Rolling bearing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9909622-B2
Application number	US-201715399929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2017
Priority date	Jan 12, 2016
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A rolling bearing device includes: a bearing part having an inner ring, an outer ring, and balls; and an oil supply unit provided adjacent to an annular space between the inner ring and the outer ring and capable of supplying lubricating oil to the annular space. The bearing part has an annular cage provided in the annular space. The cage has a pair of annular parts and a plurality of bars. An outer circumferential surface of the annular part located on a first axial side has a contact portion capable of coming in contact with a part of an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring. A radially outer surface of the cage has, with the contact portion being a top, a first inclined surface provided from the top toward the first axial side and a second inclined surface provided from the top toward a second axial side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rolling bearing device comprising:
a bearing part having an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and an annular cage provided in an annular space between the inner ring and the outer ring to retain the plurality of rolling elements; and
an oil supply unit provided axially adjacent to the annular space and capable of supplying lubricating oil to the annular space, wherein
the cage has a pair of annular parts, one of the annular parts being provided on a first axial side of the rolling elements and the other one of the annular parts being provided on a second axial side of the rolling elements, and a plurality of bars that are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and connect the pair of annular parts to each other, clearances between the bars adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction constituting pockets in which the rolling elements are retained,
an outer circumferential surface of the annular part located on the first axial side has a contact portion capable of coming in contact with a part of an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, and
a radially outer surface of the cage has, with the contact portion being a top at which a radial dimension of the cage is largest, a first inclined surface provided from the top toward the first axial side and a second inclined surface provided from the top toward the second axial side.

2. The rolling bearing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first inclined surface is a surface of which an outer diameter increases gradually from an end of the cage on the first axial side toward the contact portion, and
the second inclined surface is a surface of which an outer diameter increases gradually from an end of the cage on the second axial side toward the contact portion and of which an inclination angle is smaller than that of the first inclined surface.

3. The rolling bearing device according to claim 2 , wherein
the bearing part has a configuration of an angular contact ball bearing in which balls constituting the rolling elements come in contact with the inner ring and the outer ring at a contact angle, and
the outer ring has a raceway surface which has a circular concave shape in cross-section and on which the balls roll, and a pair of shoulders that face the radially outer surface of the cage across a clearance, one of the shoulders being provided on the first axial side of the raceway surface and the other one of the shoulders being provided on the second axial side of the raceway surface.

4. The rolling bearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a clearance filler that reduces an axial dimension of an annular clearance provided between the oil supply unit and the annular part located axially adjacent to the oil supply unit.

5. The rolling bearing device according to claim 4 , wherein the clearance filler is an annular spacer provided on an oil supply unit side, and the spacer has a first part located on a radially outer side, and a second part provided on a radially inner side of the first part and having an inclined guide surface that extends toward the radially outer side so as to gradually approach the cage.

6. A rolling bearing device comprising:
a bearing part having an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and an annular cage provided in an annular space between the inner ring and the outer ring to retain the plurality of rolling elements;
an oil supply unit provided axially adjacent to the annular space and capable of supplying lubricating oil to the annular space; and
a clearance filler, wherein
the cage has a pair of annular parts, one of the annular parts being provided on a first axial side of the rolling elements and the other one of the annular parts being on a second axial side of the rolling elements, and a plurality of bars that are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and connect the pair of annular parts to each other, clearances between the bars adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction constituting pockets in which the rolling elements are retained,
an outer circumferential surface of the annular part located axially adjacent to the oil supply unit has a contact portion capable of coming in contact with a part of an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, and
the clearance filler reduces an axial dimension of an annular clearance provided between the oil supply unit and the annular part located axially adjacent to the oil supply unit.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Tanimoto Kiyoshi

Classifications

• F16C33/6637 Primary

  with liquid lubricant · CPC title

• F16C33/3843

  formed as one-piece cages, i.e. monoblock cages · CPC title

• F16C33/6674

  related to the amount supplied, e.g. gaps to restrict flow of the liquid · CPC title

• F16C2322/39

  General buildup of machine tools, e.g. spindles, slides, actuators · CPC title

• F16C33/6659 Primary

  Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles · CPC title