Vehicle wheel bearing, wheel-speed sensor mechanism assembly, and wheel speed sensor

A vehicle wheel bearing comprising:

• a) a vehicle-wheel-bearing non-rotatable section;
• b) a vehicle-wheel-bearing rotatable section rotatably attached to the non-rotatable section;
• and
• c) a wheel speed sensor including:
• (1) a target ring attached to the rotatable section;
• and
• (2) a sensor mechanism assembly having:
• (a) a sensor mechanism disposed to sense rotation of the target ring;
• (b) a sensor-mechanism housing supporting the sensor mechanism and attached to the non-rotatable section;
• and
• (c) an electrical plug electrically connected to the sensor mechanism and adapted for electrical connection to a vehicle computer cable, wherein the electrical plug has a plug housing which is substantially-immovably, directly, and permanently attached to the sensor-mechanism housing, and wherein the electrical plug is immobilized substantially only by the sensor-mechanism housing.

A wheel-speed sensor mechanism assembly comprising:

• a) a vehicle wheel-speed sensor mechanism;
• b) a sensor-mechanism housing supporting the sensor mechanism;
• and
• c) an electrical plug substantially immovably attached to the sensor-mechanism housing, electrically connected to the vehicle wheel-speed sensor mechanism, and adapted for electrical connection to a vehicle wire.

A wheel-speed sensor mechanism assembly comprising:

• a) a vehicle wheel-speed sensor mechanism;
• b) a sensor-mechanism housing supporting the sensor mechanism;
• and
• c) an electrical plug electrically connected to the vehicle wheel-speed sensor mechanism and adapted for electrical connection to a vehicle wire, wherein the electrical plug has a plug housing which is substantially-immovably, directly, and permanently attached to the sensor-mechanism housing.

A wheel speed sensor comprising:

• a) a target ring;
• b) a sensor mechanism surrounding the target ring and adapted for sensing rotation of the target ring;
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• c) a bearing seal subassembly connected to the target ring and to the sensor mechanism, wherein the target ring, the sensor mechanism, and the bearing seal subassembly together define a unitized assembly which is installable as a unit in a bearing cavity of a vehicle wheel bearing having a non-rotatable section and a rotatable section with the target ring connectable to the rotatable section and with the sensor mechanism connectable to the non-rotatable section, wherein the bearing seal subassembly sealingly protects the target ring and the sensor mechanism when the unitized assembly is installed as a unit in the bearing cavity of the vehicle wheel bearing.