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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
The Timken Company, North Canton, OH (US);
Brian White, North Canton, OH (US);
Jean-Pierre Haeffele, Hattstatt, FR;
Russell Folger, Canton, OH (US);
The Timken Company, North Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for supporting and installing a bearing assembly includes an inner ring having an inner ring axial face, an outer ring having an outer ring axial face and an outer diameter, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner ring and the outer ring. The device comprises a sleeve having an inner diameter sized and configured to receive and support the outer ring along the outer diameter, and a disc positioned within the sleeve. The disc includes a disc outer diameter sized and configured to permit sliding of the disc along the sleeve inner diameter in an axial direction of the sleeve, and a disc face surface sized and configured to engage the inner ring axial face, or the outer ring axial face, or both when the bearing assembly is received in the sleeve.