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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Heiko Schmidt, Muhlhausen, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A bearing unit () for a turbocharger is provided having a bearing housing () extending in an axial direction and having a through-hole, and a rolling-contact bearing () arranged coaxially within the through-hole and having a bearing inner ring (), a bearing outer ring () divided axially into first and second part rings (), and a number of rolling-contact elements (). The bearing outer ring () is mounted in a vibration-damping oil film (), and the two part rings () are spaced axially apart from each other by a pretensioning spring (). The first part ring () has a first groove () with a first securing ring () arranged therein, and the first securing ring () is supported axially from the outside against the bearing housing ().