IP Library Granted Patent US 8,783,962
Granted Patent B2
US 8,783,962 · App. 12/825,472 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Rolling bearing arrangement

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Patent No.
US 8,783,962
App. No.
12/825,472
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rolling bearing arrangement with at least one outer bearing ring and at least one inner bearing ring and with rolling bodies guided in raceways between the bearing rings. At least one damping body is provided for mechanical vibration damping. The damping body reduces the vibration transmission to at least one component following in the force flux. At least one damping body is materially bonded to at least one of the bearing rings.

Claims (15)

1. A rolling bearing arrangement, comprising:

at least one outer bearing ring;

at least one inner bearing ring;

rolling bodies guided in raceways between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring;

wherein at least one damping body is provided for mechanical vibration damping between the bearing and a component;

the at least one damping body being a foamed polymer or a metal foam, the at least one damping body materially bonded to at least one of the bearing rings, and the at least one damping body being designed as a fastening flange including a blind hole with a threaded insert, whereby the at least one damping body is connectable to the component via a fastener threaded into the threaded insert; and,

wherein the blind hole is contiguous with the at least one damping body.

2. The rolling bearing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the damping body forms at least one substantially annular damping region of the at least one of the bearing rings and is materially bonded to the latter in an annularly encircling manner.

3. The rolling bearing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the damping body forms the free ring region of the outer bearing ring.

4. A method for producing a rolling bearing arrangement, comprising: at least one outer bearing ring; at least one inner bearing ring; and rolling bodies guided in raceways between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring, wherein at least one damping body is provided for mechanical vibration, the method comprising:

foaming the at least one damping body and applying the foamed at least one damping body on at least one of the bearing rings, and

forming a blind hole in the at least one damping body and inserting a threaded insert into the blind hole, whereby the at least one damping body is connectable to a component;

wherein the blind hole is contiguous with the at least one damping body.

5. The rolling bearing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the vibration-damping material is epoxy resin foam.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one damping body is made from an epoxy resin foam.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 11, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028533/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2010
From: SCHIMSCHAL, HERBERT
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 024732/0097 →