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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Ferdinand Schweitzer, St. Peter, AT;
Robert Pollmann, Karlstein, AT;
SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A flanged ring for fixing a bearing in place at least axially with respect to a machine component is in the form of a ring-shaped sheet metal element provided with a break at least at one place on the circumference of the annular metal element. The break defines two adjacently positioned end regions of the annular metal element and these end regions are adapted to be permanently connected to one another by way of an interlocking connection. The interlocking connection can be constituted by a portion of one end region extending towards or being punched out towards the other end region. Alternatively, the interlocking connection can be provided by a connecting element (e.g., a rivet) that extends through a bore in each of the end regions.