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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ekrem Akyol, Forchheim, DE;
Heinz Schafers, Erlangen, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A running ring () for a sleeve bearing, the running ring substantially including a cylindrical outer casing () or inner casing, the inner circumferential surface () or outer circumferential surface of which is formed as a raceway for bearing rollers, and two rims, which are formed on the axial end faces of the outer casing () or the inner casing and are oriented radially inward () or outward, said rims being provided as an axial guide for the bearing rollers. According to the invention, the running ring () is characterized in that the two rims () have a same wall thickness, and the two rims () are produced by radially flanging over two grooves formed into the edge regions of the inner casing surface or the outer casing surface of a cylindrical starting sleeve, said grooves forming two recesses after the flanging process, wherein the recesses are arranged at a transition between the inner faces of the rims () and the inner circumferential surface () of the outer casing () or the outer circumferential surface of the inner casing and are formed as lubricant reservoirs with a variable volume.