CAGE FOR A HIGH SPEED BEARING ASSEMBLY

According to the present disclosure, a bearing assembly (10) includes an outer race (12), a cage (14), a plurality of internal rotating members (16), and an inner race (18). Lubricant flows through the bearing assembly to withdraw heat generated during operation of the bearing assembly (10). The cag...

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Main Authors COPELAND, ANDREW, PRICE, CRAIG
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 02.11.2016
Subjects
BEARINGS
BLASTING
ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
FLEXIBLE SHAFTS
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS
SHAFTS
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
WEAPONS
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Summary:According to the present disclosure, a bearing assembly (10) includes an outer race (12), a cage (14), a plurality of internal rotating members (16), and an inner race (18). Lubricant flows through the bearing assembly to withdraw heat generated during operation of the bearing assembly (10). The cage (14) includes a cage rail (20) and a plurality of lubricant-ejector fins (22) that extend from the cage rail (20) to push lubricant out of the bearing assembly (10).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160163644