Patent ID: 7290938
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: F16C,G01P

Abstract:
1. A rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring; an outer ring, wherein the outer ring does not include a mounting flange on an outer circumference thereof; a rolling element rollably disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a sensor provided on one of the inner ring and the outer ring; a detection member provided on the other of the inner ring and the outer ring radially opposed to the sensor which is adapted to be sensed by the sensor; a first retaining member fixed to the outer ring end surface of the outer ring which retains one of the sensor and the detection member; and a second retaining member fixed to the inner ring end surface of the inner ring which retains the other of the sensor and the detection member; wherein at least one of the inner end surface and the outer end surface is arranged so as to be pressed axially without the sensor or the detection member, and wherein the second retaining member is caulked to a groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring.