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Bearing arrangement and method for fixing at least one bearing in place in a bearing retainer

US6505973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

Burkhard Buchheim · Schweinfurt, DE
Berthold Beyfuss · Kaisten, DE
Helmut Hauck · Euerbach, DE
Peter Horling · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2001
Grant date	Jan 14, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49696
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for fixing at least one bearing in a depression of a bearing retainer involves deforming a portion of the bearing retainer to cause a portion of the bearing retainer to form an overlapping connection of the bearing which axially retains the bearing in the depression. In the first stage of the two-stage deformation process, a first partial area of the bearing retainer is deformed compress the material forming the bearing retainer. In the second stage of the deformation process, a second partial area of the bearing retainer is deformed to form the overlapping connection, in the axial direction, between the bearing and the bearing retainer.

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