Abstract: A sealed universal joint bearing includes a pot-shaped component having a disk-shaped base and a cylindrical wall projecting from a periphery of the base, and an inner surface of the base and an inner surface of the cylindrical wall define an interior of the pot-shaped body. At least one row of rolling elements are configured to roll along the inner surface of the cylindrical wall. A flange in the interior of the pot-shaped component has a flange surface against which end sides of the rolling elements are configured to slip during bearing operation, and the flange surface includes at least one formation configured to reduce a contact area between the flange surface and the end sides of the rolling elements.

Abstract: A structural unit for assembly to a trunnion of a universal joint bearing providing a cup, a sealing ring, which is fixed to the cup, and a shield, which is connected to the cup in a state in which the structural unit is not assembled to the trunnion. The cup includes a bottom and the sealing ring provides at least one sealing lip that points in a direction with an axial component towards the bottom.

Abstract: A bearing carrier or a housing part includes a base body, a first component and at least one second component mounted in the base body, and a belt or a cable or a roving connected to the base body and to the first component and the second component such that the belt or the cable or the roving at least partially transmits forces that act on the first component to the second component. The first and second components may each be formed as rings having a cylindrical inner surface and an outer surface having a groove, and the element may pass through the grooves of the first and second components and be embedded in the base body.

Abstract: A sealed universal joint bearing includes a pot-shaped component having a disk-shaped base and a cylindrical wall projecting from a periphery of the base, and an inner surface of the base and an inner surface of the cylindrical wall define an interior of the pot-shaped body. At least one row of rolling elements are configured to roll along the inner surface of the cylindrical wall. A flange in the interior of the pot-shaped component has a flange surface against which end sides of the rolling elements are configured to slip during bearing operation, and the flange surface includes at least one formation configured to reduce a contact area between the flange surface and the end sides of the rolling elements.

Abstract: A universal joint bearing having a cup that serves as an outer ring of the universal joint bearing. The universal joint bearing includes exactly one sealing ring that is provided for sealing a gap between the cup and a trunnion.

Abstract: A structural unit for assembly to a trunnion of a universal joint bearing providing a cup, a sealing ring, which is fixed to the cup, and a shield, which is connected to the cup in a state in which the structural unit is not assembled to the trunnion. The cup includes a bottom and the sealing ring provides at least one sealing lip that points in a direction with an axial component towards the bottom.

Abstract: A retaining element configured to retain an outer ring of a bearing in a housing, the retaining element having a body having a first side and a second side and a substantially circular through-hole extending from the first side to the second side and an axial thickness from the first side to the second side. A boundary of the through-hole includes two or fewer recesses. The retaining element is configured to hold an attachment element in the two or fewer recesses, the attachment element being configured to engage a groove in a bearing to hold the bearing in the retaining element.

Abstract: A universal joint bearing with at least a first and a second elastomeric ring. The universal joint bearing is free from spiral springs, which exert a force on a portion of one of the elastomeric rings. The portion is provided for abutting against a trunnion of a crosspiece of a universal joint in a condition in which the universal joint bearing is part of the universal joint.

Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.

Abstract: A bearing carrier or a housing part includes a base body, a first component and at least one second component mounted in the base body, and a belt or a cable or a roving connected to the base body and to the first component and the second component such that the belt or the cable or the roving at least partially transmits forces that act on the first component to the second component. The first and second components may each be formed as rings having a cylindrical inner surface and an outer surface having a groove, and the element may pass through the grooves of the first and second components and be embedded in the base body.

Abstract: A universal joint bearing with at least a first and a second elastomeric ring. The universal joint bearing is free from spiral springs, which exert a force on a portion of one of the elastomeric rings. The portion is provided for abutting against a trunnion of a crosspiece of a universal joint in a condition in which the universal joint bearing is part of the universal joint.

Abstract: A device includes a first bearing, at least one second bearing, a first bearing-attachment element configured to exert a first force on an outer ring of the first bearing, and at least one second bearing-attachment element configured to exert a second force on an outer ring of the second bearing. The first bearing-attachment element is configured also to exert a third force on the outer ring of the second bearing.

Abstract: A universal joint bearing having a cup that serves as an outer ring of the universal joint bearing. The universal joint bearing includes exactly one sealing ring that is provided for sealing a gap between the cup and a trunnion.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a thermosetting plastic bearing carrier having a receptacle for holding a bearing ring of the bearing and an injection molded connector between an inner circumference of the receptacle and an outer circumference of the bearing ring made from a thermoplastic plastic. The connector may include axial end portions that radially overlap portions of the bearing carrier. Also a method for forming a bearing assembly.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a roller bearing connected with a plate-shaped bearing support. The bearing support has a receiving bore for an outer ring of the roller bearing, and the outer ring of the roller bearing is affixed to the bearing support with two affixing plates that are fixed to first and second end sides of the bearing support. The two affixing plates clamp the outer ring at two clamping surfaces. An axial spacing of the first and second end sides of the bearing support is smaller than an axial spacing of the clamping surfaces of the outer ring, and a spring element configured to act in the axial direction is disposed between one of the two affixing plates and the bearing support.

Abstract: A method for installing a first machine part into a second machine part includes press fitting the first machine part into the second machine part in its intended final position. The method also includes disposing an exothermically reactive substance on or in the first machine part and activating the exothermically reactive substance to cause a thermal structural change, stress relief, for example, in a part of the first machine part.

Abstract: A retaining element configured to retain an outer ring of a bearing in a housing, the retaining element having a body having a first side and a second side and a substantially circular through-hole extending from the first side to the second side and an axial thickness from the first side to the second side. A boundary of the through-hole includes two or fewer recesses. The retaining element is configured to hold an attachment element in the two or fewer recesses, the attachment element being configured to engage a groove in a bearing to hold the bearing in the retaining element.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a roller bearing connected with a bearing support having a plate-shaped section. The bearing support has a receiving bore for an outer ring of the roller bearing, and the outer ring of the roller bearing is affixed to the bearing support with two affixing plates that are fixed to first and second end sides of the bearing support and that clamp the outer ring at two clamping surfaces. An axial spacing of the first and second end sides of the bearing support is smaller than an axial spacing of the clamping surfaces of the outer ring, and the two affixing plates have a different mechanical strength.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement is disclosed having a bearing and a bearing support. The bearing is coupled to the bearing support at an axial side. The bearing provides first and second bearing rings that define a bearing interior there between. A first groove is formed at the first bearing ring's radial side facing the second bearing ring. A coupling element is arranged at the bearing's axial side facing the bearing support. The coupling element includes a first, preferably nose-shaped, radial protrusion that is in engagement with the first groove, and a second radial protrusion, which at least partially encompasses the bearing support at a side facing away from the bearing, so that the coupling element fastens the bearing to the bearing support. A coupling element for such a bearing arrangement is also provided.

Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.