Patent ID: 8790021
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A spacer for a rolling bearing, the rolling bearing having an inner ring, an outer ring and at least two rows of contact rollers disposed between raceways provided on the rings, the spacer comprising: opposite inner and outer portions facing one another, a first lateral portion extending transversally between the inner and outer portions and connected to the inner and outer portions, and a second lateral portion facing the first lateral portion and extending from the outer portion towards the inner portion, wherein the inner and outer portions delimiting together with the lateral portions a pocket configured to receive at least two superposed contact rollers, and wherein the inner and outer portions each provide a contact surface with an end face of one of the rollers, a free edge of the second lateral portion defining with the inner portion an aperture in order to laterally open the pocket on the side opposite to the first lateral portion.