Patent ID: 6200038
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
Cage device (17) of the type intended to hold balls (16) in a bearing comprising at least one row of balls arranged between two raceways, the said cage comprising a ring-shaped part (18) axially adjacent to the balls and a number of slots (22) in each of which a ball is arranged, a slot being formed by a concave surface, the slots being open axially on one face of the ring and radially on both sides of the ring, the said slots being separated by spacing parts (19) extended on the opposite side to the ring by lips (21), the concave surface comprising a truncated-conical portion (24) which meets a spherical portion (23), characterized in that the truncated-conical portion is arranged on the interior edge of the slot of the cage and closes up in the direction towards the axis of revolution of the cage, the spherical portion occupying the rest of the slot.