| 摘要 |
A bearing retainer for use with a bearing having an outside diameter which is to be received in the bearing retainer and to be mounted into a cavity having an inside diameter includes a bearing-engaging wall having a minimum inside diameter when the bearing retainer is in a non-deformed state approximately equal to but slightly less than the outside diameter of the bearing to be received therein, an outer cavity-engaging wall having a maximum outside diameter when the bearing retainer is in a non-deformed state approximately equal to the inside diameter of the cavity within which the bearing retainer is to be received, a web wall extending between and coupling the bearing-engaging wall and the cavity-engaging wall and wherein the bearing-engaging wall, cavity-engaging wall and web wall are fabricated from a material capable of elastic and plastic deformation so that upon insertion of the bearing into the bearing retainer the bearing-engaging wall is deformed to secure the bearing within the bearing retainer and upon insertion of the bearing retainer into the cavity the web wall is deformed to induce the cavity-engaging wall to exert a force against a side wall of the cavity to secure the bearing retainer within the cavity.
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