Patent ID: 8469599

Claim:
A rolling bearing, comprising: at least one bearing ring; and a plurality of rolling bodies, the bearing ring having a raceway for the rolling bodies, and at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rolling bodies, wherein the rolling body has a lateral surface and a front face with at least one edge section, the lateral surface configured to roll along the raceway of the at least one bearing ring and the front face being an end face of the rolling body, the front face meeting the lateral surface at the raceway, wherein the at least one lateral rim has a rim bearing surface facing the front face of the rolling body, the front face, at least along sections, is convexly curved as viewed in a direction from the rim bearing surface toward the rolling body, and the rim bearing surface is continuously convexly curved in a direction of the front face, the at least one edge section of the front face having a logarithmic curvature profile, the rim bearing surface and the front face both having a radius of curvature which are each formed in a manner so that substantially only one contact point occurs between the rim bearing surface and the front face, and the front face has a curvature that extends toroidally in the at least one edge section whereby the front face transmits axial force at the contact point.