Methods of making bearing devices

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A BEARING MEMBER WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF BALLS, PROVIDING AN OUTER RACE MEMBER HAVING A BORE THEREIN WITH AN INNER GROOVE FORMED THEREIN FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID BALLS, PROVIDING AN INNER RACE MEMBER OF BENDABLE METAL, FORMING AN ANNULAR SHOULDER AROUND THE OUTER WALL OF SAID INNER RACE MEMBER, FORMING A CENTRAL RECESS EXTENDING PARTIALLY THROUGH SAID INNER RACE MEMBER ALONG ITS AXIS TOWARD, BUT SPACED FROM, A FIRST END OF THE INNER RACE, TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR WALL AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE INNER RACE MEMBER AROUND SAID RECESS, INSERTING SAID BALLS ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE BETWEEN SAID RACE MEMBERS AND CONCENTRIC THEREWITH TO POSITION THE BALLS ON SAID SHOULDER AND IN SAID ANNULAR GROOVE OF THE OUTER RACE MEMBER, SUPPORTING SAID INNER RACE MEMBER, AND BY MEANS OF A BENDING PUNCH HAVING THE SAME CURVATURE AS SAID BALLS BENDING ONLY SAID ANNULAR WALL RADIALLY OUTWARD TO BEND THE SAME IN A GRADUAL CURVE COMPLEMENTING THE CURVATURE OF SAID BALLS AND OVERLAPPING SAID BALLS TO RETAIN THEM BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER RACE MEMBERS AGAINST AXIAL DISPLACEMENT, SAID BENDING BEING SUFFICIENT TO CONFINE SAID BALLS BY SUCH COMPLEMENTARILY CURVED WALL WITHOUT BINDING THE BALLS SO AS TO PERMIT THEIR MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE RACE MEMBERS AND WITHOUT EXPANDING THE INNER RACE MEMBER AT SAID SHOULDER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A BEARING MEMBER WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF BALLS, PROVIDING AN OUTER RACE MEMBER HAVING A BORE THEREIN WITH AN INNER GROOVE FORMED THEREIN FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID BALLS, PROVIDING AN INNER RACE MEMBER OF BENDABLE METAL, FORMING AN ANNULAR SHOULDER AROUND THE OUTER WALL OF SAID INNER RACE MEMBER, FORMING A CENTRAL RECESS EXTENDING PARTIALLY THROUGH SAID INNER RACE MEMBER ALONG ITS AXIS TOWARD, BUT SPACED FROM, A FIRST END OF THE INNER RACE, TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR WALL AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE INNER RACE MEMBER AROUND SAID RECESS, INSERTING SAID BALLS ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE BETWEEN SAID RACE MEMBERS AND CONCENTRIC THEREWITH TO POSITION THE BALLS ON SAID SHOULDER AND IN SAID ANNULAR GROOVE OF THE OUTER RACE MEMBER, SUPPORTING SAID INNER RACE MEMBER, AND BY MEANS OF A BENDING PUNCH HAVING THE SAME CURVATURE AS SAID BALLS BENDING ONLY SAID ANNULAR WALL RADIALLY OUTWARD TO BEND THE SAME IN A GRADUAL CURVE COMPLEMENTING THE CURVATURE OF SAID BALLS AND OVERLAPPING SAID BALLS TO RETAIN THEM BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER RACE MEMBERS AGAINST AXIAL DISPLACEMENT, SAID BENDING BEING SUFFICIENT TO CONFINE SAID BALLS BY SUCH COMPLEMENTARILY CURVED WALL WITHOUT BINDING THE BALLS SO AS TO PERMIT THEIR MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE RACE MEMBERS AND WITHOUT EXPANDING THE INNER RACE MEMBER AT SAID SHOULDER.