Patent ID: 7210852

Claim:
A full complement taper roller bearing consisting of an inner ring or cone having an inner track on its radially outer conical surface, and an outer ring or cup having an outer track on its radially inward conical surface and one or more rows of solid taper rollers having a contact angle of less than 30 degrees freely disposed between the inner and outer rings and guided between said tracks, wherein each said row of rollers is axially located within a recess on the inner track defined by two shoulder abutments provided on the inner track at the axial edges of the taper rollers, wherein no shoulder abutments are provided on the outer track, and wherein each of said shoulder abutments extends radially inward over the respective axial end of the taper rollers less than a radius of the respective axial end, and wherein each of the rollers is in contact with the inner track over the entire length of the taper roller in the axial direction of the bearing.