Patent ID: 6164832
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A ball bearing assembly having an inner ring and an outer ring for use in installation in which one ring is stationary, and having a shield, and the stationary ring having a raceway for ball bearings, a land, a shield support surface and a shoulder extending between the land and the support surface, the shoulder having a predetermined height, wherein the shield has an internal reservoir of grease and a mounting wall to mount the shield on the stationary ring, and the mounting wall has a thickness that is less than the height of the shoulder, and wherein the grease in the reservoir extends past the mounting wall of the shield to intersect the shoulder on the stationary ring during assembly to bring the grease in the reservoir into contact with a thin film of grease on the stationary ring land to provide a pathway from the grease in the reservoir to the raceway.