Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Felix Hofbauer

Martin Grehn

Rainer Schroder

Rainer Schröder

A sealed anti-friction bearing (), including an annular sealing washer () which seals a rolling-body chamber () in the axial direction, wherein the sealing washer () has a fastening section () for connecting it fixedly to a bearing ring () of the anti-friction bearing () so as to rotate with it, and wherein the sealing washer () is anchored with its fastening section () in a circumferential groove () of the bearing ring. According to the invention, it is provided that the fastening section () has a first clamping element in the form of a barb () and a second clamping element in the form of an annular bead (), and that the barb () and the bead () enter into a non-positive connection with oppositely lying surfaces of the groove ().

Sealed anti-friction bearing

A toroidal bearing () including a multiplicity of barrel-shaped rolling bodies () which roll about a bearing axis () between an outer ring () having a raceway () and an inner ring () having a raceway () is provided. According to the invention, on a circumferential surface () facing away from the raceway () thereof, the outer ring () and/or the inner ring () has at least one lubricating groove (), wherein the lubricating groove () is connected to the raceway () via at least one lubricating bore ().

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Schweinfurt, Germany

Felix Hofbauer