Patent ID: 6688774
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: E06B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A bearing mounting arrangement comprising:a housing having a bearing seat; two bearing rings movable relative to each other; an annular washer fitted to one of the two bearing rings and adapted to abut a side face of the other bearing ring during mounting to transfer an axial mounting force between the two bearing rings to mount one of the bearing rings in the bearing seat; and the washer being tapered and being arranged to achieve a first stable position in which the washer transfers an axial force sufficient to push the one bearing ring into a mounted position in the bearing seat, to achieve an unstable position encountered after the one bearing ring has reached the mounted position in the bearing seat, and under influence of continued axial force is adapted to flex to an inverted second stable position in which the washer flexes away from the side face of the other bearing ring to open a passage between the bearing rings in an operating position of the bearing.