IP Library Granted Patent US 8,696,206
Granted Patent B2
US 8,696,206 · App. 13/879,699 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Bearing ring comprising a hydraulic preloading means and bearing assembly comprising such a bearing ring

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Patent No.
US 8,696,206
App. No.
13/879,699
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing ring is provided, including a body and an end face ( 3; 6 ). The problem of providing a bearing assembly having a space-saving preloading device which can be actuated quickly is solved for this bearing ring by a piston ( 8; 15 ) of a fluidic preloading device; the piston being accommodated in the end face ( 3; 6 ). A bearing assembly is also provided including a bearing ( 2 ) having a bearing ring ( 1 ) and a first fluidic preloading device for setting a bearing preload, this preloading device acting on a first end face ( 3 ) of the bearing ring ( 1 ), and further including a second fluidic preloading device which acts in the opposite direction on a second end face ( 6 ) of the bearing ring ( 1 ).

Claims (6)

1. A bearing ring comprising a body having a first end face, and a fluid biasing device formed by a first piston that is held in the first end face, and a second piston is arranged in a recess in a second end face of the body.

2. The bearing ring according to claim 1 , wherein a first recess is arranged in the first end face and a pressurized fluid is provided between the first piston and a recess base of the first recess.

3. The bearing ring according to claim 2 , wherein the first piston extends essentially flush with a section of a surface area of the first end face adjacent to the first recess.

4. The bearing ring according to claim 1 , wherein a seal is arranged on the first piston.

5. A bearing assembly comprising a bearing with a bearing ring, a first fluid biasing device acting on a first end face of the bearing ring for setting a bearing bias, and a second fluid biasing device that acts on a second end face of the bearing ring in an opposite direction, wherein the bearing ring includes a piston that is held in the first end face.

6. The bearing assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the bearing ring includes a second piston that is held in the second end face.

Assignments (3)
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 →