Patent ID: 9677619
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F16C

Claim:
1. An anti-friction bearing unit constructed at least as a multiple-row anti-friction bearing, comprising at least one outer ring and at least two inner rings, rolling bodies guided between the at least one outer ring and the at least two inner rings on raceways of the bearing rings the inner rings including annular grooves, a fixing element engageable in the annular grooves of the inner rings, the inner rings enclose axially extended sections on facing sides thereof, and the fixing element comprises a U-shaped and radially pre-stressed clip ring configured to hold the inner rings together and border projections of the inner rings stepped on an inside, and the clip ring is arranged in a pre-mounting position with a non-positive fit on an intermediate step of a first one of the inner rings and is movable from the pre-mounting position into an end position in which flanks of the clip ring automatically lock in corresponding ones of the annular grooves that are located on the extended sections for the axial connection of the inner rings.