Wheel hub bearing provided with a device for measuring the rotational speed
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorMarco Falossi
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Abstract
A hub bearing for motor vehicles includes a rotatable hub and a bearing unit. The bearing unit has a radially outer ring, provided with respective radially outer raceways, a radially inner ring, provided with respective radially inner raceways, and a plurality of rolling bodies positioned between the corresponding inner and outer raceways. The hub bearing has an optical reading device for measuring the rotational speed of one of the hub or the radially inner ring. The optical reading device is mounted on the radially outer ring.
Claims7
A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles, comprising a rotatable hub and a bearing unit, the wheel hub bearing comprising:
- a radially outer ring, stationary, provided with respective radially outer raceways;
- a radially inner ring, rotatable, provided with respective radially inner raceways;
- a plurality of rolling bodies respectively accommodated between the inner and the outer raceways;
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- an optical reading device for detecting the rotational speed of one of the rotatable hub or the radially inner ring,
- wherein the optical reading device is mounted on the radially outer ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.