Patent ID: 9546682
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: F16C

Claim:
1. A cage of a rolling bearing, the cage comprising: an annular heel centered on a central axis and having a constant radial thickness measured radially to the central axis; an axial portion extending from the annular heel substantially parallel to the central axis; and pockets delimited by the annular heel and the axial portion for receiving rolling elements of the rolling bearing; wherein the axial portion has an axial length which is greater than half an inner diameter of the pockets and an outside diameter which is less than an outside diameter of the annular heel and which is comprised between a first value equal to a pitch circle diameter of the cage minus half the radial thickness of the annular heel and a second value equal to the pitch circle diameter of the cage plus half the radial thickness of the annular heel; wherein the pockets are spaced around the central axis according to respective values of angular spacings, wherein two of the pockets have angular spacings that are equal to each other and the rest of the pockets each have angular spacings that are not equal to any other pocket, the two pockets that have equal angular spacings are not adjacent to each other such that there is at least one pocket in between the two pockets that have equal angular spacings, and wherein a difference between the smallest angular spacing and the largest angular spacing is at least eight degrees.