Patent ID: 9677614
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F16C

Claim:
1. A cage for a rolling bearing, the cage being adapted to ensure a circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements, the cage comprising: pockets for the row of rolling elements, each of the pockets comprising a base portion having first and second circumferential ends, a first portion extending from the first circumferential end, and a second portion extending from the second circumferential end, each of the first and second portions extending from the base portion in a first direction and forming a free end such that, with respect to the first direction, the base portion forms a first end of the cage and the free end forms a second end of the cage; connecting tabs, each connecting tab connecting two successive pockets, wherein each connecting tab attaches to the first portion of a first of the two successive pockets and attaches to the second portion of a second of the two successive pockets, each connecting tab attaching to a location of the first and second portions that is between the free end of the first and second portions and the base portion such that the connecting tabs do not contact the free end or the base portion and that, with respect to the first direction, the connecting tabs are completely between the first and second ends of the cage, a first dimension of each of the connecting tabs as measured in a second direction, that is perpendicular to the first direction, being greater than a second dimension of each of the connecting tabs as measured in the first direction; and at least one recess being formed in the thickness of at least one of the tabs, the at least one recess extending in the second direction, and wherein a third dimension of the at least one recess as measured in the second direction is a recess maximum dimension.