Patent ID: 8721188

Claim:
A cage for a rolling element bearing, comprising: a plurality of cage pockets for accommodating the rolling elements; two side rings; and a plurality of crosspieces, the crosspieces connecting the side rings in such a way as to form the cage pockets, the cage pockets having milled-out or drilled-out corner regions, the corner regions, in a section plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the cage, having a radial milling profile in a direction of the axis of rotation which at least in a subportion is inclined relative to a radial vector passing through the subportion and the axis of rotation, wherein in the subportion the milling profile is inclined in a direction of the cage pocket, wherein the subportion is arranged in a conically tapering end portion of the corner regions, and wherein the subportion is a radially inner end portion and the cornering regions include a cylindrical portion adjacent to the conically tapering end portion.