Bearing arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810268-B2
Application number	US-201414893763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 13, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a bearing arrangement ( 12 ) for a part to be mounted such that the part rotates about an axis, such as a cylinder, roller, drum or shaft, comprising at least one rolling bearing ( 23 ), which is accommodated in a bearing housing ( 27 ), which is mounted movably in an arrangement housing ( 29 ) in a linearly movable manner by at least one linear guide ( 28 ), and also including an actuation device ( 1 ) for effecting a linear shifting movement of the bearing housing perpendicularly to the axis between a rest position and a working position. The actuation device includes at least one prestressed spring element, which presses the bearing housing into the working position, and at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device for generating a restoring force acting counter to the spring element for moving the bearing housing into the rest position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bearing arrangement for a component to be mounted, in which said component rotates about an axis, said bearing arrangement comprising at least one rolling bearing that is held in a bearing housing and is mounted to move linearly in an arrangement housing by at least one linear guide, an adjustment device for causing a linear adjustment movement of the bearing housing perpendicular to the axis between a rest position and a working position, the adjustment device comprises at least one pre-tensioned spring element that presses the bearing housing into the working position, and at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device for generating a restoring force working against the at least one spring element for moving the bearing housing into the rest position, wherein the adjustment device comprises a housing and a bolt movably arranged in the housing that is allocated to the at least one spring element, said bolt is pressed by the at least one spring element against the bearing housing and is loaded with the restoring force generated by the at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device.

2. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein two or more of the spring elements are provided that are arranged in a symmetric distribution relative to the at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device.

3. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device is integrated in the housing.

4. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said bolt includes bolts, and the at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device has a hydraulic or pneumatic piston that is loaded with pressure by hydraulic fluid or compressed air and that is motion-coupled with the bolts.

5. The bearing arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the bolts have a coupling plate with which the hydraulic or pneumatic piston interacts.

6. The bearing arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the bolts are connected to each other by the coupling plate which is a common coupling plate.

7. The bearing arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the bolts each project with one end out of the housing, and the coupling plate is arranged outside of the housing.

8. The bearing arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein one or more cylindrical receptacle spaces are provided in the housing, with the at least one spring element and one of the bolts passing through the at least one spring element being provided for each of the receptacle spaces, and the at least one spring element is supported on the housing on one side of the at least one spring element and attaches to the bolt on an other side of the at least one spring element.

9. The bearing arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein a cylindrical receptacle space is provided in the housing for forming the at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device, and the hydraulic or pneumatic piston is supported in said receptacle space and the hydraulic fluid or compressed air is guided into said receptacle space by a connection.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Dittenhofer Thomas
• Popp Stephan

Classifications

• F16C35/042

  Housings for rolling element bearings for rotary movement · CPC title

• F16C35/078 Primary

  using pressure fluid as mounting aid · CPC title

• F16C13/02

  Bearings · CPC title

• F16C23/08

  self-adjusting · CPC title

• F16C23/06

  Ball or roller bearings · CPC title