Bearing module

US9175726B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Eduard Beresch · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Christian Schulte-Noelle · Bamberg, DE
• Claus Mueller · Wolfratshausen, DE
• Ahmed Hafit · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/30
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing module including a first bearing component and a second bearing component which are mounted such that the first bearing component and the second bearing component can move relative to one another, the first bearing component being an outer ring extending in a circumferential direction and the second bearing copmonent being a corresponding inner ring, a raceway is provided on one of the outer bearing and the inner bearing ring, and corrosion protection is provided at a side of the raceway, the corrosion protection being anodic corrosion protection and including one of a sacrificial anode or an impressed current anode. A separate protection means is provided, which is comprised of an oligodynamically acting material.