Method of providing lubricant to a bearing assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorJohn Tate
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Abstract
A method of providing lubricant to a bearing assembly is provided. The method includes providing a bearing assembly including a housing with an inner surface that forms an outer race, a plurality of rolling elements that roll on the outer race, and a packet having a rupturable membrane and a predetermined volume of lubricant therein. At least one of a shaft or a cage is inserted into the bearing assembly and ruptures the packet via engagement of the packet with at least one of the shaft or the cage such that the volume of lubricant is distributed to contact surfaces of the bearing assembly.
Claims9
A method of providing lubricant to a bearing assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a bearing assembly including a housing with an inner surface that forms an outer race, a plurality of rolling elements that roll on the outer race, and a packet having a rupturable membrane and a predetermined volume of lubricant therein, the packet being positioned within the housing;
- installing the bearing assembly;
- and
- installing at least one of a shaft or a cage into the installed bearing assembly and rupturing the rupturable membrane of the packet via engagement of the packet with the at least one of the shaft or the cage such that the predetermined volume of lubricant is distributed to contact surfaces of the installed bearing assembly and a contact surface of the at least one of the shaft or the cage.
A method of providing lubricant to a bearing assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a bearing assembly including a housing with an inner surface that forms an outer race, a plurality of rolling elements that roll on the outer race, and a cage including a plurality of pockets configured to support the plurality of rolling elements;
- installing the bearing assembly;
- inserting at least one packet having a rupturable membrane and a predetermined volume of lubricant therein into at least one of the plurality of pockets of the cage;
- and
- rupturing the rupturable membrane of the at least one packet during or after installation of a shaft to provide the predetermined volume of lubricant to contact surfaces of the installed bearing assembly and a contact surface of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.