Patent ID: 6896491

Claim:
A mounting flange for housing a bearing cup of a roller bearing, the mounting flange having an outer periphery, the mounting flange comprising: a recess sized to receive the bearing cup; a radial wall defined by the recess and an outer periphery of the mounting flange, the radial wall having at least a first region of greater radial thickness and a second region of relatively lesser radial thickness, the first region of greater radial thickness defining at least one ear; and at least one flexibility pocket in the at least one ear, the at least one flexibility pocket being located to allow an increase in an amount of strain in the ear when the bearing cup is fit into the recess such that the amount of strain in the ear is substantially similar to an amount of strain in the second region of lesser radial thickness to provide substantially uniform, radial deformation to the mounting flange when the bearing cup is fit into the recess.