Patent ID: 7762725
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. An antifriction bearing for facilitating rotation about an axis, said bearing comprising; an outer race having an outer raceway that is presented inwardly toward the axis and also having an external thread presented outwardly away from the axis; an inner raceway presented outwardly toward the raceway of the outer race; rolling elements arranged in a row between and contacting the outer and inner raceways; and a locking ring coupled directly to the outer race such that the outer race and locking ring cannot be displaced angularly or axially with respect to each other, the locking ring having an outwardly exposed flange that is directed generally axially and is divided into circumferentially arranged segments, any one of which can be bent away from the general axial orientation to form a tab that will interfere with a structure in which the outer race is to be housed and thereby prevent the locking ring and outer race from rotating relative to that structure.