Patent ID: 8904645
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a rolling bearing having an outer and an inner ring and at least one row of rolling elements therebetween, the method comprising: positioning the inner ring eccentrically within the outer ring so as to form a crescent shape space; successively inserting a number of rolling elements in said crescent shape space until all said rolling elements are contacting each other and two extreme rolling elements are contacting both the inner and the outer rings, said two extreme rolling elements being located symmetrically with regard to a symmetry plane passing by geometric centers of both the inner and the outer rings and by a point where said inner and outer rings are at least one of closest to each other and in contact with each other; elastically deforming the outer ring by applying outer forces from outside of the outer ring to three outer points on an outer periphery of said outer ring, wherein before said step of elastically deforming the outer ring, determining a theoretical position that the two extreme rolling elements should occupy so as to allow inserting at least one supplemental rolling element in said crescent shape space, and wherein said theoretical position defining a first acute application angle between said symmetry plane and a line joining the geometrical center of the outer ring and a geometrical center of one said extreme rolling elements; determining a value of the outer forces to be applied to said outer ring at the three outer points, the three outer points including one central point aligned with the point and two lateral points at an angle equal to the double of said first acute application angle with respect to said symmetry plane; verifying that the deformation of the outer ring resulting from the application of said outer forces to the outer ring remains elastic; and if the outer ring remains elastic, applying said outer forces to the outer ring and inserting the at least one supplemental rolling element in said crescent shape space.