Patent ID: 6152604
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A bearing unit comprising:a sealed single-row deep-groove ball bearing having:an outer race ring with a sphered outer envelope surface,a housing with a sphered bore for accommodating the bearing,an inner race ring with a taper bore, anda correspondingly tapered clamping sleeve provided in the bore of the inner race ring and having a flange provided on at least one side of the bearing, said flange having at least one bore, and at least one tightening means for causing a force on the bearing inner race ring for displacing the inner race ring along the clamping sleeve thereby causing a clamping effect between the inner race ring and the sleeve and between the sleeve and a shaft on which the bearing unit is mounted, the bore of the flange including a threaded through-bore extending at an acute angle with respect to an axial direction of an inner envelope surface of the sleeve, the tightening means including a set screw arranged to contact a side face of the inner race ring.