Rolling bearing

Abstract

Described is a rolling bearing () for a rocker arm, said rolling bearing comprising an at least partly circular outer part (), an at least partly circular inner part () and a number of rolling elements () which are fitted between the outer part () and the inner part (). The rolling bearing is peculiar in that at least one of the rolling elements () comprises two opposite, curved side faces (), which viewed in at least one cross-sectional constitutes arc lengths of the same imaginary circle (), and which constitutes contact faces for the outer and the inner circular part () respectively, and at least one side surface (), which lies within the mentioned imaginary circle (). It is hereby obtained that the number of rolling elements in the bearing can be increased, thereby reducing the load on each single rolling element subject to the same total load rate, thereby increasing the total load bearing capacity of the bearing. This is due to the fact that at least a part of the roller face of the traditional circular rollers which do not get into contact with the outer or inner part of the bearing through small reciprocating angular rotations is omitted thereby significantly reducing the space taken up by each of the rolling elements in the circumferential direction of the bearing.