Patent ID: 8651743

Claim:
A bearing assembly, comprising: a support ring; a plurality of superhard bearing elements each of which is tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the support ring and distributed circumferentially about an axis, at least one of the superhard bearing elements includes a bearing surface and a base portion including a tilting feature having a rocker pivot comprising a convex portion configured to allow the at least one of the superhard bearing elements to be tiltable about a tilt axis, the base portion of the at least one of the superhard bearing elements further including two substantially planar portions between which the convex portion is disposed, wherein the convex portion has a width of about 5 percent to 50 percent of a width of the base portion; and a plurality of retaining features that secure the superhard bearing elements to the support ring such that the superhard bearing elements are tilted and/or tiltably secured to the support ring.