IP Library Granted Patent US 9,410,578
Granted Patent B2
US 9,410,578 · App. 14/377,097 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Antifriction bearing

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Patent No.
US 9,410,578
App. No.
14/377,097
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Anti-friction bearing, comprising a metallic outer ring and a metallic inner ring with respective rolling-body raceways, and a plurality of metallic rolling bodies which roll on said rolling-body raceways, wherein an electric insulation layer ( 11 ) is provided on the outer ring ( 2 ) and/or on the inner ring ( 3 ) on the raceway side and/or on the rolling bodies ( 4 ).

Claims (13)

1. An antifriction bearing comprising:

a metallic outer ring and a metallic inner ring having rolling body raceways, the metallic outer ring being electrically insulated from the metallic inner ring;

a plurality of metallic rolling bodies capable of rolling on the rolling body raceways;

an electrical insulation layer provided on the outer ring or on the inner ring on the raceway side, or on the rolling bodies, wherein the insulation layer is made of an oxide ceramic; and

an adhesion-promoting layer between a metallic body of the outer ring or of the inner ring or the rolling body and the insulation layer, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer is made of a metal carbide, a metal nitride, a metal boride or a metal silicide.

2. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein the insulation layer has a resistance of >200 MΩ.

3. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein the insulation layer is made of Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , TiO 2 or ZrO 2 .

4. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 further comprising a tribological cover layer covering the insulation layer.

5. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 4 wherein the cover layer is a metalliferous, hydrogenous, amorphous carbon layer, a metal-free, hydrogenous, amorphous carbon layer or a modified, hydrogenous, amorphous carbon layer.

6. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein the layer thickness of the insulation layer is ≦15 μm.

7. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein the layer thickness of the insulation layer ( 11 ) is ≦10 μm.

8. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein at least one of the insulation layer and the adhesion-promoting layer is manufactured using a PVD or PACVD method.

9. The antifriction bearing as recited in claim 1 wherein the rolling bodies are needles.

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 →
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 Aug 12, 2014
From: MUSAYEV, YASHAR; HOSENFELDT, TIM MATTHIAS; GIERL, JUERGEN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 033511/0448 →