Patent ID: 8814436
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spacer device for roller elements in a toroidal roller bearing having an inner and an outer ring, wherein the toroidal roller bearing allows for axial and angular displacement between the inner and outer ring, the spacer device comprising: a first and second roller-contacting surface on opposite sides of the spacer device, wherein the first and second roller-contacting surfaces are arranged to separate two adjacent toroidal roller elements in a tangential direction of the bearing, wherein each of the first and second roller-contacting surfaces has a concave shape adapted to conform with respective convex contacting surfaces of the toroidal roller elements, and wherein at least one axial end portion of the spacer device is elastically deformable, the axial end portion including at least a portion of the first and second roller-contacting surfaces.