Patent ID: 8291596
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a bearing assembly including an inner race having a first inner race half and a second inner race half, and outer race having a first outer race half and a second outer race half, a plurality of rollers and an annular cage defining a plurality of openings, said method comprising the steps of: positioning the first inner race half on a mandrel; positioning the first outer race half on a work support concentrically located relative to and radially offset from the first inner race half along a longitudinal axis; positioning one of the plurality of rollers within each of the plurality of openings of the cage to define a cage assembly; positioning the cage assembly adjacent to and concentric with the first inner race half and the first outer race half; positioning the second inner race half on the mandrel adjacent to the first inner race half; positioning the second outer race half on the work support adjacent to the first outer race half; compressing the first inner race half against the second inner race half and the first outer race half against the second outer race half along the longitudinal axis; and bonding the first inner race half to the second inner race half to form the inner race and the first outer race half to the second outer race half to form the outer race with the cage assembly secured between the inner race and the outer race; wherein the step of bonding the first inner race half to the second inner race half and the first outer race half to the second outer race half is further defined as welding the first inner race half to the second inner race half and the first outer race half to the second outer race half.