Abstract: The wear resistance of a bi-directional tapered roller bearing is improved by applying a tribological coating to both the small and large end faces of the roller and to at least one of the rib faces of the bearing assembly.

Abstract: The wear resistance of a bi-directional tapered roller bearing is improved by applying a tribological coating to both the small and large end faces of the roller and to at least one of the rib faces of the bearing assembly.

Abstract: The wear resistance of a bi-directional tapered roller bearing is improved by applying a tribological coating to both the small and large end faces of the roller and to at least one of the rib faces of the bearing assembly.

Abstract: An aluminum transmission or transaxle case contains a steel shaft which is supported in the case on two directly mounted tapered roller bearings, so that the two bearings confine the shaft both radially and axially. To compensate for the differences in expansion and contraction between the aluminum case and the steel shaft as the transmission or transaxle experiences variations in temperature, a race of at least one of the bearings is fitted with a compensating ring having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of the case or shaft. As a consequence, the bearings operate at a generally uniform setting over a wide range of temperature variations.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing has a rib ring against which the large ends of the tapered rollers for the bearing bear to prevent those rollers from being expelled from the annular space between the tapered raceways. The rib ring includes a porous, yet rigid, core and a jacket which covers the exposed surfaces of the core, except along an abutment face at which the large end faces of the rollers contact the rib ring. Here the pores of the core are exposed. The core at one of its other faces has a groove and the jacket has a port that opens into the groove. Pressurized oil is directed through the port and into the groove, from which it flows through the pores of the core and emerges at the abutment surface where it reduces friction between the abutment surface and the roller end faces.