Back to results
US 11,767,879 B2Granted
Bearing housing design with dual o-ring function
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorWilko Verbrugge
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing; a spherical bearing disposed within the housing; a shaft disposed in part beneath the housing and penetrating a portion of the spherical bearing; a bellow circumscribing a lower portion of the housing and providing an interface between the spherical bearing and the shaft; and a cover adjacent a lower end of the bellow and having a circumferential groove configured to enable rotational movement of the bellow, the cover extending to and circumferentially surrounding a portion of the shaft to seal the shaft.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a spherical bearing disposed within the housing;
- a shaft disposed in part beneath the housing and penetrating a portion of the spherical bearing;
- a bellow circumscribing a lower portion of the housing and providing an interface between the spherical bearing and the shaft;
- and
- a cover adjacent a lower end of the bellow and having a circumferential groove configured to enable rotational movement of the bellow, the cover extending to and circumferentially surrounding a portion of the shaft to seal the shaft, the cover comprising a plurality of semi-circular shaped recesses extending radially inward from an outer circumference of the cover, the plurality of semi-circular shaped recesses being spaced apart from each other along the outer circumference of the cover.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.