Abstract: A liquid lubricating tapered roller bearing device, includes: an outer ring; an inner ring including an outer end surface at a smaller diameter side; tapered rollers; and a cage located further inside in an axial direction than the outer end surface of the inner ring and including an end portion at a smaller diameter side, the end portion defining an outer end surface and an inner periphery. Inequalities X2/B?0.010 and 0.009?X1/D?0.043 are satisfied where B represents a width in the axial direction of the inner ring; D represents a bore diameter of the inner ring; X2 represents a distance in the axial direction from the outer end surface of the inner ring to the outer end surface of the case; and X1 represents a dimension of a clearance in a diameter direction between the inner periphery of the cage and the inner ring.

Abstract: A retainer for a roller bearing holds needle rollers within slit-shaped pockets which are formed separately by means of partitions arranged with a fixed pitch in the circumferential direction. Each partition is equipped with two side faces, which face the sides of the adjacent partitions, and an outer-circumferential-side end face, which faces the outer circumferential side of the retainer, and retaining protrusions are formed at the corner parts where the outer-circumferential-side end faces and each side face intersect. Each retaining protrusion protrudes farther to the outer circumferential side from the outer-circumferential-side end face, and protrudes obliquely in the direction in which the aperture width of the pockets is narrowed. For each pocket the positions where the retaining protrusions are formed in the longitudinal direction of the partitions are set so as not to overlap the adjacent pockets.

Abstract: A prong type cage is incorporated in a double row roller bearing and holds the rollers arranged in one of the two rows. The prong type cage has an annular portion; and multiple cage bars. Pockets in which the rollers are held are defined at positions on a side of the one side face of the annular portion and between the cage bars adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. Recesses are formed in a face of the annular portion, the face being opposed to end faces of the rollers disposed in the pockets. The recesses are opened toward the end faces of the rollers to retain grease between the recesses and the end faces of the rollers. The recesses are opened at an inner peripheral face of the annular portion to introduce the grease that is present on the inner peripheral face of the annular portion into the recesses.

Abstract: A prong type cage includes an annular portion, and a plurality of cage bars extended in the axial direction of the prong type cage from one side face of the annular portion, and located at intervals in the circumferential direction of the prong type cage. Pockets in which the rollers are held are defined at positions on a side of the one side face of the annular portion and between the cage bars adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. A plurality of protrusions each of which is opposed to an inner peripheral face of the outer ring across a clearance and guided by the inner peripheral face, and a plurality of recessed portions that retain grease between the recessed portions and the inner peripheral face are formed on an outer periphery of the annular portion so as to be arranged in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A roller bearing retainer (13) includes a pair of annular ring parts (14) and a plurality of column parts (15) each including a column center part (16) provided in an axial center region so as to be positioned relatively on the radial inner side, a pair of column end parts (17) provided in axial end regions so as to be positioned relatively on the radial outer side, and a pair of column sloped parts (18) positioned between the column center part (16) and the pair of column end parts (17), and connecting the pair of ring parts to each other. A thickness of each part of the column center part, the pair of column end parts, and the pair of column sloped parts is smaller than a thickness of a boundary part between the adjacent parts.

Abstract: In the cage 10 of a cylindrical roller bearing 1 according to the invention, a pocket for storing a cylindrical roller 4 is constituted of circumferential-direction side surfaces 23, 23 of two pillar portions 16, 16 mutually adjoining in the circumferential direction opposed to each other in the circumferential direction and axial-direction side surfaces 26, 26 opposed to each other in the axial direction of a pair of annular portions 12, 12. The circumferential-direction side surfaces 23, 23 include circumferential-direction projecting curved surface portions 28, 28 formed by crowning, while the axial-direction side surfaces 26, 26 include axial-direction projecting curved surface portions 26, 26 formed by crowning.

Abstract: A roller bearing cage 16 with roller bearing pockets 18 which are arranged one next to the other in the circumferential direction and have the purpose of holding load-bearing roller bodies 10 of a roller bearing, wherein at least one end piece 14 which engages behind a roller bearing component 12 is formed on the roller bearing cage 16. The end piece 14, which is ideally embodied as a retaining claw, holds the inner ring and the roller body 10 together, but can be removed after or during the assembly by means of a predetermined rupture point 15, in order to make room for a further component, such as for example a sealing arrangement. As a result, despite the installation assistance, optimum use of the installation space is provided.

Abstract: A double roller cage for a double-row cylinder roller bearing, with a central ring part (1) from which webs (2, 3) protrude axially on both sides, wherein the webs (2; 3) of one side in each case form a row of bearings (4; 5) together with the rolling bodies arranged therein, wherein every two adjacent webs (2; 3) of a row of bearings (4; 5) delimit a receiving pocket (6; 7) for a rolling body, and in which, at least in one row of bearings (5), the webs (3) are designed so as to taper in the circumferential direction for a radial filling of the receiving pockets (7) with the rolling bearings. So that the double roller cage has satisfactory running behavior and is relatively simple and cost-effective to produce, recesses (12, 12?, 13, 14, 16) are formed on the other of the two rows of bearings (4; 5) in order to produce a symmetrical mass distribution between the two rows of bearings (4; 5).

Abstract: A method for producing a roller bearing cage (1) is provided, including the following steps: a base body (2) which is close to a net shape is produced by a stereolithography method or by a 3D-printing method, and the provided base body (2) is coated with a thin, nanocrystalline coating (3). A roller bearing cage, including a base body (2) and a nanocrystalline coating (3) fixed to the base body (2) produced by this method is also provided. This method is suitable for producing roller bearing cages in only small quantities in a small series.

Abstract: Surface indentation and oil film shortage on rollers is prevented and longer service life of a roller bearing is achieved, by preventing wear debris from being caught and accumulated in pockets of a holder of the roller bearing. Positions and dimensional relations of the diameters of inner and outer ring raceways, the inner and outer diameters of the holder, and inner and outer protrusions which are provided to pillar parts of the holder to prevent the rollers from coming off are defined such that the inner and outer protrusions of the pillar parts always do not come into contact with the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers in the state where the rollers and the holder are incorporated between inner and outer members. As a result, lubricant oil is smoothly circulated in gaps formed between the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers and the pillar parts of the holder.

Abstract: A cage used in a large-size rolling bearing is formed of a plurality of cage segments having a circular-arc shape and arranged in a circular pattern. Each cage segment includes rims opposed to each other and separated from each other at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of cage bars that extend from one of the rims to the other rim and that define pockets which accommodate the rollers and which are arranged in the circumferential direction. Multiple pairs of hook portions, between which the inner ring is sandwiched, are formed so as to project from the rims, and are arranged at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. Distal ends of the hook portions are engaged with annular grooves formed in end portions of the inner ring so as be rotatable relative to the inner ring.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing is used in transmissions or differentials for automobiles. The tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of tapered rollers rollably disposed between the inner and outer rings, and a cage for holding the tapered rollers at circumferential predetermined intervals. The roller coefficient ? exceeds 0.94, where ? is (the number of rollers×mean roller diameter)/(?×PCD).

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing (1) with two coaxial bearing rings (2, 3) and a multiplicity of tapered rollers (4) which are arranged between the bearing rings (2, 3), are guided in a cage (10, 11, 12) and roll on raceways (7, 8) on the bearing rings (2, 3), with a rim (9) at the large diameter of the inner bearing ring (3), wherein the cage (10, 11, 12) is formed of side rings (10, 11) and webs (12) which connect them, with the formation of pockets (13) for the tapered rollers (4), and elastic projections (14) are arranged on one side ring (10), which projections (14) interact with the rim (9) and prestress the cage (10, 11, 12) with the tapered rollers (4) axially against the rim (9).

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: A split cage for a rolling bearing includes a plurality of cage segments formed of synthetic resin and arranged annularly in a circumferential direction. Each cage segment includes: a first rim portion and a second rim portion that are spaced from each other by a predetermined interval and face each other; and a plurality of bar portions extending from the first rim portion to the second rim portion. Spaces, each of which is surrounded by the bar portions adjacent to each other and the first and second rim portions, are formed as pockets that house rolling elements. Projections for reinforcement are formed at radial end portions of boundaries between the bar portions and the first rim portion and/or boundaries between the bar portions and the second rim portion.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition whose flowability is secured when the resin composition is injection-molded into injection-molded articles such as a resin-made crown-shaped cage and a resin-made seal both for a rolling bearing and a resin-made sliding bearing and which is capable of enhancing the mechanical strengths and toughnesses of these injection-molded articles to such an extent that these injection-molded articles can be used as bearing members. The resin composition is formed into a molded article and used as a bearing member. The resin composition is composed of polyamide resin or polyester resin to which polycarbodiimide is added. The polyamide resin is at least one resin selected from among polyamide 66 resin and polyamide 11 resin. The polyester resin is polytrimethylene terephthalate resin. 0.5 to 6 wt % of the polycarbodiimide is contained in an entirety of the resin composition.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing (31a) has a plurality of retainer segments (11a, 11d) each having a pocket to house a tapered roller (34a), and arranged so as to be continuously lined with each other in a circumferential direction between an outer ring (32a) and an inner ring (33a). The retainer segment (11a, 11d) is formed of a resin containing a filler material to lower a thermal linear expansion coefficient. In addition, a clearance (39a) is provided between the first retainer segment (11a) and the last retainer segment (11d) after the plurality of retainer segments (11a, 11d) have been arranged in the circumferential direction without providing any clearance. Here a circumferential range (R) of the clearance (39a) is larger than 0.075% of a circumference of a circle passing through a center of the retainer segment (11a, 11d) and smaller than 0.12% thereof at room temperature.

Abstract: A multi-row rolling bearing, which has a cage for rows of rolling elements that is detachably connected to a respective adjoining cage. For assembly and safety of assembly, the detachable connection between the cages is at least one predetermined breaking point.

Abstract: A pair of rim portions (4a) and (4b) is formed in the shape of a discontinuous segmental circular ring, which includes cutout portions (8a) and (8b), respectively, at one position. The cutout portions of the respective rim portions are concentrically disposed so as to face each other with a predetermined interval therebetween in an axial direction while having the same phase in a circumferential direction. A plurality of pillar portions (6) form pockets (10) where rollers (14) are retained. An expandable elastic connecting portion (12), which connects one end portion (84a) of one rim portion in the circumferential direction to the other end portion (82b) of the other rim portion in the circumferential direction, is provided at the pair of rim portions.

Abstract: A cage for a rolling element bearing and a method for the production thereof. The cage has either an increased number of rolling elements or improved load-bearing capacity. A The cage has a plurality of cage pockets for receiving the rolling elements, two side rings and a plurality of cross-ribs. The cross-ribs connect the side rings such that the cage pockets are formed. The cage pockets have milled-out or drilled-out corner regions. hereinafter collectively referred to as milled-out corner regions, The corner regions, in a cutting plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cage, have a radial milling course in the direction of the axis of rotations. The milling course, at least in a partial section, is configured at an incline with respect to a radial vector placed through the partial section and the axis of rotation, and is configured at an incline in the direction of the cage pocket.

Abstract: A radial cage in which roll forming is carried out in such a manner that straight side sections of all axial crossbars continue to have at least approximately a material thickness of a starting material for the radial cage, while side rings of the radial cage and axial center sections of the axial crossbars are implemented by rolling down during roll forming to each have material thicknesses that are smaller than the material thickness of the straight side sections and that reduce their centrifugal mass.

Abstract: A conical roller cage that implements a conical roller bearing that is able to suppress torque and that is able to smoothly supply lubricant to a raceway surface includes: a small-diameter annular portion, a large-diameter annular portion having a bore diameter larger than a bore diameter of the small-diameter annular portion, pillar portions that couple the small-diameter annular portion to the large-diameter annular portion and that are located at intervals from each other in a circumferential direction, roller partition wall portions each radially extending from a radial end face of a corresponding one of the pillar portions, and canopy portions each protruding from a radial end portion of a corresponding one the roller partition wall portions, at an opposite side to a side of the pillar portion, toward both sides in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A radial cage in which side rings have a material thickness of a starting material for the radial cage, straight side sections of each axial crossbar are implemented with a greater material thickness that increases their strength, and an axial center section of each axial crossbar is implemented with a smaller material thickness than the material thickness of the side rings, thus reducing centrifugal mass.

Abstract: A cage for a rolling bearing which cage is intended to ensure the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements and comprises first pockets 28 for first rolling elements of the row, which pockets are provided with axial retention means 38, 46 for the axial retention of the cage onto the said rolling elements, and second pockets 26 for the second rolling elements of the row, which pockets have no axial retention means for retaining the cage on the said rolling elements. The distribution of the first pockets 28 about the periphery of the cage is uneven.

Abstract: A cage for a rolling bearing which has pocket-shaped recesses for receiving rolling bodies and at least one guiding means for guiding the cage. The at least one guiding means is detachably connected to the cage. Thus, by design, the structure designed for the guiding of the cage is simple, economical and flexible, and suitable for all kinds of different cage shapes and dimensions.

Abstract: A shell type outer ring 2 of a shell type needle roller bearing 1 is formed by a pressing combined with an ironing step, and the lubricating conditions in this ironing step on the outer-diameter ironed surface, which becomes the outer-diameter surface of the outer ring 2, are in a substantially fluid lubricating state so as to restrict the circumferential surface roughness of the inner-diameter surface, the inner-diameter roundness, and the amount of uneven thickness of the tubular portion to predetermined value ranges, thereby prolonging the life of the shell type needle roller bearing and lowering the acoustic level during use.

Abstract: The rolling bearing cage is intended to provide the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements and comprises first pockets 32 for first rolling elements of the row, these pockets being provided with axial retention means 34 for retaining the cage on the rolling elements, second pockets 24 for second rolling elements of the row and not provided with axial retention means for retaining the cage on the rolling elements, and separation portions 22, 30 which between them delimit first and second pockets. Each separation portion 30 delimiting one of the first pockets comprises a notch 40 which is open axially and opens radially onto each side of the separation portion.

Abstract: A rocking bearing outer ring (12) includes an arcuate track member (13) having a track surface on its inner diameter surface, and a flange portion (14) projecting radially inward from each widthwise end portion of the track member (13). In addition, when it is assumed that L1 represents a circumferential length of the track member (13) and L2 represents a circumferential length of the flange portion (14), 0.2?L2/L1?8 is satisfied.

Abstract: A roller bearing assembly includes a plurality of rollers (122), a cage (114) including a plurality of slots (118) for positioning the plurality of rollers, an outer race (134) positioned radially outside the plurality of rollers and the cage, and means (126, 130, 138) for retaining axial alignment between the cage and the outer race provided integrally with at least one of the cage and the outer race.

Abstract: A needle bearing including a cage that is shrinkable or extensible in a circumferential direction, which can prevent plastic deformation and ensure both of a sufficient strength for axial torsion and a sufficient deformation amount. In a drawn cup needle bearing, a cage includes a plurality of elastic deformation portions along a circumferential direction thereof, which are shrunk in the circumferential direction. The elastic deformation portions are formed symmetrically with respect to an intermediate portion C in an axial direction of the cage.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a roller bearing cage, including a cage main body formed with an annular plate, and a plurality of cage pockets opened along a circumferential direction on the cage main body for retaining rollers having flat end faces, includes punching an annular plate from a metal, forming a plurality of cage pockets on the annular plate, and pressing an edge of one of the cage pockets in a thickness direction of the annular plate on a side face of the one of the cage pockets with a press jig having a pressing face of a predetermined shape to form a chamfered portion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling element cage (32) made of a metal strip material that is profiled, stamped, cut to length, and bent into a round shape, wherein the ends of the cut-to-length strip sections are joined together by welding. In order to make it possible to influence the lubricant distribution in the bearing and the vibration characteristics of the cage and thus of the overall bearing system, according to the invention the strip section ends (34, 36) are joined together with a predetermined axial offset (a) and/or radial offset (b).

Abstract: An antifriction bearing for a turbocharger, which has an outer ring with an annular inner face and an inner ring with an outer face which is parallel to the inner face, and a rolling body cage with a single annular part arranged radially between the outer and inner ring with one cage guiding face which is parallel to the inner face of the outer ring and an inner surface which is parallel to the outer face of the inner ring, and with closed rolling body pockets which are distributed over the circumference and rolling bodies received in the pockets. To provide hydraulic damping and reduced friction, the annular part is provided in the region of the cage guiding face with at least one radial recess outside the rolling body pockets, which can be formed by apertures, cutouts or grooves in the cage guiding face.

Abstract: A rolling-element bearing cage (12) having two lateral rings (2) and a plurality of cage webs (1), wherein the laterals rings (2) and the cage webs (1) form a plurality of cage pockets (8). In order for the rolling-element bearing cage (12) to have an especially light and stable design, a respective recess (3) is formed in each of the corners (10) of the cage pockets (8). This recess is tapered or reduced toward the radial center (7) of the recess without forming a running surface for the associated rolling element (9). A method for producing the rolling-element bearing cage (12) is also provided, wherein a plurality of cage pockets (8) are milled into a solid cage blank, wherein the corners (10) of the cage pockets (8) are milled in such a way that a respective recess (3) is formed in each of the corners of the cage pockets, which recess is tapered or reduced toward the radial center (7) of the recess without forming a running surface for the associated rolling element (9).

Abstract: A guide piece projects from an outside surface of a cage bar of a cage so as to make sliding contact with a raceway surface of an outer ring. As the cage rotates, the guide piece operates to guide the rotation of the cage while removing an excess grease on the raceway surface and transferring the excess grease to axially opposite ends of the outer ring.

Abstract: A bearing cage defines an overall axial length and includes a first end portion defining a first contact surface extending at a radially-outermost diameter of the bearing cage a first axial contact length, and a second end portion spaced a distance from the first end portion and defining a second contact surface extending at the radially-outermost diameter of the bearing cage a second axial contact length. The bearing cage further includes a plurality of spanning members extending between the first and second end portions to define a spanning member axial contact length defined at the radially-outermost diameter of the bearing cage by at least one contact pad. The bearing cage produces a total contact ratio, defined as the ratio of the sum total of the first axial contact length, the second axial contact length, and the spanning member axial contact length to the overall axial length, of at least 0.380.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing (1) with two coaxial bearing rings (2, 3) and a multiplicity of tapered rollers (4) which are arranged between the bearing rings (2, 3), are guided in a cage (10, 11, 12) and roll on raceways (7, 8) on the bearing rings (2, 3), with a rim (9) at the large diameter of the inner bearing ring (3), wherein the cage (10, 11, 12) is formed of side rings (10, 11) and webs (12) which connect them, with the formation of pockets (13) for the tapered rollers (4), and elastic projections (14) are arranged on one side ring (10), which projections (14) interact with the rim (9) and prestress the cage (10, 11, 12) with the tapered rollers (4) axially against the rim (9).

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 tapered roller bearing includes a retainer with a protrusion that is axially brought into engagement with a flange of the inner race. The inner race has a flange for guiding the tapered rollers only at the large-diameter end of the raceway. The retainer has on the large-diameter side thereof a protrusion radially inwardly extending and axially engaging the flange of the inner race. The flange of the inner race is formed with a circumferentially continuous cutout groove having a smoothly curved concave surface through which the radially outer surface and the outer end surface of the flange are connected to each other. The protrusion of the retainer has its inner side at its radially inner end portion in engagement with the cutout groove, allowing size reduction and load bearing capacity increase for the tapered roller bearing, while preventing stress concentration on the flange of the inner race.

Abstract: In a rolling bearing cage, adjacent cage bar portions on both sides of each pocket have protrusions protruding toward the pocket and a radially outer side and retaining a rolling element, accommodated in the pocket, from the radially outer side, a side surface of each cage bar portion and the corresponding protrusion, facing the pocket, has a guide surface slidably guiding the rolling element, the guide surface includes a first circular arc surface having a concave shape corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of each rolling element, and a side surface of each protrusion, facing the pocket, has a second circular arc surface having a convex shape smoothly continuous with a radially outer side of the first circular arc surface and an introducing surface smoothly continuous with a radially outer side of the second circular arc surface and inclined to a side opposite to the pocket toward a distal end of the protrusion.

Abstract: A spherical roller bearing having a flanged disk designed as a hollow body, formed from a straight pipe section that is bent to form a ting having two ring ends that are joined. The ring is shaped into a flanged disk with a desired axial section geometry in a pressing device with a contour tool in a single pass.

Abstract: A rolling-element bearing cage includes two axially spaced-apart side rings extending in a circumferential direction. Each side ring is split in the circumferential direction along at least one cutting line, thereby defining bordering surfaces on first and second bearing cage sections. A plurality of connecting bridges connects the side rings in an axial direction. First and second pairs of mutually-opposing first projections and corresponding first openings are disposed on the side rings along the bordering surfaces of the first and second bearing cage sections and fix the bordering surfaces to each other in at least first and second directions that are perpendicular to each other. A pair of a second projection and a corresponding second opening is disposed axially between the first and second pairs of first projections and first openings and fixes the bordering surfaces to each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.

Abstract: An outer ring for rocking bearing (11a) includes a raceway surface (12a) on the inner diameter side and has flange parts (13a) and (13b) provided by bending axial both ends to the inner diameter side. The flange parts (13a) and (13b) are provided with bent parts (17a) and (17b) axially bent toward the raceway surface (12a) side so as to enfold a retainer arranged on the inner diameter side. Thus, the retainer can be enfolded by the bent parts (17a) and (17b). Therefore, even when the retainer comes to be moved to the inner diameter side of the outer ring for rocking bearing (11a), the retainer is caught by the bent parts (17a) and (17b), so that the movement of the retainer to the inner diameter side is restricted and rollers and the retainer can be prevented from dropping off.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement is provided having a shaft (1) with a bearing journal (2, 3), and a needle bearing (9) which is arranged thereon and has a cage (16) and needle rollers (11) accommodated in the latter. The bearing journal is provided with a hardened and precision-machined inner raceway (10) for the needle rollers and steps back radially in relation to axial shoulders (12, 13) of adjacent shaft sections (4, 5, 6, 7), and the axial shoulders serve as run-on surfaces for the axial end sides (14, 15) of the cage fitted between the axial shoulders. In this case, relief grooves (17, 18) are provided, with the relief grooves extending on both sides of the inner raceway and each being dimensioned in such a manner that, over the entire circumferential region of the axial shoulders, the axial distance (D) thereof from each other is significantly larger than the inner raceway width (B1) existing therebetween.

Abstract: A needle roller bearing, which has a rimless inner ring or a rimless inner ring bushing and a plurality of rolling elements that are arranged and rotatable in the cage. For coherence of the needle roller bearing after manufacturing and for mounting in an installation space, the cage has, at least on one front end, a radially inward pointing retaining device and the inner ring or the inner ring bushing has a retaining element on its outer periphery that cooperates with the retaining device.

Abstract: A roller bearing assembly includes a plurality of rollers (122), a cage (114) including a plurality of slots (118) for positioning the plurality of rollers, an outer race (134) positioned radially outside the plurality of rollers and the cage, and means (126,130,138) for retaining axial alignment between the cage and the outer race provided integrally with at least one of the cage and the outer race.

Abstract: A radial roller bearing, in particular a single-track ball roller bearing, which has an outer bearing ring with an inner groove track, an inner bearing ring with an outer groove track and ball rollers, which are disposed parallel to one another and held in a peripheral direction at even distances from one another by a plastic bearing cage, that roll between the bearing rings in the groove tracks. Each roller has two lateral surfaces that are flattened symmetrically from a spherical base form and a defined axial tilting clearance. The cage has two axially separated, pocketed cage halves which can be assembled in a positive-fitted, form-locked or integral fashion by opposing connecting elements.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling bearing with a rolling bearing cage (1) having a plurality of rolling element pockets (2) arranged in at least one row to receive at least one row of rolling elements, wherein the rolling bearing cage (1) consists of two lateral rings (3) and a plurality of crosspieces (4) connecting them, between which crosspieces are formed the rolling element pockets (2), and having at least one empty pocket (5). In order to achieve cost-effective manufacture of the rolling bearing cage (1) with the fewest possible changes as compared to a rolling bearing cage fully populated with rolling elements, provision is made according to the invention that the rolling bearing cage (1) is equipped with fewer rolling elements in one row than corresponds to the number of rolling element pockets (2), causing the rolling bearing cage (1) to have empty pockets (5) without rolling elements in the at least one row of rolling element pockets (2).

Abstract: An angular contact ball bearing, and a method for lubricating the same, has multiple ball pockets connected to an annulus channel via at least one hole that allows a fluid to flow from the annulus channel to the ball pockets.

Abstract: The bearing cage has a first flange, a second flange, and a plurality of cage bars extending between the first flange and the second flange so as to form and define outer boundaries for a plurality of pockets. The first flange and the second flange are each bent inward toward the pocket and then extend parallel in a vertical direction, forming a contact surfaces. The contact surfaces are in contact at each end of the rollers arranged in the pocket. The contact surfaces of the bearing cage present a large contact area between the ends of the rollers and the ends of the pockets where there is a lubricant film. Also, the surface of the contact surfaces is smooth.