US 11,892,034 B2
Non-locating bearing assembly
Juergen Barthelme, Grettstadt (DE); Helmut Hauck, Euerbach (DE); Stefanie Seufert, Rothhausen (DE); Alexander Dilje, Schweinfurt (DE); Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Königsberg-Römershofen (DE); Sebastian Kraus, Schwanfeld (DE); Andreas Herbert Kraus, Bergrheinfeld (DE); and Berthold Beyfuss, Wasserlosen-Kaisten (DE)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,932.
Claims priority of application No. 102021205781.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0389957 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 23/08 (2006.01); F16C 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 23/08 (2013.01) [F16C 25/083 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-locating bearing assembly comprising:
a bearing unit configured to support a rotatable component relative to a stationary component, the bearing unit including a first stationary bearing ring and a second rotatable bearing ring fixedly connectable to the rotatable component, and
a bearing carrier to which the stationary bearing ring is attached by a connector, the bearing carrier being configured to be fixedly connected to the stationary component,
wherein the stationary bearing ring or the carrier includes at least one circumferential groove and the connector includes a spring mounted in the circumferential groove and exerting a spring force radially outwardly against a surface of the carrier and/or radially inwardly against a surface of the stationary bearing ring and the spring has windings configured to engage with any irregularities in the surface of the carrier and/or the surface of the stationary bearing ring such that the connector allows axial displacement of the stationary bearing ring while at least resisting rotation of the stationary bearing ring, and wherein the bearing carrier includes stop elements configured to prevent axial separation of the stationary bearing ring and the bearing carrier.