Patent ID: 6857785

Claim:
A caged roller assembly which comprises: a cage including outer and inner members; and a circumferential array of rollers movably retained by the cage, said circumferential array of the rollers defining a pitch circle diameter and having inscribed and circumscribed circle diameters; said outer member including an annular body of a diameter greater than the pitch circle diameter of the circumferential array of the rollers and annular collars each formed by bending one of opposite end portions of the annular body so as to extend radially inwardly therefrom, said outer member having pockets defined in the annular body in circumferentially spaced relation to each other; said inner member being of an annular shape having a diameter smaller than the pitch circle diameter of the circumferential array of the rollers and also having pockets defined therein in circumferentially spaced relation to each other; said rollers being movably supported by the cage while received in part within the corresponding pockets in the annular body of the outer member and in part within the corresponding pockets in the inner member; said inner member having a capability of being deformed to a diameter smaller than the inscribed circle diameter of the circumferential array of the rollers; said inner member being provided with a slit therein, creating ends of the inner member opposite to each other; and said outer member not being provided with a slit therein.