Bearing arrangement for non-powered wheels on vehicles
AssigneeSaab-Scania Aktiebolag
InventorSigurd Andrew Mauritz Nordstrom
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Abstract
A bearing arrangement for a non-powered vehicle wheel. The wheel is provided with a hub neck for cooperation with a recess in a steering spindle. Said recess supports the outer rings of two roller bearings, the inner rings of which support the hub neck. The bearings are axially spaced apart by means of spacer sleeves. The wheel hub is secured axially by means of a centrally positioned hub bolt that passes freely through a hole in the hub and with its free end is screwed into a nut that is axially secured relative to said recess and that is rotating together with the inner ring of the inner bearing.
Claims7
Bearing arrangement for a non-powered wheel on vehicles of the kind wherein the hub of the wheel has a hub neck which engages in a sleeve which is non-rotatably secured in the vehicle, two roller bearings being arranged between the hub neck and the sleeve, the hub and the roller bearings being held in the assembled position in the sleeve by means of a centrally positioned hub bolt, the improvement wherein each roller bearing has inner and outer rings, said roller bearings having races inclined towards each other, and inner and outer spacer sleeves are arranged between the respective inner and outer rings of the roller bearings, said hub bolt passing freely through a central hole of the hub from the outer side of the same and being screwed into a nut surrounded by the sleeve and locked against axial movement.
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