Patent ID: 9422982
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: F16C

Claim Text:
1. A radial rolling element bearing, comprising: a cylindrical outer ring inserted in a housing and a rolling element cage arranged in said outer ring formed by a plurality of roller-shaped rolling bodies inserted in a bearing cage and held by said cage at equal intervals in a circumferential direction and roll on an outer raceway formed by an inner lateral surface of the outer ring and on an inner raceway formed by an outer lateral surface of a shaft to be supported or of a smooth cylindrical inner ring slid onto the shaft, two separate flanged disks that contact axial sides of the outer ring provide axial guidance of the rolling element cage and are fixed axially together with the outer ring by securing elements engaging in recesses in the housing, the flanged disks have a right-angled profile cross section with a horizontal securing leg and a vertical flanged leg and are fixed on the outer ring by pressing of said respective horizontal securing legs on two peripheral step shoulders in edge regions of an outer lateral surface of the outer ring and the securing elements that engage in the recesses in the housing are constructed for axial fixing of the rolling element bearing as spring elements integrated in the securing leg of the flanged disks.