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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Oswald Bayer, Aidhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384482 ; 384492 ; 384513 ; 3849071 ; 384912 ; 384913 ;
Abstract
A bearing which is wear-free and optimal in terms of loading at very high rotational speeds and even in the case of self-aligning bearings with point contact. bearing uses balls made of ceramic and raceways of X 30 Cr Mo N 15-1. A radial clearance of between 0.0005 and 0.0007 times the bore diameter of the inner race is provided. One race may be planar and the other profiled to the balls. The planar race may be slightly convex to the balls or may be conical.