US 11,698,104 B2
Method of forming raceway element including contoured joint edge
Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Königsberg-Römershofen (DE); Norbert Huhn, Schweinfurt (DE); Thomas Kettner, Bamberg (DE); Harald Metz, Randersacker (DE); Alfred Radina, Poppenlauer (DE); Jonas Schierling, Hassfurt (DE); Maximilian Soellner, Bundorf (DE); and Markus Volkmuth, Werneck-Zeuzleben (DE)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/358,217.
Claims priority of application No. 102020208270.7 (DE), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003270 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 33/64 (2006.01); B23K 26/364 (2014.01); F16C 19/34 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/585 (2013.01) [B23K 26/364 (2015.10); F16C 19/34 (2013.01); F16C 33/588 (2013.01); F16C 33/64 (2013.01); F16C 2220/68 (2013.01); F16C 2220/84 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
separating a strip of sheet metal from a sheet metal body by a combination of punching and laser cutting, the strip having a first joint edge having at least one first alignment element and a second joint edge having at least one second alignment element complementary to the at least one first alignment element;
bending the strip into a ring and materially bonding the first joint edge to the second joint edge;
installing the ring on a radially inner circumferential surface or a radially outer circumferential surface; and
mounting a plurality of rolling-elements on the ring,
wherein the first joint edge and the second joint edge are formed by the punching and side edges connecting the first joint edge and the second joint edge are formed by the laser cutting.