A bearing provides an outer ring and an inner ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, at least one of the inner and outer rings being split into a plurality of successive circumferential ring segments. For each pair of facing ends of adjacent successive ring segments of the split-ring, one of the facing ends includes at least one protrusion made in one part with the associated ring segment and protruding into a recess of complementary shape formed onto the other facing end to align the pair of facing ends in radial direction.

A vehicle may include a flutter resistant caster. The vehicle may include a frame, a drive wheel coupled to the frame, a caster housing coupled to the frame, a caster, a locking element, a first bearing, and a biasing element. The caster housing may include an opening. The caster may include a caster wheel and a caster stem extending through the opening in the caster housing. The caster stem may be configured to rotate relative to the caster housing. The locking element may be coupled to the caster stem. The first bearing may be coupled to the caster stem. The biasing element may be coupled to the caster stem. The biasing element may be configured to exert a force on the first bearing.

A load cell for determining a radial force acting on a crankshaft includes a receiving sleeve for receiving a ring of a bearing; a fastening ring for attaching the load cell in a transmission housing; axial support areas provided on the fastening ring for axially supporting the ring of the bearing; and measuring regions for receiving radial forces of the receiving sleeve and which connect the receiving sleeve with the fastening ring, wherein strain sensors are attached to at least two of the measuring regions; and wherein the measuring regions comprise measuring lugs formed as angle brackets.

In a first aspect, a roller pitch bearing for a wind turbine is provided. The roller pitch bearing comprises a first bearing component and a second bearing component, the first bearing component being configured to rotate with respect to the second bearing component; wherein one of the first and the second bearing components is configured to be coupled to a wind turbine blade and the other one of the first and the second bearing components is configured to be coupled to a rotor hub of a wind turbine. The roller pitch bearing further a limiting structure attached to the first bearing component, the limiting structure radially extending from the first bearing component towards the second bearing component to limit a radial movement between the bearing components. In further aspect, a rotor for a wind turbine comprising a roller pitch bearing is provided.

A measuring device with a crankshaft and a load cell for determining a radial force acting on the crankshaft having a receiving sleeve for receiving a bearing ring and a fastening ring for attaching the load cell in a transmission housing. Axial support areas are provided on the fastening ring for axially supporting the outer ring of the first bearing. Moreover, measuring regions for receiving radial forces of the receiving sleeve are provided which connect the receiving sleeve with the fastening ring. Strain sensors are attached to at least two of the measuring regions. An evaluation electronics is connected to the strain sensors.

The invention relates to a rolling bearing with two bearing rings and rolling elements running between same, and a sensor for detecting movements and/or positions of the bearing rings relative to one another, wherein the sensor is fastened to one of the bearing rings and is directed towards a measurement surface on the other bearing ring, wherein said measurement surface comprises a contour projection projecting towards the sensor and/or a contour recess open towards the sensor in the form of a groove or blind hole, which projection or groove influences the measurement signal of the sensor and the movement of which relative to the sensor transverse to the main signal direction of the sensor modifies the measurement signal of the sensor.

A bearing provides a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and at least one seal provided with at least one sealing lip. The bearing further includes a sealing module providing a carrier reversibly secured to the first ring, the seal being mounted radially into contact with the carrier, a friction ring reversibly secured to the second ring, the sealing lip of the seal coming into contact with the friction ring, and at least one spacing element axially interposed between the friction ring and the second ring.

A bearing providing a first ring assembly and a second ring assembly, the first ring assembly including at least a first ring and an outer cap reversibly fixed to first ring. The bearing further providing at least one sealing element mounted radially into a cylindrical surface of the first ring assembly and provided with a sealing lip in sliding frictional contact with the second ring assembly. The bearing including at least one adjusting shim mounted radially between the first and second ring assemblies, the adjusting shim being axially located between the outer cap of the first ring assembly and the sealing element; or between the first ring of the first ring assembly and the sealing element.

In general, the invention relates to wind turbines, the rotor blades of which can be adjusted in terms of their pitch angle. The invention relates in particular to an actuating drive for adjusting the pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising a large rolling bearing which comprises two bearing rings that can be rotated relative to each other, and an actuator for rotating the two bearing rings relative to each other. According to the invention, the actuating drive comprises a ring channel cylinder, which is formed in one of the bearing rings, and at least one piston, which is received in the ring channel cylinder in a movable manner and is drivingly connected to the other bearing ring of the two bearing rings.

A rolling bearing may have at least two bearing rings arranged rotatably relative to each other, at least one row of rolling elements arranged such that they can roll between the bearing rings, and a position-determining device for determining an absolute angular position of the bearing rings relative to each other. The position-determining device includes field patterns that are arranged on a surface of a first of the bearing rings and distributed around a circumference thereof, with fields of the field patterns having field heights with discrete values. The position-determining device also includes at least one eddy current sensor that is provided on a second of the bearing rings to scan the field patterns. An evaluation device may be configured to assign an associated angular position signal, which describes the absolute angular position of the first and second bearing rings relative to each other, to a scan of each field pattern.