US 11,852,196 B2
Cage segment for a rolling-element bearing cage
Berthold Beyfuss, Wasserlosen-Kaisten (DE); Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Königsberg-Römershofen (DE); Alfred Radina, Poppenlauer (DE); Maximilian Soellner, Bundorf (DE); and Jonas Schierling, Hassfurt (DE)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,086.
Claims priority of application No. 102021206282.2 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403885 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 33/50 (2006.01); F16C 33/46 (2006.01); F16C 33/54 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/502 (2013.01) [F16C 33/4605 (2013.01); F16C 33/543 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-pocket cage segment of a multipart rolling-element bearing cage, the cage segment comprising:
a first side wall and a second side wall connected by a first end wall and a second end wall,
wherein the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls are formed by at least one sheet metal segment having at least two ends connected at at least one joint, and
wherein the first side wall includes at least one functional element formed by pressing a first side of the first side wall to form a projection on an opposite side of the first side wall and/or the first end wall includes at least one functional element formed by pressing a first side of the first end wall to form a projection on an opposite side of the first end wall.