Patent ID: 8616777

Claim:
A bearing assembly comprising: an outer ring having an inner surface including an outer race; an inner ring concentric with and surrounded by the outer ring, the inner ring having an outer surface including two axially spaced apart shoulders and an inner race defined between the shoulders, the inner race being complementary to the outer race, and an inner surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial slots with a flat bottom wall defined therein, the inner surface also having a plurality of circumferentially spaced partial circumferential slots defined therein each intersecting one of the axial slots and extending circumferentially therefrom, and the inner ring further having shoulder radial holes extending therethrough each from a respective one of the circumferential slots to a corresponding one of the shoulders, and race radial holes extending therethrough each from a respective one of the circumferential slots to a corresponding corner of the inner race, the radial holes being circumferentially offset from the axial slots; a cage member received between the outer and inner rings and abutting the shoulders of the inner ring; and a plurality of bearing elements supported by the cage member and received between the outer race and the inner race, the bearing elements allowing relative rotational motion between the outer and inner rings.