Patent ID: 9347490
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: F16C

Claim Text:
1. A roller bearing cage for a roller bearing including: at least one annular circumferential element having an interior and an exterior and comprised of at least first, second and third discrete, uniform section elements each of the at least first, second and third section elements having a first end and a second end circumferentially spaced from the first end, and a plurality of discrete bridge elements including a first bridge element and a second bridge element, each of the plurality of discrete bridge elements having a first end and a second end and extending tangentially relative to the at least one annular circumferential element, roller bodies being disposable between respective adjacent bridge elements of said plurality of bridge elements, wherein the second end of the first section element is connected to the first end of the second section element at a first seam, the second end of the second section element is connected to the first end of the third section element at a second seam and the first end of the first bridge element radially overlies the first seam and lies entirely on the exterior of the at least one annular circumferential element or entirely in the interior of the at least one annular circumferential element.