Patent ID: 8668391

Claim:
A multiple-row ball bearing arrangement, comprising: at least one inner bearing ring; at least one outer bearing ring, which is arranged coaxially to the inner bearing ring on a longitudinal axis; a plurality of balls, which are arranged between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring in at least one first ball row and one second ball row, which is adjacent the first ball row; a first cage for guiding the balls of the first ball row; and a second cage for guiding the balls of the second ball row, wherein the first cage and the second cage each have a first cage side ring and a second cage side ring, wherein the first cage side ring of the first cage and the second cage side ring of the second cage are adjacent each other and are arranged so as to overlap at least in sections along the longitudinal axis, and wherein a clearance between the first ball row and the second ball row, measured in a direction of the longitudinal axis, between a mid-point of one of the balls of the first ball row and a mid-point of one of the balls of the second ball row, is smaller than a sum of radii of the one of the balls of the first ball row and the one of the balls of the second ball row.