Cage for a rolling bearing, notably for a motor vehicle electric power steering bearing

US8920038B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

• Laurent Varnoux · Saint-Avertin, FR
• Thierry Adane · Tours, FR
• Thomas Perrotin · Saint Roch, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/24
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cage for a rolling bearing which cage is intended to ensure the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements and comprises first pockets 28 for first rolling elements of the row, which pockets are provided with axial retention means 38, 46 for the axial retention of the cage onto the said rolling elements, and second pockets 26 for the second rolling elements of the row, which pockets have no axial retention means for retaining the cage on the said rolling elements. The distribution of the first pockets 28 about the periphery of the cage is uneven.