Patent ID: 7553123

Claim:
A support ( 1 ) for rolling bearings ( 11 ) comprising: a pair of concentric cylindrical shells ( 3 , 5 ) connected together by a plurality of radial plates ( 9 ), at least one of said shells ( 3 , 5 ) being circumferentially broken by a plurality of slits ( 17 ) so as to define a plurality of shoes ( 7 ), each of said radial plates ( 9 ) being connected to a corresponding one of said shoes ( 7 ), wherein each of said plates ( 9 ) is connected to said shells ( 3 , 5 ) along generatrices lying in different planes (P 1 , P 2 ) passing through a central axis (C) of said concentric cylindrical shells ( 3 , 5 ) and lying in a region intermediate between the slits ( 17 ) defining said corresponding shoe ( 7 ) and is connected to said respective shoe ( 7 ) along a generatrix lying in plane (P 2 ) arranged so as to define shoe portions or arcs (A 1 , A 2 ) of different lengths.