Bearing unit
AssigneeSKF Indutries, Inc.
InventorSture Asberg
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Abstract
The invention refers to a bearing unit for driven or non-driven wheels of vehicles. The unit incorporates an inner member (5), an outer member (1) with intermediary rolling bodies (2) and retainer (10) and seals (11). The inner member (5) is provided with a flange-like member (7) for attachment of the unit to a wheel or to a vehicle. The invention is characterized thereby that the flange-like member (7), which extends radially outside the rolling bodies (2), has recesses (14), which make it possible to mount and inspect the retainer (10) and/or the seal (11) from the exterior of the flange-like member (7).
Claims6
A bearing unit for driven or non-driven wheels of vehicles comprising inner and outer relatively rotatable members having confronting spaced raceways for a plurality of rolling elements, seal means adjacent opposite ends of an annular space between said inner and outer members, said inner member having a flange-like portion for mounting the bearing unit to the wheel or the vehicle, said flange-like portion comprising a hub located radially inwardly of the annular space and being of a configuration defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced lugs extending radially outwardly from the hub in a spoke-like array, said lugs defining a plurality of relatively large open areas, said lugs projecting radially beyond the rolling elements and spaced axially from said seal means a predetermined distance to permit mounting of said seal means, said lugs having means for mounting the wheel or vehicle thereto and means defining open areas between the lugs facilitating inspection or mounting of said seal means from exteriorly of said flange-like portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.