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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Baozhu Liang, Dittelbrunn-Hambach, DE;
Michael Reugels, Knetzgau, DE;
Inventors:
Baozhu Liang, Dittelbrunn-Hambach, DE;
Michael Reugels, Knetzgau, DE;
Assignee:
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/34 (2006.01); F16C 33/36 (2006.01); F16C 19/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/366 (2013.01); F16C 19/364 (2013.01); F16C 33/34 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49693 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tapered roller for a tapered roller bearing, the tapered roller bearing having a raceway and a flange, and the tapered roller having a rolling surface configured to roll on the raceway and an end surface at the end of the rolling surface configured to face the flange. The end surface includes an abutment surface having a curvature and a radially outer end and a radially inner end and is configured to contact the flange. The curvature increases monotonically from a starting point on the abutment surface to the radially inner end of the abutment surface.