Abstract: A cage of an angular ball bearing includes, with respect to a plurality of balls arranged between an outer member and an inner member, an annular portion positioned on one side in an axial direction of the angular ball bearing, and a plurality of pillar portions provided to extend from the annular portion to the other side in the axial direction. The pillar portions include a first flat surface portion contactable with the balls on one side in a circumferential direction of the angular ball bearing, and a second flat surface portion contactable with the balls on the other side in the circumferential direction and parallel to the first flat surface portion.

Abstract: The rolling bearing design incorporates at least two antifriction bearings, a fixed supporting centering sleeve and a toothed cage with an extended cylindrical part, extending outside the dimensions of the bearings, and sockets in the form of a crown on both sides of the cylindrical part of the cage. The fixed supporting centering sleeve of the cage incorporates channels for oil supply to the cage. The extended cylindrical part of the cage between the adjacent bearings in the assembly can be made up of two parts with the possibility to slip relative to each other. The invention enables improvement in the reliability, wear-resistance and durability of the bearing assemblies incorporating at least two bearings, including those of different types and sizes, which operate at high speeds and are subject to significant centrifugal loads exceeding the gravity acceleration by hundred times.

Abstract: A ball housing band is provided which can encourage increases in precision and rigidity of a motion guide apparatus and make the motion guide apparatus compact. A ball housing band includes: a housing band including a band formed with ends, the band having at least two rows of opening portions, and a plurality of spacers placed between the opening portions of the rows; and at least two rows of balls housed in the at least two rows of the opening portions. One of adjacent rows of and the other row of the balls are placed in a staggered arrangement in a state where the spacers are disposed between the balls and between the balls. The one row of the balls overlap the other row of the balls as viewed in the length direction of the ball housing band.

Abstract: A retainer of an outer ring guide type, includes a retainer guide surface, a relief surface (edge relief groove), and an axial groove. The retainer guide surface is provided on at least one axial end portion of a retainer outer diameter surface and is guided by the outer ring. The relief surface is formed on the retainer outer diameter surface along a circumferential direction, located on an axial center side with respect to the retainer guide surface, and has an outer diameter smaller than that of the retainer guide surface. The axial groove extends from the pockets to an axial end on the retainer outer diameter surface, forms an axial step portion by axially traversing the retainer guide surface, and has a groove bottom on a radial inner side with respect to the relief surface.

Abstract: A telescopic steering column assembly comprising an upper shroud portion and a lower shroud portion is supported by the shroud portions through a support bearing assembly that acts between an upper portion of the telescopic steering shaft and a lower portion of the shroud that move relative to one another axially during telescopic adjustment, in which the support bearing assembly comprises: a set of bearings elements, a bearing cage comprising a sleeve that is located between an outer face of the upper shaft and an inner face of the lower shroud portion and is free to move axially relative to one of the upper shaft and the lower shroud, the cage including pockets that extend through the sleeve, each pocket loosely locating a bearing element such that a portion of the bearing element extends through the cage to engage with a first bearing race surface defined by one of the upper shaft and the shroud, an annular bearing race having a tapered second bearing race surface that engages the bearing elements located

Abstract: Cage for a rolling bearing comprising a plurality of pockets (13) for a plurality of rolling elements (4), at least one pocket (13) being of ellipsoidal shape and provided with means (14) of axial retention of the cage (10) on the corresponding rolling element (4), the ellipse defining the said ellipsoidal pocket (13) being determined by a major axis (A) situated in the circumferential plane of the cage (10) and a minor axis (B) in the axial direction of the cage (10). The minor axis (B) is comprised between the major axis (A) and the diameter (D) of the rolling element (4) arranged in the said ellipsoidal pocket (13).

Abstract: A cage 11 for holding a plurality of rolling elements 20 incorporated between an inner ring and an outer ring by a plurality of pockets with their centers arranged at regular intervals in the revolving direction of the rolling elements 20 includes at least one drive pocket 14 having a smaller clearance 22 in the revolving direction of the cage 11 and rolling elements 20 than the clearances of the remaining non-drive pockets 15 in the cage 11. Thus, drive power to be applied to the cage 11 can be always maintained constant and the swinging motion of the cage 11 during revolution can be prevented, thereby being able to reduce cage sounds.

Abstract: Each pocket of a cage have a cylindrical surface formed by a cylindrical shape having a center line extending in a radial direction, and a tapered surface contiguous with the cylindrical surface. A radial displacement of the cage is regulated by a contact of the ball with the tapered surface. In a state in which the ball is in contact with the tapered surface, an angle formed by an imaginary line extending through a contact point between the ball and the tapered surface and the center of the ball, and an imaginary perpendicular plane extending through the center of the ball and perpendicular to the radial direction, is larger than a friction angle defined by a friction coefficient at the contact point between the ball and the tapered surface.

Abstract: A roller bearing which has an outer and inner ring and ball rollers arranged between the rings, which roll in two groove-shaped tracks in the outer and inner rings and are held at a uniform distance to one another by a window cage that has two lateral ribs bent around two circumferential flanged edges to the inner ring and interconnected by pocket bridges. The cage pockets of the cage ribs have a hole formed from a cross-sectional contour of a ball roller arranged longitudinally to the circumferential direction and from a free contour incorporated therein and arranged perpendicular to the circumferential direction. The free contour in each cage pocket is expanded to a rectangle and the flange edges of the ribs each have reduced material thickness compared to the other material thickness of the cage by a circumferential, line-shaped burnishing.

Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly and a crown shaped retainer, in which the rotating torque of the bearing assembly can be reduced with no limitation in use of the bearing assembly and with no need to modify the grease and the sealing member are provided. The rolling bearing assembly includes a plurality of balls interposed between inner and outer rings, and a retainer for retaining the balls. The retainer is of a crown shaped configuration including a retainer ring body having one side face formed with pockets, each having a portion with an opening, defined at respective locations in a circumferential direction for accommodating therein the balls; a grease reservoir depressed portion provided between the neighboring pockets in the circumferential direction of the retainer ring body for reserving a grease; and a communicating port for communicating the grease reservoir depressed portion and the pocket.

Abstract: A roller bearing which has an outer and inner ring and ball rollers arranged between the rings, which roll in two groove-shaped tracks in the outer and inner rings and are held at a uniform distance to one another by a window cage that has two lateral ribs bent around two circumferential flanged edges to the inner ring and interconnected by pocket bridges. The cage pockets of the cage ribs have a hole formed from a cross-sectional contour of a ball roller arranged longitudinally to the circumferential direction and from a free contour incorporated therein and arranged perpendicular to the circumferential direction. The free contour in each cage pocket is expanded to a rectangle and the flange edges of the ribs each have reduced material thickness compared to the other material thickness of the cage by a circumferential, line-shaped burnishing.

Abstract: A radial rolling bearing, which has an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, and rollers, which are arranged between the bearing rings and held at uniform distances from one another in a peripheral direction by a bearing cage in individual cage pockets. The rollers are spherical disks that have parallel lateral surfaces which are symmetrically flattened from a basic spherical shape and which roll in groove-type raceways with their faces. The raceways are incorporated into the inner face of the outer bearing ring and the outer face of the inner bearing ring. The rollers are axially guided between the bearing rings via two low-friction line contacts between lateral surfaces and the longitudinal webs of the cage pockets. The rollers are configured to have a defined degree of freedom for self-alignment to the pressure angle of the radial rolling bearing.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes first and second races, a plurality of ball bearings positioned between the first and second races, and a spacer positioned between each of the ball bearings. The spacers each include a body defining opposite first and second sides, a first substantially concave pocket located at the first side of the body, and a second substantially concave pocket located at the second side of the body. The first and second substantially concave pockets each define a central region having a first radius of curvature about a first center point and an outer region adjacent to the central region that has a second radius of curvature about a second center point. The first and second center points are spaced from one another, and the body includes a portion extending in between at least the respective central regions of the first and second substantially concave pockets.

Abstract: A cage of the invention is equipped with a first annular portion and a second annular portion that are disposed respectively at both ends in an axial direction, and a plurality of columns which couples the first annular portion and the second annular portion to each other, and which forms a plurality of pockets in which rolling elements are accommodated. The cage is composed of a first body portion and a second body portion that are arranged in the axial direction of the bearing and that are coupled to each other via interlocking columns provided on each of the first and second body portions. At least one of the first body portion and the second body portion has an outer diameter face having recessed therein an oil groove whose base end leads to a corresponding pocket.

Abstract: A retainer having an annular body with a plurality of pockets. Each pocket has a pair of corner portions that form an opening. The pockets have a spherical inside surface and a pair of tapered surfaces. Alternatively, the pockets can have a spherical inside surface and at least two pairs of tapered surfaces. The geometry of the pockets including the corner portions has rotational symmetry. The retainer improves lubricant retention, and reduces vibration, noise and non-repeating run out.

Abstract: A window-type cage for an angular contact ball bearing. Lubricant pockets are provided in the spherical pocket surfaces which are provided for guiding the balls. These lubricant pockets are all arranged in regions which lie outside the bearing points between the ball and the cage in both the circumferential direction and the axial direction, such that the wall thickness of the cage at the bearing points is not reduced by the position and design of the lubricant pockets.

Abstract: The pockets 61 to 72 in the bearing 3 are arranged along the circumference (A), and the central points (P1˜P12) of the pockets 61 to 72 are displaced from the uniform arrangement points of the pockets, that is from the central points on the circumference (A) of the pockets 61 to 72 when the arrangement space of the pockets 61 to 72 is uniform, on the side remote from the reference point (P0) on the circumference (A).

Abstract: The pocket surface of a pocket with a ball stored therein has a pair of first pocket surfaces respectively formed inside a pair of pawls and a second pocket surface situated between the two first pocket surfaces. The second pocket surface is formed as a spherical-shaped concave surface having a radius of curvature the center of curvature of which is the rotation center of the ball in a no-load state. Each of the first pocket surfaces has a center of curvature shifted from the center of curvature of the second pocket surface toward the opposite side to the entrance (opening) of the pocket by an axially shifting quantity h1, and each of the first pocket surfaces is formed, starting from the present center of curvature, as a spherical-shaped concave surface with its radius of curvature set larger than the radius of curvature of the second pocket surface.

Abstract: A ball bearing in which an annular cage with a plurality of pockets formed through the annular cage is incorporated between inner and outer rings, a ball is housed in each pocket, the annular cage is guided by the outer ring, and a relationship between a radial clearance (guide clearance) &agr; of the annular cage with respect to the outer ring and an axial clearance (pocket clearance) &bgr; of an inner wall face of the pocket with respect to the ball is set at &agr;≦&bgr;.

Abstract: A cage for ball bearing having pockets 7 the inner surface of which comprises a spherical surface portion 15 and a pair of cylindrical surface portions 16 on the opposite sides of the spherical surface portion 15 connected continuously to the opposite edges of the spherical surface portion 15, the spherical surface portion 15 having a radius of curvature slightly larger than the radius of curvature of the rolling contact surface of the balls to be held in the pockets 7, wherein the area of the spherical surface portion 15 in sliding contact with the rolling surface of the balls is decreased to smoothly supply the pockets 7 with lubricant to decrease the cage sound caused due to friction.

Abstract: In a rolling bearing including an inner race; an outer race; a plurality of rolling elements rollingly arranged between the inner race and the outer race; and a cage holding the rolling elements, the cage has an annular shape and a plurality of pockets which are formed at plural positions in a circumferential direction of the cage, in which each of the pockets has an opening peripheral portion which is curved to a direction of increasing a distance from a center of the rolling elements. The opening peripheral portion forms a chamfered face or a convex face. The rolling bearing can sufficiently ensure the lubrication of sliding contact portions between the cage and rolling elements so that vibrations and noises of the rolling bearing are lowered.

Abstract: A pressed cage for a ball bearing is particularly suited for use in severe lubrication conditions. The pressed cage arrangement reduces seizure, holds lubricant for long periods, and thus prolongs the life of the bearing. In the pressed cage arrangement, two annular holding plates include ball holders and flat portions that alternate at regular intervals. The holding plates have a first recess (that may be spherical or semi-elliptic) that has a radius of curvature larger than the ball's radius of curvature. A second, preferably spherical, recess, with a radius of curvature smaller than that of the ball, is formed in the first recess. The ball rotates, being supported only on the boundaries between the first and second recesses, thereby reducing seizure. Spaces formed in the second recess, and spaces between the front portion of the ball and the junction between the holding plates, function as lubricant sumps.

Abstract: A cage for a ball bearing comprised of two generally ridge-shaped ring parts, the respective axially projecting ridges of which are cooperatively placed to define respective pockets for the balls. The plane of separation between the two ring parts is shifted axially off the center and toward one of the ring parts. In the ring part with the axially larger ridges, the circumferentially opposite ends of the respective ridges are at least nearly flat, in the plane through the centers of the balls. The axially deepest surfaces of the ridges are also at least nearly flat, at the axially opposite sides of the cage, which is generally in the respective axial plane through the center of each ball. This prevents jamming of the balls, even in the case of defective manufacture or defective connection of the ring parts.

Abstract: A ball structure for stabilizing bearing torque in high speed, preloaded, angular contact load supporting ball bearings operating on elastohydrodynamic lubricant films. Angular momentum developed about a ball spin axis that is not parallel to the bearing rotation axis results in a continuous creep of the ball about the momentum axis, thereby allowing a long term preload and torque variation. The improved ball set is shaped so that each ball has a mass inertia about its desired spin axis that is greater than about all other axes, so as to develop a restoring moment tending to maintain rotation about a fixed axis in each ball. The ball cage is configured to maintain ball alignment during run-up and run-down of the bearing.

Abstract: This invention relates to reduction in frictional torque of a harmonic drive type transmission apparatus having a circular spline, a flexspline, and a wave generator. A wave generator bearing of the wave generator has a retainer for holding a number of balls which roll between the inner and outer races to be in contact with an inner race and an outer race and to be separated from each other in the circumferential direction. The ball retainer has a number of radial pockets for storing the balls. Each pocket is formed into a shape forming a narrow (in the circumferential direction) opening portion at the inner race side and a wide (in the circumferential direction) opening portion at the outer race side. The balls are in contact with the opening portion at the inner race side in the pockets at the minor axis positions of a drive cam, and the balls are in contact with substantially the central portion of the pocket inner surface at the major axis positions of the cam.

Abstract: A ball bearing assembly comprising first and second race members 4 and 6 formed with concave ball engaging surfaces 22 and 24 cooperating to define a path of movement 26 for balls 16, 18 and 20 located therebetween and a cage member 8 interposed between said race members 4 and 6 having a plurality of apertures 42, 44 and 46 formed therein, each containing a respective one of said balls 16, 18 and 20 and configured to engage said balls 16, 18 and 20 at an angle to said path of movement 26.

Abstract: A cage for a ball bearing is formed by a series of side rings connected in a circular arrangement by crosspieces. The crosspieces have surfaces formed thereon for defining cage pockets in which balls are inserted and held. Each side ring is thin-walled, whereas the crosspieces are relatively thick, so that the cage is elastic. The walls of each cage pocket comprise four circular cylindrical surfaces, an opposing pair of which are integrally connected to converging conical surfaces formed on the projections. The projections may extend either radially inwardly or radially outwardly from the crosspieces or both. The balls of the bearing are held in the pockets by the converging conical surfaces.

Abstract: A cage for ball bearings consists of two side rings connected together by webs, and having ball pockets with ball pockets having curved partial surfaces inside and outside of the pitch circle and displaced from one another in the axial direction. In this arrangement the rubbing between the walls of the cage pockets and the balls is very small and free space is provided for receiving a lubricant. The pocket walls of the cage sections lying in the region of one or the other of the side rings has several radially-overlying zones, with conical surfaces, the conical surfaces being arranged at different inclinations to the bearing axis.

Abstract: At least a part of the inner face 41 of each pocket of a cage 4 for retaining and guiding rolling elements is formed to have a curvature of similar configuration to that of the rolling element and the center of curvature of the face is positioned to radially deviate from the pitch circle of the rolling elements at a predetermined distance.