Abstract: A bearing locking assembly has a sleeve that fastens an inner race ring of an anti-friction bearing of either a ball or roller design to a rotatable shaft. The sleeve is split longitudinally, enabling the sleeve to be compressed radially for slipping axially within a bore of the ring. Upon release of the compression, the sleeve expands in diameter so that a central portion of the sleeve keys the sleeve axially in place within the ring bore. The sleeve, with the ring mounted thereon, slips axially upon the shaft. External cylindrical surfaces at the end portions of the sleeve are eccentric, and internal cylindrical surfaces at the end portions of the ring bore are eccentric. Angular rotation of the ring relative to the sleeve causes engagement of the eccentric cylindrical surfaces to tighten the sleeve about the shaft, while the concentric portions of the sleeve and the ring maintain the ring centric relative to the shaft.

Abstract: An inner ring of an anti-friction bearing has a central bore with a groove that extends radially outward and circumferentially about an axially intermediate portion of the bore. At the radially outermost portion of the groove is a bottom that is eccentric to the bore. A shaft is received within the bore and maintained centric with the ring. A longitudinally split locking sleeve having an eccentric external contour fits within the groove when the eccentric central axes of the groove bottom and the external sleeve contour are radially aligned with each other from the central axis of the bore. The sleeve has an unstressed bore diameter that is less than the shaft diameter to inherently grip the shaft when inserted therein. Relative rotation between the sleeve and the ring wedges the sleeve and inner ring into a locked position on the shaft.