Installation unit and method for installing a bearing unit

US10598227B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

• Volker Wendt · Thomashof, DE
• Johannes Zang · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/02
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An installation unit for installing a bearing unit includes a carrier having an interior and the bearing unit mounted in the interior. The bearing unit includes a first rolling-element row and a second rolling-element row, and both the first rolling-element row and the second rolling-element row are at least partially disposed inside the carrier. The bearing unit is slidingly mounted in the carrier such that, when an end opening of the carrier is aligned with an opening in a bearing housing, applying a force against the bearing unit will slide the bearing unit out of the carrier and into the opening in the bearing housing. Also, a method of installing the bearing unit in the opening in the housing using the installation unit.