A sheet metal bearing cage segment includes a first sheet metal ring section, at least one second sheet metal ring section, and a plurality of bridges connecting the first ring section and the at least one second ring section to each other, adjacent pairs of the bridges forming pockets configured to receive at least one rolling element. At least one edge of the first ring section and/or at least one edge of the at least one second ring section and/or of one of the bridges is at least partially formed by laser cutting. Also a method of forming a sheet metal bearing cage at least partially by laser cutting.

A sheet metal bearing cage segment includes first and second ring sections, bridges connecting the ring sections to form pockets for rolling elements and a circumferentially facing joint edge configured to be connected to another circumferentially facing joint edge. The joint edge is disposed such that it will be located in one of the bridges after the joint edge is connected to the another circumferentially facing joint edge.

A sheet-metal bearing cage segment has a first ring section, at least one second ring section and a plurality of bridges connecting the first ring section and the at least one second ring section to each other such that a pocket for receiving at least one rolling element is formed between each circumferentially adjacent pair of the bridges. The first and/or second ring section includes at least one recess on the radially inner side and/or the radially outer side.

A washer that includes: an inner peripheral face formed in an arc shape; an outer peripheral face formed in an arc shape concentric with the inner peripheral face on a radially outer side of the inner peripheral face; and outer peripheral cut-out portions (such as a left outer peripheral cut-out portion and a right outer peripheral cut-out portion) formed at positions of the outer peripheral face corresponding to end portions (a first end portion and a second end portion) of the inner peripheral face to have the same shapes as outside shapes of the corresponding end portions of the inner peripheral face.

An assembled half shell-shaped flanged bearing shell for a crankshaft bearing point in an internal combustion engine, having a half shell-shaped radial bearing part and having a disk-shaped axial bearing part that is fastenable in the area of an axial end-face side of the radial bearing part. The axial bearing part is formed from at least three segments that adjoin one another in the circumferential direction and that are nonreleasably joined together via a weld seam between every two segments, wherein the respective weld seam does not include the radial bearing part. The segments with their retaining tongues are first arranged on the edge area of the radial bearing part so that the retaining tongues engage with the respective retaining recesses in the edge area of the radial bearing part, and only then is the respective weld seam applied between every two segments, as a result of which the axial bearing part thus formed is captively held on the radial bearing part but with slight play, and in particular without the retaining tongues or the edge area of the radial bearing part having been machined in a material-shaping manner.

A method of creating a roller bearing, comprising re-shaping a bearing ring blank utilizing cold impact intrusion, wherein the bearing ring blank includes a surface profile that forms at least one contour section within a contact side of the bearing ring upon the re-shaping, and wherein the contact side is configured to contact a support structure.

A cage for a thrust roller bearing is provided. The cage has first and second cage members each having an outer ring portion formed radially outside of a roller retention hole. The outer ring portion has a flange portion that extends, from a radially outer end of the outer ring portion, in an axial direction and is divided along the circumferential direction. The flange portion has a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion. The first cage member and the second cage member are fastened to each other while the large diameter portion and small diameter portion of the first cage member overlap the small diameter portion and large diameter portion of the second cage member, respectively.

A method of manufacturing a rolling bearing ring includes preparing a coil material and a press machine for obtaining a rolling bearing ring from the coil material, setting the coil material on the press machine, and obtaining the rolling bearing ring by heating the coil material on the press machine to a temperature not lower than an A.sub.1 transformation point, thereafter punching a part of the coil material into a ring form, and thereafter quenching a formed object on the press machine.

An assembled half shell-shaped flanged bearing shell for a crankshaft bearing point in an internal combustion engine, having a half shell-shaped radial bearing part and having a disk-shaped axial bearing part that is fastenable in the area of an axial end-face side of the radial bearing part. The axial bearing part is formed from at least three segments that adjoin one another in the circumferential direction and that are nonreleasably joined together via a weld seam between every two segments, wherein the respective weld seam does not include the radial bearing part. The segments with their retaining tongues are first arranged on the edge area of the radial bearing part so that the retaining tongues engage with the respective retaining recesses in the edge area of the radial bearing part, and only then is the respective weld seam applied between every two segments, as a result of which the axial bearing part thus formed is captively held on the radial bearing part but with slight play, and in particular without the retaining tongues or the edge area of the radial bearing part having been machined in a material-shaping manner.

The disclosure relates to a sleeve-like bearing receiving member for a plastics material sleeve, wherein the sleeve-like bearing receiving member may include a cylindrical sleeve wall that delimits the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, wherein a plurality of apertures are formed in the cylindrical sleeve wall, wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures is at least partially bordered by a collar that protrudes into the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, and wherein the collar is configured to engage in the plastics material sleeve to retain the plastics material sleeve in the sleeve-like bearing receiving member.