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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Königsberg-Römershofen, DE;
Norbert Huhn, Schweinfurt, DE;
Thomas Kettner, Bamberg, DE;
Manfred Mattes, Kolbingen, DE;
Harald Metz, Randersacker, DE;
Achim Mueller, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Alfred Radina, Poppenlauer, DE;
Jonas Schierling, Hassfurt, DE;
Maximilian Soellner, Bundorf, DE;
Markus Volkmuth, Werneck-Zeuzleben, DE;
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A method of forming a bearing cage segment includes punching a plurality of openings in a sheet metal band to form a plurality of pockets separated by a plurality of bridges, the bridges having a length direction transverse to a length direction of the band and having a width in the length direction of the band and having a thickness in a direction perpendicular the length direction and to the width, and laser cutting the sheet metal band along one of the plurality of bridges transversely to the length direction of the band to form a joint edge.