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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Peter Niebling, Bad Kissingen, DE;
Roland Langer, Schwanfeld, DE;
Rainer Breitenbach, Gochsheim, DE;
Heinrich Hofmann, Schweinfurt, DE;
FAG Automobiltechnik AG, , DE;
Abstract
For seating a rolling contact bearing ring in a housing or on a shaft, first and second grooves are formed in the cooperating periphery of either the rolling contact bearing ring or the housing or shaft. The first groove extends axially and is followed by the second groove that is inclined to form a conical surface at the rolling contact bearing ring. An intermediate ring is installed from the lateral entrance side of the bearing in the first groove and is plastically deformed, inclined into the second groove. A recess in the housing or shaft receives the deformed part of the intermediate ring. The remaining axial part of the bearing includes the diameter of the rolling contact bearing ring and of the cooperating housing or shaft that are the same diameter. The intermediate ring may include a flange that engages the entrance side of the bearing to position the intermediate ring. The intermediate ring may be the peripheral region of a pot-shaped cover over the entrance side of the bearing. The bearing ring with the intermediate ring in the first groove may be installed in the housing or on the shaft using one ram. The intermediate ring is then plastically deformed into the second groove by a second ram.