Method of manufacturing a post ball bearing with helical arrangement of pocket holes
US7194805B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53109
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A post bearing and method of manufacture in which bearing balls are loaded into a series of pocket holes arranged along a helical pattern in a sleeve cage. A single groove is swaged into the outside diameter of the sleeve intermediate the ball turns to capture the balls in the pocket holes.
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