IP Library Granted Patent US 8,573,851
Granted Patent B2
US 8,573,851 · App. 13/369,418 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Needle roller bearing with rimless inner ring

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Patent No.
US 8,573,851
App. No.
13/369,418
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A needle roller bearing, which has a rimless inner ring or a rimless inner ring bushing and a plurality of rolling elements that are arranged and rotatable in the cage. For coherence of the needle roller bearing after manufacturing and for mounting in an installation space, the cage has, at least on one front end, a radially inward pointing retaining device and the inner ring or the inner ring bushing has a retaining element on its outer periphery that cooperates with the retaining device.

Claims (6)

1. A needle roller bearing, comprising:

a cage having a radially inwardly pointing retaining device on at least one front end of the cage

a plurality of roiling elements arranged in the cage; and

a rimless inner ring or a rimless inner ring bushing having a retaining element on an outer periphery of the rimless inner ring or the rimless inner ring bushing that cooperates with the retaining device of the cage, wherein the retaining device of the cage engages over the retaining element on the inner ring or on the inner ring bushing with a lash in an axial and a radially inward direction, and

wherein the retaining element on the inner ring or on the inner ring bushing is a radially outwardly pointing annular web or a plurality of radially outwardly pointing annular web segments.

2. The needle roller bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining device of the cage and the retaining element on the inner ring or on the inner ring bushing are dimensioned so that the retaining device of the cage engages into the retaining element of the inner ring or the inner ring bushing with a radial lash.

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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037731/0834 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2012
From: FRIEDRICH, PETER; KRUEGER, MICHAEL; MALIK, REINHART; SAEBSCH, STEFFEN; SCHAEFERS, HEINZ; FICK, MATTHIAS; WINKLER, MANFRED; ENDERS, JOHANNES
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027677/0079 →