Assembling Of Race And Rolling Anti-friction Members Patents (Class 29/898.062)
  • Patent number: 6176623
    Abstract: A roller bearing comprises a cylindrical inner race having axial ends folded over an outside surface thereof. A cylindrical roller cage, having a plurality of axially disposed roller pockets with roller retainer bars at radially outer edges thereof, is slid onto the folded ends of the inner race; and a plurality of cylindrical rollers is snap fitted into the roller pockets between the folded ends of the inner race. The roller cage pilots radially on the folded ends of the inner race, and the roller ends pilot axially against the folded ends of the roller cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventor: Robert E. Zeigler