End stop cap (11) for a rolling bearing (5), particularly for mounting in a railway axle box of a support device (1) for a railway axle (2), the cap (11) being shaped as a concave disc delimited by an annular lateral wall having an axis of symmetry 5 (A) which is coaxial in use with an axis of symmetry (B) of the bearing, by an end wall (14) positioned transversely to the axis of symmetry (A), and by an elbow shaped annular linking portion (15) connecting the end wall (14) to the lateral wall (13); the end wall (14) being provided with a plurality of through holes (16) for respective screws (12) for fastening the cap, in use, to the axle (2), and the 10 lateral wall (13) terminating on the opposite side from the end wall in an annular frontal surface (17) adapted to bear, in use, against a ring (6) of the bearing; the cap (11) being characterized in that the end wall (14) has a thickness, measured in at least one radial direction (D2) passing through an axis of symmetry (C) of said holes (16), which is continuously variable in a radial direction between a 15 maximum (S3) located in a substantially intermediate position between an inner edge (28) of the hole (16) and the axis of symmetry (B) and a minimum (Si) at the position of the axis of symmetry (B). [Figure 2] C) CN co
END STOP CAP FOR A ROLLING BEARING
2024-01-04
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