Patent ID: 8734023
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A race for a rolling-element bearing, the bearing having a plurality of rolling elements, the race having an axial direction, a circumference extending around the axial direction, and a thickness in a radial direction, the race comprising: at least one circumferentially-extending region having a stiffness less than a stiffness of the remainder of the race, wherein a path of the plurality of rolling elements is arranged on a circumferentially extending track; the at least one circumferentially-extending region includes a thinned region, and a hole or a slot extending through the entire thickness of the race; the hole or slot is axially connected to the thinned region within the at least one circumferentially-extending region; the thinned region is radially disposed above the circumferentially-extending track; and the hole or slot is axially displaced from and parallel to the path of the plurality of rolling elements.