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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Mandyam Rangayan Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bangalore, IN;
Dinesh R. Rakwal, Bangalore, IN;
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Union City, PA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly is disclosed. The bearing assembly includes a first race. Further, the bearing assembly includes a second race disposed concentric to the first race, where the second race has a radius that changes along an axial length of the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly also includes a housing disposed around the second race and operatively coupled to the second race. Moreover, the bearing assembly includes a plurality of support structures configured to detachably couple the second race to the housing, where the plurality of support structures are configured to disengage the second race from the housing to allow motion of the second race when a torque on the second race is greater than a threshold torque value.