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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dirk Kidzun, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Herbert Rost, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Herbert Zettner, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Herbert Eberhardt, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Assignee:
INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384536 ; 384582 ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly for supporting a shaft without play, in particular for use with a steering shaft in a steering column, includes a plurality of needle-like rollers that are circumscribed by a thin-walled, split bush for elastically loading the rollers in radial direction. Fitted about the bush is an elastic ring that applies a preload on the bush and has at least one peripheral surface formed with neighboring ridges of relatively greater radial dimension and relatively smaller radial dimension in alternating relationship.