, 53°, 53.5°, 53.7°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.