Patent ID: 8714833

Claim:
A radial cage for cylindrical rolling elements, comprising: two side rings that define the axial length of the radial cage; a plurality of axial crossbars that connect these side rings to one another at their outer diameters; and a plurality of pockets for accommodating the cylindrical rolling elements, the plurality of pockets being formed between the crossbars, wherein the plurality of axial crossbars are each made, through roll forming, to consist of two axially straight side sections connected to the side rings, two intermediate sections extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the radial cage, and an axial center section, wherein the rolling elements are radially held in the radial cage by bottom edges of the straight side sections designed with angled stop faces and by top edges of the axial center section of each of the plurality of axial crossbars, and wherein the straight side sections of all of the plurality of axial crossbars have a uniform material thickness extending to a respective side ring, while the side rings of the radial cage and the axial center sections of the axial crossbars have material thicknesses that are smaller than the material thickness of the straight side sections and that reduce their centrifugal mass.