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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yannick Fierling, Petit-Rederching, FR;
Assignee:
SKF France, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/349 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/349 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a cage device (,) for maintaining balls in a ball bearing comprising at least a row of balls arranged between two raceways, said cage comprising a ring-shaped part (,) axially adjacent to said balls and a plurality of slots (,) in each of which is arranged a ball, a slot being formed by a concave surface, the slots being open on the side opposite the ring and separated by spacing portions (,) extended opposite the ring by lips (,). The concave surface comprises a truncated portion (,) connected to the spherical portion (,).