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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2000
John Delbert Bere, London, CA;
Stefan Zenon Smorowski, London, CA;
Siemens Automotive Inc., Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A one-piece ball bearing mounting member,is provided for mounting a ball bearing in a housing. The mounting member includes a ring member,. Tolerance take-up structure,extends from the ring member,in one direction and is constructed and arranged to engage at least a portion of a periphery of a ball bearing. At least a portion of the tolerance take-up structure,is resilient so that when inserted into the housing the resilient portion contacts a wall of the housing to take-up tolerances between the periphery of the ball bearing and the wall of the housing. A retaining structure,extends from the ring member,in a direction opposite the one direction. The retaining structure,is constructed and arranged 1) to permit insertion of the ball bearing mounting member into the housing in an insertion direction, and 2) to prevent movement of the ball bearing mounting member from the housing in a direction opposite the insertion direction.