Kugelfischer Georg Schafer & Co.

Horst Lamprecht

Georg Welsch

Two annular members, such as a sleeve and an abutment ring, are held together by a snap ring of generally V-shaped (or Y-shaped) cross-sectional profile with a pair of lips with a mirror-symmetrical confronting annular grooves of the members, the arms of the V (or Y) resting against tapering rims of the grooves. The rims and the arms terminate in beveled edges serving, upon the fitting of one lip of the connecting ring into the groove of one member, to cam the other lip radially inwardly for letting it snap into the groove of the other member as the two members are axially pressed together.

Snap-ring-connected coaxial annular members

A roller bearing has a pair of metallic race members each formed with a machined race surface. Each of the members is formed with a relatively thin rib and the two members are joined together at the ends of the ribs by means of a weld. Thus stresses resulting from the welding operation are not transmitted to the machined race surfaces of the members.

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