IP Library Granted Patent US 12,092,161
Granted Patent B2
US 12,092,161 · App. 17/795,937 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Bearing assembly having a shaft, a first bearing, and a nut

Inventors: Ermalt Lamaj (Mannheim, DE); Jens Blömeke (Riedstadt, DE); Norbert Schneider (Rimbach, DE); Thomas Huber (Karlsruhe, DE); Markus Lutz (Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, DE); Sven Wurzer (Graben-Neudorf, DE)
Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
F16C35/063F16C25/06F16C2226/60F16C2361/61F16H57/082
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Patent No.
US 12,092,161
App. No.
17/795,937
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing assembly includes a shaft, a first bearing, and a nut. The nut has a thread, which is screwed onto a threaded region formed on the shaft, and a bearing seat formed on the shaft adjoins the threaded region. The inner ring of the first bearing contacts the bearing seat, and the nut contacts the inner ring of the first bearing. The inner ring of the first bearing is arranged spaced apart from the threaded region of the shaft. A runout region of a thread cut into the threaded region of the shaft is arranged in a subsection of the bearing seat adjoining the threaded region.

Claims (25)

1. A bearing assembly, comprising:

a shaft;

a first bearing, and

a nut including a thread threadedly engaged with a threaded region of the shaft;

wherein a bearing seat arranged on the shaft adjoins the threaded region, an inner ring of the first bearing contacts the bearing seat, the nut contacts the inner ring of the first bearing, the inner ring of the first bearing is arranged spaced apart from the threaded region of the shaft, and a runout region of a thread cut into the threaded region of the shaft is arranged in a subsection of the bearing seat adjoining the threaded region;

wherein the nut includes a first inner-cylindrical region adjacent to a first side of the thread of the nut and a second inner-cylindrical region adjacent to a second side of the thread of the nut opposite the first side of the thread of the nut, the first inner-cylindrical region having a larger internal diameter than a smallest internal diameter of the thread of the nut and contacting the bearing seat, the second inner-cylindrical region having a smaller internal diameter than the smallest internal diameter of the thread of the nut.

2. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the nut is arranged as a shaft nut, and the inner ring of the first bearing is pressed onto the bearing seat.

3. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing seat is arranged as a ground cylindrical surface.

4. The bearing assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical surface is only interrupted by the runout region.

5. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the nut presses against the inner ring of the first bearing.

6. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing seat covers a larger region in an axial direction than the inner ring of the first bearing.

7. The bearing assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the bearing seat extends further in the axial direction than a contact region between the bearing seat and the inner ring of the first bearing.

8. The bearing assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the axial direction corresponds to a direction of an axis of rotation of the shaft.

9. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the nut includes a circumferential chamfer in a circumferential direction on an edge region oriented toward the shaft.

10. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an outer ring of the first bearing is accommodated in a housing and an outer ring of a second bearing is accommodated in and/or set against an step of the housing.

11. The bearing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the housing is arranged integrally and includes an internal toothing.

12. The bearing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the housing includes a ring gear having internal toothing.

13. The bearing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein an inner ring of the second bearing is arranged on the shaft and/or is set against a step provided on the shaft.

14. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , an outer ring of the first bearing and an outer ring of a second bearing rest against steps arranged on a housing and arranged in an axial direction between the first bearing and the second bearing, and the second bearing is arranged in the axial direction between the first bearing and a step arranged on the shaft against which an inner ring of the second bearing is set.

15. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing is arranged in an axial direction between the nut and a second bearing.

16. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first inner cylindrical region arranged on the nut is arranged in an axial direction between the thread of the nut and the inner ring of the first bearing.

17. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing seat on the shaft is arranged in an axial direction between the threaded region of the shaft and a second bearing.

18. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft is arranged as a planet carrier in which planet bolts, on which planet gears are rotatably mounted, are accommodated and/or connected and a toothing of each of the planet gears meshes with an internal toothing and with a toothing of a rotatably arranged part.

19. The bearing assembly according to claim 18 , wherein the planet gears are mounted on the planet bolts by bearings mounted on the planet bolts, and the rotatably arranged part includes a sun gear.

20. The bearing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second inner-cylindrical region is pressed onto a second outer-cylindrical region of the shaft that adjoins the threaded region of the shaft.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: LAMAJ, ERMALT; BLÖMEKE, JENS; HUBER, THOMAS; LUTZ, MARKUS; WURZER, SVEN
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 062902/0079 →
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP Recorded Feb 27, 2023
From: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 062870/0539 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102020000523.3 · Jan 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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