Bearing assembly

Claim 1

A self-aligning bearing comprising: A housing adapted to be fixed to a support and having a generally cylindrically surfaced opening therethrough with a depending ring portion having a spherical inner surface: a bearing assembly in said opening, said bearing assembly comprising; an inner race having a central cylindrical opening for receiving a shaft and outer spaced frusto-conical raceways; an outer race having an outer spherical surface and inner spaced frustro-conical raceways, said outer spherical surface engaging the inner spherical surface of said depending ring portion of said housing; sets of rollers, each set being between opposed inner and outer raceways and in rolling contact therewith; ring insert means having a continuous outer cylindrical surface and a continuous inner spherical surface between said cylindrical surface of said housing and said spherical surface of said outer race and opposite one set of rollers, said housing ring portion being opposite the other set of rollers; means for retaining said ring insert means in said housing permitting limiteD lateral movement of said bearing assembly therein; said bearing having limited pivotable movement relative to said housing in response to shaft misalignment relative to said support.