Bearings – Rotary bearing – Antifriction bearing
Patent
1994-08-18
1995-10-31
Hannon, Thomas R.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Antifriction bearing
384584, 384571, F16C 3336
Patent
active
054623677
ABSTRACT:
A compact antifriction bearing fits around a journal at the end of an axle for a rail car. The journal extends from an intervening section of the axle, and the intervening section in turn projects from a still larger main section, there being fillets where the sections merge. A backing ring fits against the fillet at the end of the journal, while an end cap fits over the opposite end of the journal. The bearing includes two cones which are clamped between the end cap and backing ring, a double cup surrounding the cones, and tapered rollers arranged in two rows between raceways on the cones and on the cup. The ends of the bearing are closed by seals which are fitted to the cup and cone. The thicker intervening section of the axle is extended in comparison to its counterparts on traditional axles, and the backing ring extends axially along the journal generally no further than the location at which the fillet emerges from the main body of the journal. This presents the back face of the inboard cone in a region where the journal is quite stiff, thereby reducing flexing and fretting considerably. The inboard cone is undercut at its back face so that the stress concentration produced at the end of the interference fit does not coincide with the stress concentration that develops at the fillet around which the backing ring fits.
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Davidson Rickie L.
Williams Samuel R.
Hannon Thomas R.
The Timken Company
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