Patent ID: 9127719
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a bearing assembly, the method comprising: providing first and second cage frames, each including a plurality of holes spaced along a circumference of the respective first and second cage frames; positioning a plurality of rollers between the first and second cage frames, each of the rollers including a bore coaxial with a rotational axis of the respective rollers; aligning the bore of a first of the plurality of rollers with a first hole in each of the respective first and second cage frames; sliding a threaded end of a pin through the first hole in the first cage frame and the first roller a sufficient distance to engage the second cage frame, the pin also including a head opposite the threaded end; and rotating the pin to form a screw thread in the first hole of the second cage frame with the threaded end of the pin.