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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1977
Gunter Markfelder, Schweinfurt, DE;
Heinrich Hofmann, Schweinfurt, DE;
Kugelfischer Georg Schafer & Co., Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
An annular array of rotary bodies (balls or rollers) separates two coaxial track surfaces of a pair of bearing rings from each other, one of these track surfaces forming an annular lodgment for these bodies while the other track surface is unobstructed on at least one side of the array to facilitate the initial assembly of the bearing rings and the bodies into a unit. At least one retaining element embraces one of the rotary bodies and has a flange resiliently snap-fitted into an annular V-groove of the unobstructed track surface, the flange having an undercut enhancing its radial compressibility to facilitate such engagement; this holds the unit together during transportation and handling.