Supporting the driven wheel hub of a motor vehicle
AssigneeSKF Industrial Trading and Development Company, B.V.
InventorsHorst M. Ernst, Manfred Brandenstein, Armin Olschewski
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Abstract
The driven wheel hub of a motor vehicle is driven by a rotating axle through a homokinetic joint having an inner driving member secured to the axle and an outer driven member. An axial-radial bearing having an outer race ring secured to the vehicle chassis and an inner race ring secured to the wheel or wheel hub is located in association with the homokinetic joint. The inner race ring is provided with a bore the surface of which and the outer surface of the driven member of the homokinetic joint are provided with mating keyways cooperating to secure the respective race ring and the driven member for conjoint rotary movement and relative axial movement therebetween.
Claims7
An arrangement for supporting the wheel or the hub of a driven wheel of a motor vehicle on the chassis thereof and for driving the wheel through a rotating axle comprising a homokinetic joint having an inner driving member secured to said axle and an outer driven member, a bearing comprising an outer race ring fixedly secured to said vehicle chassis, an inner race ring secured to said hub for rotation therewith, said inner race ring having a bore, the contiguous surfaces of said bore and of said driven member having mating keyways along their length cooperating to slidably interconnect said respective inner race ring and said driven member for simultaneous conjoint rotary movement and relative axial shifting there along during operation to permit relative axial movement between said bearing and said homokinetic joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.