Patent ID: 9458886
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: F16C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cage segment of a tapered roller bearing for rotatably supporting a first machine part relative to a second machine part, the cage segment including: two mutually opposing circumferential bridges, which each extend between a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end of the cage segment, and at least two mutually opposing connecting bridges, which connect the two circumferential bridges to each other and, together with the circumferential bridges, form at least one pocket for accommodating a conical rolling element, wherein, the circumferential bridges and the connecting bridges have pocket sides which delimit the pocket, the connecting bridges each have, on their pocket sides, a concave first guide surface and a concave second guide surface for partially enclosing a rolling element in its circumferential direction, the circumferential bridges and the connecting bridges which are disposed in the region of the first circumferential end and of the second circumferential end have peripheral sides opposing the pocket sides, the cage segment includes a first positioning aid in the region of the first circumferential end and a second positioning aid in the region of the second circumferential end, wherein the first positioning aid and the second positioning aid are disposed relative to each other such that the first positioning aid and the second positioning aid are able to engage with each other only when adjacent cage segments are offset by less than 180° with respect to each other, and the cage segment is rolling-element guided.