Patent ID: 8070363
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. Bearing arrangement comprising: a first machine part; a second machine part; a first bearing ring connected to the first machine part and possessing a face side; a second bearing ring connected to the second machine part; a rotatable wheel positioned in contact with the face side of the first bearing ring to rotate about an axis upon occurrence of relative rotational movement between the first bearing ring and the first machine part; and a rotational sensor operatively associated with the wheel which detects rotational movement of the wheel about the axis to indicate creep movement of the first bearing ring and the first machine part, wherein the rotatable wheel is held in a housing and projects from a first end of the housing, the housing is disposed in a notch in the first machine part, and a second end of the housing opposite the first end abuts a bottom wall of the notch to prevent the rotatable wheel from moving out of contact with the face side of the first bearing ring.