Rolling bearings

Claim 1

AN X-TYPE BEARING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER RINGS, EACH OF SAID RINGS HAVING A PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING REACEWAYS WHICH ARE DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGULAR RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER AND WHICH ARE ARRAYED SO THAT ONE OF THE RACEWYAS OF THE INNER RING CONFRONTS AND IS PARALLEL TO ONE OF THE RACEWAYS OF THE OUTER RING AND THE OTHER RACEWAY OF THE INNER RING CONFRONTS AND IS PARALLEL TO THE OTHER RACEWAYS OF SAID OUTER RING, A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS IN THE ANNULAR SPACE DEFINED BY THE RACEWAYS, EACH OF SAID ROLLERS HAVING A LOAD CARRYING SURFACE BETWEEN ITS AXIAL END FACE ENGAGING THE RACEWAYS COMPRISING A CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND FRUSTO-CONICAL PORTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION, WHEREBY THE ROLLERS ADJUST THEIR CONTACT AREA WITH THE RACEWAYS AS REQUIRED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE LOAD, EACH FRUSTO-CONICAL PORTION CONVERGING FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION TOWARD THE AXIAL END FACE OF THE ROLLER, THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF EACH OF SAID ROLLERS BEING OF A GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE AXIAL END FACES OF THE ROLLERS, A CAGE HAVING POCKETS IN THE ANNULAR SPACED FOR CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACING THE ROLLERS, SAID CAGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ARCUATE SEGMENTS WHICH IS THE ASSEMBLED RELATION PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING STRUCTURE, MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE OPENING IN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RINGS OF A SIZE AND SHAPE TO PERMIT INSERTION OF SAID ROLLERS THERETHROUGH INTO SAID ANNULAR SPACE, A PLUG FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING IN SAID RING WHEN ALL OF THE ROLLERS HAVE BEEN INSERTED, SOME OF THE ROLLERS IN THE ANNULAR SPACE HAVING THEIR LOAD CARRYING SURFACE ENGAGING SAID ONE RACEWAY OF THE INNER AND OUTER RINGS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLERS HAVING THEIR LOAD CARRYING SURFACE ENGAGING THE OTHER RACEWAYS OF THE INNER AND OUTER RINGS WHEREBY THE AXES OF ROTATION OF SOME OF THE ROLLERS ARE INCLINED IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE OTHER ROLLER TO THAT THE BEARING IS ADAPTED TO WITHSTAND AXIAL LOAD FORCES IN EITHER AXIAL DIRECTION, RADIAL LOAD FROM ANY DIRECTION AND OVERTURNING MOMENT LOAD FROM ANY DIRECTION, THESE LOADS BEING APPLIED SINGULARLY OR IN ANY COMBINATION.