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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Edgar Streit, Poppenlauer, DE;
Oskar Beer, Landshut, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/62 (2006.01); F16C 33/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/64 (2006.01); F16C 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/62 (2013.01); F16C 33/64 (2013.01); F16C 19/06 (2013.01); F16C 2202/04 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24983 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rolling bearing component () has the following features: a nitrided surface zone (), with a nitrogen content decreasing from the outside inwards, and a core zone (), internal compressive stresses decreasing from the outside inwards in the surface zone (), a surface hardness of 870 to 2000 HV 0.3 at a depth of 0.04 mm, wherein—the hardness at a depth of 0.3 mm is not more than 250 HV 0.3 less than the surface hardness.