US 12,287,007 B2
Cage segment for a segmented cage
Berthold Beyfuss, Wasserlosen-Kaisten (DE); Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Königsberg-Römershofen (DE); Alfred Radina, Poppenlauer (DE); Maximilian Soellner, Bundorf (DE); Jonas Schierling, Hassfurt (DE); and Martin Kemmer, Werneck (DE)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/091,485.
Claims priority of application No. 102022200326.8 (DE), filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220879 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F16C 33/46 (2006.01); F16C 33/51 (2006.01); F16C 33/54 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/4676 (2013.01) [F16C 33/467 (2013.01); F16C 33/4682 (2013.01); F16C 33/51 (2013.01); F16C 33/542 (2013.01); F16C 33/6648 (2013.01); F16C 33/6696 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing cage segment for a segmented bearing cage comprising:
a plurality of walls that define a pocket configured to receive a first roller, the plurality of walls including a first side element and a first bridge element, and
an insert element captively or releasably retained in an opening in the first bridge element,
wherein the insert element extends through the first bridge element such that a first portion of the insert element is located on a first side of the first bridge element inside the pocket and a second portion of the insert element is located on a second side of the first bridge element outside the pocket and opposite the first side,
wherein the first portion of the insert element has a first concave surface configured to interact with a conical or cylindrical wall of the first roller, and
wherein the second portion of the insert element has a second concave surface configured to interact with a conical or cylindrical wall of a second roller.