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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Xiaobo Zhou, Houten, NL;
Yannick Baubet, Leiden, NL;
Johannes Biegner, Prichsenstadt, DE;
Christine Matta, Utrecht, NL;
Hubertus Laurentius Maria Peek, Gaastmeer, NL;
Hans Verschoor, Beusichem, NL;
Roel van der Zwaan, Ter Aar, NL;
Assignee:
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/34 (2006.01); F16C 33/44 (2006.01); F16C 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/34 (2013.01); F16C 33/445 (2013.01); F16C 33/565 (2013.01); F16C 2204/34 (2013.01); F16C 2223/70 (2013.01); F16C 2240/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing component of a rolling element bearing, such as a rolling element, a bearing ring, and/or a cage for retaining rolling elements of a rolling element bearing, has an outer surface with a plating layer providing at least 97 wt. % tin. The tin of the plating layer provides alpha and beta phases of tin in an alpha/beta phase ratio of less than 10%.