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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Roland Kern, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Tino Beck, Burgebrach, DE;
Helmut Schopplein, Stettfeld, DE;
INA-Schaeffler KG, , DE;
Abstract
In a double-row angular contact ball bearing comprising an outer ring (), an inner ring () and two ball crown rings () formed by bearing balls () guided in two separate cages () and supported on shoulders () of said inner and outer rings, ball raceways of the bearing having different diameters, the cages () are made of plastic and configured as window-type cages comprising pockets for receiving the bearing balls (), and one of the cages () comprises on an axially inward oriented end, a plurality of spacers () uniformly spaced from one another in peripheral direction, said one cage further comprises a plurality of retaining lugs () uniformly spaced from one another in peripheral direction, which retaining lugs engage a corresponding groove () of one of the inner () and the outer ring (), and the spacers () of the one cage () prevent an axial displacement of the other cage ().