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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Rainer Schroder, Egenhausen, DE;
Martin Grehn, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Felix Hofbauer, Schweinfurt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toroidal bearing () including a multiplicity of barrel-shaped rolling bodies () which roll about a bearing axis () between an outer ring () having a raceway () and an inner ring () having a raceway () is provided. According to the invention, on a circumferential surface () facing away from the raceway () thereof, the outer ring () and/or the inner ring () has at least one lubricating groove (), wherein the lubricating groove () is connected to the raceway () via at least one lubricating bore ().