Patent ID: 7771127
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: F16C,F16H,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A bearing assembly for supporting a transmission shaft in a housing, comprising: an axially non-locating bearing; and a pair of angular contact bearings which locate the shaft against movement in an axial direction, the shaft is subjected to at least one of radial and axial load forces, wherein the housing is adapted in order to obtain a desired stiffness for each of the two angular contact bearings, so that a load sharing between said two angular contact bearings is induced, wherein one of the angular contact bearings is secured in a part of the housing that is stiff in at least the axial direction in which the main axial load forces are exerted, but relatively compliant in a radial direction, and wherein said part of the housing has a region which is made more flexible than a rest of the housing.