Patent ID: 8646982

Claim:
A rolling bearing, comprising: at least one first row of rolling elements; at least one second row of rolling elements; a common bearing ring for both the first row of rolling elements and the second row of rolling elements, the common bearing ring comprising an outer raceway for the rolling elements of the first row and an inner raceway for the rolling elements of the second row; an outer bearing ring forming an outer raceway for the second row of rolling elements; and an inner bearing ring forming an inner raceway for the first row of rolling elements, the rolling elements in the first row being in osculating contact with the outer raceway of the common bearing ring and the inner raceway of the inner bearing ring, the rolling elements in the second row being in osculating contact with the outer raceway of the outer bearing ring and the inner raceway of the common bearing ring, the outer raceway formed by the outer bearing ring, the inner raceway formed by the inner bearing ring and the inner raceway and the outer raceway of the common bearing ring have contours in imaginary sectional planes extending axially along an axis of rotation of the rolling bearing defined by at least one raceway radius orientated in a respective sectional plane, the sectional planes being disposed at a contact of one of the respective raceway and the respective rolling elements, the roiling elements having contours, at least in the sectional planes, have a convex shape relative to a center of rotation of the rolling elements by at least one rolling element radius, as viewed from the center of rotation, the contours of the rolling elements and the raceways in the respective sectional planes are convexly curved in identical directions, and the rolling elements of the first row have a rolling element radius equal to the radius of the rolling elements of the second row, wherein the raceway radius of one of the raceways for the first row of rolling elements is different from the raceway radius of the inner raceway on the common bearing ring.