Patent ID: 7507028

Claim:
A retainer for use in a bearing assembly, the retainer comprising: a generally circular body, comprising two halves, each half having alternating grooves and tongues; a plurality of sockets disposed around the body, each circumferentially located between a groove and a tongue; a plurality of apertures penetrating from outside of the body into at least some of the sockets; and a plurality of supplemental apertures penetrating through the body from one side of the body to the other at the circumferential locations of the grooves and tongues, wherein the halves can be snapped together with respective grooves and tongues on one half engaging respective tongues and grooves on the other half to releasably join the halves, and wherein when the halves are joined the supplemental apertures on each half are then aligned in opposed pairs to each receive a fastener passing through the opposed supplemental aperture on each half, to provide supplemental attachment of the halves together.