Patent ID: 8303191

Claim:
A multi-part axial cage for a large-diameter roller bearing, comprising: a metal strip whose side rims, which are of a circular shape, are connected to one another by means of webs, resulting in free spaces being formed into which cage windows composed of a plastic with pockets for receiving rolling bodies are inserted, wherein the cage windows are composed of longitudinal walls which are spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction and lateral walls which are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction, and the cage windows have grooves which are spaced apart from one another in the radial direction and into which the side rims of the metal strip engage, and the cage windows have securing lugs for securing the rolling bodies, and a guide rim which bears against a bearing ring to guide the multi-part axial cage, wherein the metal strip is a flat cage which is an annular disk, and the cage windows are each provided, at their end lying opposite the guide rim, with a sealing element which covers an axial gap formed between raceways of the rolling bodies, and wherein the sealing element of the cage windows overlap in the circumferential direction.