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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Alexander Pabst, Eckental, DE;
Frank Schoenstein, Charlotte, NC (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A bearing configuration for the purpose of mounting a shaft or axle in a housing in a manner allowing rotation. The bearing configuration has a rolling bearing designed as a roller bearing with at least one bearing ring which is functionally assigned to the housing, said bearing ring forming an outer race facing inward radially, wherein rolling elements are guided on said outer race, working together on the opposite side with a shaft which forms an inner race. The roller bearing of the bearing configuration is a combination of at least two joined polygonal bearings, wherein each polygonal bearing on the bearing ring includes at least one elastic segment which forms a convex, transversely rounded race curvature. This configuration ensures that at least one rolling element is radially pretensioned and supported on the outer race of the shaft, and the shaft is guided in the housing with no radial play.