Patent ID: 8387258

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a bearing assembly configured to be positioned in a bearing assembly opening of a bearing bracket of a rotating machine, the bearing assembly including: a rolling element bearing configured to surround a shaft of the rotating machine, the rolling element bearing having an inner bearing side, an opposite outer bearing side, and an outer race that has a radial outer surface; an inner cap having a portion facing the inner bearing side; an outer cap having a portion facing the outer bearing side; and an insulation assembly configured to substantially insulate the rolling element bearing, the insulation assembly having: a portion positioned between the inner bearing side of the rolling element bearing and the inner cap that will always be closer to the inner bearing side than will the inner cap; a portion that separates the radial outer surface of the outer race of the rolling element bearing from any other portion of the apparatus; and a portion positioned between the outer bearing side of the rolling element bearing and the outer cap that will always be closer to the outer bearing side than will the outer cap.