Claims
- 1. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer has radially directed recesses,
- wherein said members are guided in said recesses of said retainer,
- wherein one group of said members is located radially of one of said outer faces and another group of said members is located radially of an other of said outer faces,
- wherein said medial portion has a medial outer face,
- wherein said retainer has a medial inner face, and
- wherein said medial inner face is guided on said medial outer face.
- 2. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions having cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion, and;
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats.
- 3. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extendng annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions have cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion,
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats,
- wherein said guide portions are formed by said medial bars of said rolling members,
- wherein said retainer includes a first portion and a second portion,
- wherein said first portion of said retainer is located radially outwardly of said medial bars of said rolling members,
- wherein said guide seats are formed on said second portion, and
- wherein said guide seats partially embrace said guide portions respectively.
- 4. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions have cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion,
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members have pairs of endmembers,
- wherein said endmembers are located axially endwards of said bearing portions of said rolling members,
- wherein one endmember of the respective rolling member is axially extending from a first end of the respective bearing member of the respective rolling member and the other endmember of the respective pair of endmembers is axially extending from a second end of the other bearing member of the respective rolling member,
- wherein said endmembers are forming said guide portions,
- wherein said retainer includes said guide seats radially outwardly of said endmembers respectively, and
- wherein said guide seats are partially embracing said guide portions of said endmembers respectively.
- 5. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions have cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion,
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members have pairs of endmembers,
- wherein said endmembers are located axially endwards of said bearing portions of said rolling members,
- wherein one endmember of the respective rolling member is axially extending from a first end of the respective bearing member of the respective rolling member and the other endmember of the respective pair of endmembers is axially extending from a second end of the other bearing member of the respective rolling member,
- wherein said endmembers are forming said guide portions,
- wherein said retainer includes said guide seats radially outwardly of said endmembers respectively,
- wherein said guide seats are partially embracing said guide portions of said endmembers respectively,
- wherein said retainer includes radially inwardly extending endfaces on the axial ends of said retainer,
- wherein said retainer includes groove means between said guide seats and said end faces, and
- wherein lubrication fluid is forced from said groove means into said guide seats, when said retainer revolves.
- 6. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions have cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion,
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats,
- wherein said retainer is radially divideable into retainer portions and wherein said retainer portions are provided with holding means to mount said portions together,
- wherein said retainer portions having radially inwardly extending guide portions with guide faces which form said guide seats,
- wherein said retainer is shorter is achsial direction than the distance between said first and second rollers of said roller pairs,
- wherein said retainer forms radially outwardly of said radially inwardly extending portions a retainer's outer portion wherefrom said inwardly extending portions are extending radially inwardly beyond the inner face of said outer portion,
- wherein said outer portion is provided radially outwards of said medial bars of said roller pairs and said guide portions embrace said medial bars to guide said medial bars on said guide faces of said guide seats,
- wherein the outer diamter of said retainer is smaller than the diamter of said inner face of said outer ring,
- wherein said medial bars of said roller pairs are forming said guide portions of said rolling members, and,
- wherein said medial bars are axially longer than their diameters,
- whereby said retainer, said guide seats and said guide portions are exlusively contained within the outer defines of said rolling members.
- 7. A radial bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one cylindrical inner face on said outer ring, outer face means on said inner ring, and rolling members between said rings for rolling along said inner face and along portions of said outer face means for revolvingly bearing one of said rings on the other of said rings,
- wherein said inner ring includes a medial portion,
- wherein said medial portion is provided between two end portions,
- wherein said end portions have outer faces of equal radii around a common axis,
- wherein said medial portion extends radially outwardly beyond said end portions,
- wherein said rolling members include bearing portions located radially of said outer faces,
- wherein said bearing portions of said rolling members are able to engage and to roll along said faces,
- wherein said inner ring is hollow and has inner face means,
- wherein a radially extending annular groove is provided in the said medial portion of said inner ring, extending radially outwardly beyond said inner face means into said inner ring,
- wherein said rolling members are forming roller-pairs by said bearing portions whereof each pair has a first roller and a second roller, said first rollers are located over a first face-portion of said face means, the second rollers are located over a second face-portion of said face means,
- wherein medial bars are provided between said first and second rollers of the respective roller pair to rigidly connect said rollers of the respective roller-pair,
- wherein said medial bars are of smaller diameters, than the diameters of said rollers of said roller-pairs are, and,
- wherein said rollers of said pairs are extending radially inwardly beyond the outer diameter of said medial portion,
- whereby equal location of said rollers of said roller-pairs on said first and second portions are provided and the connection of said rollers of said roller-pairs is provided radially of said medial portion and of said annullar groove of said inner ring,
- wherein said first and second face portions of said outer face means of said inner ring are cylindrical faces around said common axis,
- wherein said rolling members form said rollers as said portions axially of said medial bars,
- wherein one of said bearing portions is located on one axial end of said medial portion and the other of said bearing portions is located on the other axial end of said medial portion,
- wherein said bearing portions are of a bigger diameter than said medial bars,
- wherein said bearing portions have cylindrical outer faces of equal radii around the axis of said rolling member,
- wherein said bearing portions are located radially of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, respectively,
- wherein the axes of said rolling members are parallel to the axis of said inner ring,
- wherein one of said bearing portions of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on one of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring and the other bearing portion of the respective rolling member bears and rolls on the other of said cylindrical faces of said inner ring, and
- wherein the difference of radii of said medial bars and said bearing portions of said rolling members exceeds the radial extension of said medial portion of said inner ring,
- wherein a retainer is provided between said rings,
- wherein said retainer includes guide seats,
- wherein said rolling members include at least one guide portion,
- wherein said guide portion is guided in at least one of said guide seats,
- wherein said medial portion of said inner ring forms at least partially radially plane end faces,
- wherein said rolling members form at the inner ends of said bearing portions which form said first and second rollers at least partially radially plane innermost shoulders between said bearing portions and said medial bar and thereby on said first and second rollers of said roller pairs, and
- wherein said innermost shoulders are guided along said end faces of said medial portion of said inner ring, while said cylindrical inner face of said outer ring extends achsially beyond said rolling members to permit achsial freedom of movement of said inner ring and of said rolling members relatively to said outer ring.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation in part application of my co-pening patent application Ser. No. 765,221 filed on Feb. 3, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,193,336, and which in turn is a continuation in part application of my earlier patent application, Ser. No. 528,346 of filing date Nov. 29, 1974 which is now U.S. Pat. No. 4,037,523 issued on July 26, 1977.
Priority of the earliest application of Nov. 29 th, 1974 is partially claimed for this present application.
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