Patent ID: 8360658
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A bearing assembly comprising: at least one upper bearing member comprising: at least one lower bearing member comprising: at least one roll element movably arranged between the upper running surface and the lower running surface; a first seal formed between the first portions of said upper bearing member and said lower bearing member, the first seal having an inner side adjacent to said at least one roll element and an exterior side distal from said at least one roll element; and a second seal formed between the second portions of said upper bearing member and said lower bearing member, the second seal having an inner side adjacent to said at least one roll element and an exterior side distal from said at least one roll element; wherein the first seal is arranged completely above an imaginary horizontal line passing through a center of the at least one roll element and below an imaginary horizontal line defining an upper end of the at least one roll element, wherein the second seal is arranged completely below the imaginary horizontal line passing through the center of the at least one roll element and above an imaginary horizontal line defining a lower end of the at least one roll element, and wherein the connecting and centering elements are arranged further from said at least one roll element than the exterior side of the first seal and the exterior side of the second seal.