Anti-spin self-locking outer bearing ring

Claim 1

IN THE COMBINATION OF A HOUSING AND AN ANTIFRICTION BEARING MOUNTED THEREIN COMPRISING OUTER AND INNER RINGS HAVING ANTIFRICTION BEARING ELEMENTS INTERPOSED THEREBETWEEN, SAID OUTER RING HAVING A CONVEX OUTER SURFACE CONCENTRIC WITH THE BORE THEREOF AND SAID HOUSING HAVING AN INNER CONCAVE SURFACE WHICH MATES CONCENTRICALLY WITH THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE OUTER RING, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AN ANNULAR LOCKING CAM ON THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF ONE FACE OF SAID OUTER RING ADJACENT THE CONVEX SURFACE THEREOF, WHICH ANNULAR LOCKING CAM IS ECCENTRIC RELATIVE TO THE CONCENTRIC DIAMETER OF THE RING, SAID ANNULAR LOCKING CAM HAVING A CONVEX SURFACE, AND A MATING ANNULAR LOCKING CAM LOCATED ON A CORRESPONDING INNER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE HOUSING ADJACENT THE CONCAVE SURFACE THEREOF, WHICH MATING CAM IS ECCENTRIC RELATIVE TO THE CONCENTRICITY OF THE BORE, THE CONVEX MATING SURFACES OF THE CAMS BEING SUCH THAT THE CONTACT FORCE ARISING OUT OF COACTION OF THE HOUSING WITH THE OUTER RING IS DIRECTED SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN THE WIDTH OF THE BEARING RING, WHEREBY THE OUTER RING IS LOCKABLE RELATIVE TO THE BORE OF THE HOUSING BY COACTION OF THE ECCENTRICALLY POSITIONED LOCKING CAMS.