IP Library Granted Patent US 8,956,052
Granted Patent B2
US 8,956,052 · App. 13/882,533 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Sealed anti-friction bearing

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Patent No.
US 8,956,052
App. No.
13/882,533
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealed anti-friction bearing ( 1 ), including an annular sealing washer ( 11, 12 ) which seals a rolling-body chamber ( 7 ) in the axial direction, wherein the sealing washer ( 11, 12 ) has a fastening section ( 14 ) for connecting it fixedly to a bearing ring ( 2 ) of the anti-friction bearing ( 1 ) so as to rotate with it, and wherein the sealing washer ( 11, 12 ) is anchored with its fastening section ( 14 ) in a circumferential groove ( 22 ) of the bearing ring. According to the invention, it is provided that the fastening section ( 14 ) has a first clamping element in the form of a barb ( 19 ) and a second clamping element in the form of an annular bead ( 20 ), and that the barb ( 19 ) and the bead ( 20 ) enter into a non-positive connection with oppositely lying surfaces of the groove ( 22 ).

Claims (11)

1. Sealed anti-friction bearing, comprising a bearing ring, rolling bodies, an annular sealing washer that seals a rolling body chamber in an axial direction, the sealing washer has a fastening section for rotationally locked connection to the bearing ring, and the sealing washer is anchored with the fastening section in a circumferential groove of the bearing ring, the fastening section has a first clamping element comprising a barb and a second clamping element comprising an annular bead, the barb and the bead are arranged on opposite radial faces of the fastening section, and the barb and the bead enter into a snap-in connection with opposing surfaces of the groove, wherein the sealing washer has a stabilization section that has at least one circumferential flange and the flange is positioned such that the rolling bodies of the anti-friction bearing run against the sealing washer only in an area of the flange.

2. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the barb is oriented outward in the axial direction with respect to a center point of the anti-friction bearing.

3. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the barb contacts a first surface of the groove and the bead contacts a second surface of the groove and in a non-installed state of the sealing washer, the barb extends in a radially outer direction past the first surface of the groove, and in the non-installed state of the sealing washer, the bead extends in a radially inner direction past the second surface of the groove.

4. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the groove is formed in an end side of the bearing ring and the barb contacts a first lateral surface of the groove, and the bead contacts a second lateral surface of the groove.

5. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 4 , wherein the first lateral surface has a circumferential retaining groove oriented in a radially outward direction for snapping in the barb.

6. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein an end surface of the barb extends at an angle α with a plane that is perpendicular to the bearing axis and a support surface of the bearing ring for the barb extends at an angle β with the plane, wherein α is less than or equal to β.

7. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein a gap is located between an axial end surface of the fastening section and a groove base of the groove.

8. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one flange projects into the rolling body chamber in the axial direction.

9. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing washer comprises a sealing lip section for sealed contacting of a second bearing ring, wherein the sealing lip section has a leg that is inclined outward in the axial direction with at least two sealing lips.

10. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 9 , wherein the sealing washer has a reinforcement, the reinforcement is completely surrounded with elastomer in an area of the fastening section, the reinforcement contacts the elastomer only on one axially outer side in an area of a stabilization section, and the reinforcement is completely surrounded with the elastomer in an area of a sealing section.

11. Sealed anti-friction bearing according to claim 10 , wherein the leg of the sealing lip section has no reinforcement.

Assignments (4)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2013
From: HOFBAUER, FELIX; SCHRODER, RAINER; GREHN, MARTIN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030316/0383 →