Patent ID: 8672555

Claim:
A rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring having a bearing race; an outer ring having a bearing race; at least one row of rolling elements disposed between the bearing races of the inner and outer rings; a cage retaining the at least one row of rolling elements; an annular housing surrounding at least one of the inner and outer rings, the one of the inner and outer rings surrounded by the annular housing including two ring parts, each of the two ring parts forming a separate enclosed lubricant storage space defined between the annular housing and an associated one of the two ring parts and containing a lubricant, each of the two ring parts having a radial portion and an axial hole extending through the radial portion, each axial hole at least partly facing the axial hole in the other one of the two ring parts and the two axial holes establishing fluidly communication between the two enclosed lubricant storage spaces; wherein the annular housing has an axial portion and a radial shield and at least one of the two ring parts surrounded by the annular housing is formed by cutting and stamping a metal sheet, the at least one of the two ring parts formed by stamping comprises: an outer axial portion in contact with the housing axial portion and the housing radial shield; the radial portion; a toroidal portion delimiting a part of one of the bearing races; and an inner axial portion; and wherein at least one of the enclosed lubricant storage spaces is defined by the outer axial portion, the radial portion, the toroidal portion, and the inner axial portion, of one of the two ring parts in combination with the radial shield of the annular housing.