Center bearing for a shaft

US6296394A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Jürgen Braun · Waiblingen, DE
• Dieter Kandert · Wiernsheim, DE
• Dittmar Wieland · Oppenweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 11, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/06
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A center bearing for a shaft, in particular a propeller shaft, has a rolling bearing arranged on the propeller shaft and a bearing housing surrounding the center bearing. A slide ring in which the rolling bearing is axially displaceable is arranged over the outer periphery of the rolling bearing. A decoupling element is arranged between the slide ring and the bearing housing.