Angular contact ball bearing installable in a closed housing

US6367979B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Fag Automobiltechnik AG · DE

Inventors

• Gottfried Ruoff · Oberwerrn, DE
• Heinrich Hofmann · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2002
• Expiry date: May 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C27/08
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to allow a ball bearing to be inserted into a housing which is closed at one end, without any bearing parts being damaged during the axial insertion process, the outer ring of the bearing has a radially inwardly directed flange that extends radially into the region of the inner ring while toward the open end of the housing, the inner ring is formed on the axially outward side of the bearing balls, without a shoulder on the inner ring. An axial compression spring is arranged between the closed end of the housing and the inner ring. The flange on the outer ring may be either axially inward of or axially outward of the row of bearing balls.