Patent ID: 8807841

Claim:
A bearing assembly comprising: a roller bearing unit including an inner ring and an outer ring each having a raceway for rolling elements and being rotatable relative to each other around a rotation axis, the outer ring having an outer peripheral edge; a modular body formed of a plastic material and fixed to the roller bearing unit, the modular body having a cylindrical surface that is flush with the outer peripheral edge of the outer ring of the roller bearing unit; and coupling means for mechanically joining the plastic body to the roller bearing unit; wherein the outer ring has a central, radially extending, outer ring flange delimiting part of the outer peripheral edge of the outer ring, the inner ring has a central, radially extending, inner ring flange that forms part of an inner peripheral edge of the inner ring; and wherein the modular body includes four annular bodies, two of the four annular bodies being mounted on either side of the central, radially extending, outer ring, flange of the outer ring and radially limited by the outer peripheral edge of the outer ring of the roller bearing unit, and the other two of the four annular bodies being mounted on either side of the central, radially extending, inner ring flange of the inner ring and radially limited by the inner peripheral edge of the inner ring of the roller bearing unit.