Patent · US Expired

Bearing assembly

US7223020B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

24References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG · DE

Inventors

Christian Bauer · Neu-Ulm, DE
André Linnenbrügger · Bogen, DE
Hans-Walter Wodtke · Werdohl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2002
Grant date	May 29, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2361/65
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing assembly including a bearing having an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring. The outer bearing ring is axially received in a bearing-receiving recess that includes a substantially cylindrical inner wall. An element that is radially flexible is located between at least one of the outer bearing ring and the inner wall of the recess, and the inner bearing ring and a rotatable member that is rotatably carried in the bearing assembly. The flexible element includes at least one annular element that is undulated in the radial direction, or is provided with projections. Flexible elements can also be disposed against a side surface of the bearing ring for damping axial vibrations.

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