Wheel hub assembly
AssigneeConsolidated Metco, Inc.
InventorsFrank Severini, Dan Lippis, Conor Crowley, John Hodge
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Abstract
A novel, preassembled hub assembly is presented having all the standard components (including the inboard and outboard bearings, spacer, and lubricant seal) preassembled inside the hub at the manufacturing facility. In addition, the manufacturing facility also affixes a pre-positioned spindle nut assembly to the hub assembly. In this embodiment, the preassembled hub assembly (with the pre-positioned spindle nut assembly affixed to the hub) has no separate or loose parts, facilitating shipment and installation of the hub assembly. Installation only requires placement of the novel hub assembly on the spindle and the tightening of the factory installed, pre-positioned retaining nut.
Claims23
A hub assembly comprising:
- an inboard bearing;
- an outboard bearing;
- a hub having a bore extending from an outboard opening to an inboard opening, the inboard bearing and the outboard bearing housed in the bore of the hub, the hub further having a groove;
- a spacer disposed between the inboard bearing and the outboard bearing, and
- a retaining ring seated in the groove in the hub.
A hub assembly comprising:
- an inboard bearing;
- an outboard bearing;
- a hub having a bore extending from an outboard opening to an inboard opening, the inboard bearing and the outboard bearing held in the bore of the hub;
- a spacer disposed between the inboard bearing and the outboard bearing;
- at least one outer retention component to retain the outboard bearing, the outer retention component being permanently retained, and
- at least one inner retention component to retain the inboard bearing, the inner retention component being permanently retained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.