Patent ID: 8926191
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. An axial cage for cylindrical rolling elements, comprising: an annular disc having a W-shaped profile cross-section, wherein said annular disc includes: a plurality of uniformly spaced, rectangular cage pockets recessed out of the bead and the adjoining straight profile sections, wherein pocket webs are formed between said cage pockets, the pocket webs connecting the rims to each other and being configured to retain cylindrical rolling elements in said cage pockets and guide the retained cylindrical rolling elements in a circumferential direction, wherein said outer rim is configured with a crown cap-like overall shape such that the outer rim includes, in the region of each cage pocket, a constriction that extends axially into the cage pocket and is in supporting contact with an end face of the cylindrical rolling elements, and includes, in the region of each pocket web, a section corresponding to the outer diameter of the axial cage, and wherein the constrictions of the outer rim are configured with a radially straight profile cross-section and are in linear contact with the end faces of the cylindrical rolling elements at the level of the central vertical axes of the rolling elements.