Patent ID: 8356944
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tapered roller bearing for use as one of two opposed bearings that may be adjusted against each other along an axis to a desired setting, said bearing comprising: a cup having a tapered raceway presented inwardly toward the axis; a cone having a tapered raceway presented away from the axis and toward the raceway on the cup and having a stop surface presented at an angle with respect to the axis; a rib ring located opposite the stop surface of the cone and having a rib face located at the large end of the raceway on the cone; a spring exerting a force that urges the rib ring toward and normally against the stop surface on the cone; a thermal compensating ring positioned to exert on the rib ring a force that opposes the force exerted by the spring so as to urge the rib ring away from the stop surface on the cone when the temperature of the compensating ring exceeds a thermal set point temperature; and tapered rollers located between and contacting the raceways of the cup and cone and having their large end faces against the rib face on the rib ring.