Patent ID: 8690452

Claim:
A cage for rolling bodies, comprising: side walls including a radially inner side wall and a radially outer side wall, the side walls extending circumferentially, and webs connecting the side walls, a longitudinal section through one of the webs and side walls having an approximately W-shaped configuration with the side walls forming outer legs of the W-shaped configuration, wherein the rolling bodies are received between the webs, wherein a profile of the webs is suitable for limiting freedom of movement of the rolling bodes in at least three degrees of freedom, wherein an intermediate space is formed between confrontingly opposed sides of each adjacent pair of the webs, wherein the intermediate space extends circumferentially from one of the confrontingly opposed sides to the other, and extends radially from a radially innermost end to a radially outermost end, the radially innermost end and the radially outermost end formed by sides that extend along the side walls between the confrontingiy opposed sides, wherein a spacing (a) in a radial direction between the radially innermost end and radially outermost end of each of the intermediate spaces is smaller than a dimension of the rolling bodies in the radial direction, wherein guide surfaces formed in obliquely extending web sections of the web and configured to contact the rolling bodies, the guide surfaces form an angle (α) with each other which is smaller than 180°.