US 12,006,981 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. 17/824,935.
Claims priority of application No. 102021205788.8 (DE), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0389969 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 35/06 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01); F16C 35/067 (2006.01); F16C 35/07 (2006.01); F16C 35/077 (2006.01); F16C 39/02 (2006.01); F16C 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 35/06 (2013.01) [F16C 27/066 (2013.01); F16C 35/067 (2013.01); F16C 35/077 (2013.01); F16C 39/02 (2013.01); F16C 35/045 (2013.01)] 9 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, the rotatable bearing ring being fixedly connectable to the rotatable component,
a bearing carrier having a cylindrical wall containing the bearing unit and a base wall extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical wall and having at least one recess, the bearing carrier being configured to be fixedly connected to the stationary component, and
an annular connecting element disposed axially between the bearing unit and the base wall and having a first axial end attached to the stationary bearing ring and a second axial end provided by at least one axial prong, the at least one axial prong extending through the at least one recess in the base wall such that the stationary bearing ring is attached to the carrier in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner.
 
6. 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 stationary outer bearing ring and a rotatable inner bearing ring, the bearing inner ring being fixedly connectable to the rotatable component,
a bearing carrier including a flange fixedly connected to the stationary component, a plurality of prong elements extending axially from the flange, and a plurality of holes each defined between a separate pair of adjacent prongs; and
an annular connecting element disposed about the bearing outer ring and including a plurality of spaced apart toothings extending radially outwardly from the bearing outer ring, each one of the plurality of prongs of the bearing carrier being disposed between each pair of adjacent toothings and each toothing of the connecting element being disposed within a separate one of the holes of the carrier such that the bearing outer ring is attached to the carrier in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner.