Patent ID: 8840315

Claim:
A split bearing cage for a rolling element bearing, comprising: at least a first bearing cage section and a second bearing cage section, each comprising two axially-spaced-apart side ring segments and a plurality of bridges connecting the side ring segments, the bridges defining pockets for accommodating and guiding rolling elements, wherein the bearing cage is split in its circumferential direction at or along at least one cutting line between the first and second bearing cage sections, a projection is formed on a first bordering surface of the first bearing cage section, an opening corresponding to the projection is formed in or on a mutually-opposing second bordering surface of the second bearing cage section, the projection and corresponding opening being configured to fix the first and second bordering surfaces to each other in three directions through a meshing or engagement of the projection and the corresponding opening, and a main axis of the projection and the corresponding opening extends at an angle (α) that is oblique to a rotational axis of the bearing cage.