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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Applicant:
The Timken Company, North Canton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Chaudhari, North Canton, OH (US);
Robert Ringle, Canton, OH (US);
Douglas H. Smith, Copley, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Timken Company, North Canton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/541 (2013.01); F16C 2220/40 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49691 (2015.01);
Abstract
A bearing cage is formed from a single piece of wire bent into shape and includes a first axial end ring, a second axial end ring including a distal end of the single piece of wire, a plurality of axially-extending bridge portions between the first and second axial end rings, and a plurality of circumferentially-extending connection portions interconnecting adjacent bridge portions. The connection portions are alternately positioned adjacent the first and second axial end rings.