US 11,698,103 B2
Cage segment of a rolling bearing
Philip Amokwe, Niederwerrn (DE); Oliver Boersch, Röthlein (DE); Harry Günther, Schweinfurt (DE); Gerhard Schorr, Baunach (DE); and Sascha Breithack, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/436,243
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100047
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/177802, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 105 473.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154771 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 33/51 (2006.01); F16C 33/38 (2006.01); F16C 33/50 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/3812 (2013.01) [F16C 33/3818 (2013.01); F16C 33/50 (2013.01); F16C 33/51 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A segment of a cage for a rolling bearing, comprising:
a first side plate;
a second side plate;
a first bridge connecting the first side plate and the second side plate; and,
a second bridge connecting the first side plate and the second side plate, wherein:
the first side plate includes:
a first region extending past the first bridge in a first circumferential direction around an axis of rotation of the cage, the first region including a first end face having a first contour; and,
a second region extending past the second bridge in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction, the second region including a second end face having a second contour different from the first contour;
the second side plate includes a third region extending past the first bridge in the first circumferential direction the first side plate, the second side plate, the first bridge, and the second bridge define a complete rolling element pocket;
the first region, the first bridge, and the third region define a first incomplete rolling element pocket open in the first circumferential direction;
the first contour is convexly curved; and,
the second contour is flat.