Patent ID: 9482279
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F16C

Claim Text:
1. A spacer for a rolling bearing, the roller bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one row of angular contact rollers disposed between raceways and guiding faces provided on the rings, and the spacer comprising: opposite inner and outer parts and opposite lateral flanges respectively adapted to come into contact with the raceways and the guiding faces of the rings, the inner and outer parts and/or the lateral flanges providing at least a contact surface with one of the rings and at least a concave recess directed outwards towards the ring, wherein the recess extends from one face to the other, wherein the opposite faces are delimited axially by the lateral flanges and connected to the inner and outer parts, wherein each face further comprises a recess extending from the inner part to the outer part, further comprising a through-hole aligning the faces into communication, wherein the inner and outer parts and/or the lateral flanges each includes at least a contact surface with one of the rings and at least a recess directed towards the ring, wherein the inner and outer parts each include two contact surfaces and a recess disposed therebetween, wherein the lateral flanges each include one contact surface and a recess in a form of a groove formed onto the surface, and wherein the lateral flanges each further comprise additional recesses located on the both sides of the contact surface.