US 12,385,527 B2
Bearing with at least one segmented ring
Bruno Capoldi, Charentenay (FR); David Ragot, Guillon (FR); and David Bertrand, Vermenton (FR)
Assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/442,817.
Application 18/442,817 is a continuation of application No. 17/877,130, filed on Jul. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,905,996.
Claims priority of application No. 102021208342.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183403 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 33/60 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/60 (2013.01) [F16C 33/586 (2013.01); F16C 2226/76 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing comprising:
an outer ring and an inner ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, at least one of the inner and outer rings being formed by a split-ring comprising a plurality of successive circumferential ring segments, wherein for each pair of facing ends of adjacent successive ring segments of the split-ring, the facing ends intermingle so as to partially overlap in a circumferential direction to align the pair of facing ends in a radial direction;
the adjacent successive ring segments of the split ring each having circumferential groove therein;
a fixing plate is detachably secured in the circumferential groove the adjacent successive ring segments to secure the adjacent successive ring elements in an aligned configuration,
wherein one of the adjacent ring segments comprises two flat trapezoidal leg faces extending outwardly from the facing end, the two flat trapezoidal leg faces delineating a flat outer face of at least one protrusion that intermingles with its paired facing end of the other adjacent ring segment, the flat outer face being parallel to the facing end, and
wherein the width of each of the two flat trapezoidal leg faces is shorter than the width of the flat outer face.