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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norbert Metten, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Heinz Pfann, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384620 ; 384606 ; 384622 ;
Abstract
An angular thrust disc has a Z-shaped cross sectional profile, a free end of whose radially outer angular portion comprises radially inward directed projections arranged axially spaced from a free end thereof and made by chipless stamping, which projections engage into a peripheral groove of a shaft or a housing, and a free end of a radially inner angular portion of the angular thrust disc comprises circumferentially spaced and radially outward directed crimpings and recesses which form an installation safeguard and permit an admission of oil into the thrust bearing.