Rolling bearings for steering columns

US5193917A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• INA-WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER KG · DE

Inventors

• Hellmut Adler · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Alexander Zernickel · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 1992
• Grant date: Mar 16, 1993
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/24
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolling bearing, in particular for steering columns of automotive vehicles, comprising rolling elements in the form of balls arranged between an inner ring and another ring, and a tolerance ring made of a polymeric material which is at least partially surrounded by the inner ring and is pressed axially against the inner ring in the direction of the balls by a spring, characterized in that the spring (7, 17) is made of a polymeric material.