Hub-wheel assembly, in particular for a vehicle
AssigneeSKF Industrie S.p.A.
InventorsAngelo Vignotto, Domenico Ducci, Paolo Bertetti, Stefano Bertalmio
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Abstract
A hub-wheel assembly having a rolling bearing wherein the rolling bodies roll between an inner ring having a flange for connection to the wheel and to the brake disk, and an outer ring having a flange for connection to the suspension upright. The bearing has an applied element in turn having two ears for connection of the brake calipers, and which is connected peripherally to the flange of the outer ring; and the applied element and the flange of the outer ring are made angularly integral with each other by pins engaging respective holes formed partly along the edge of the applied element and partly along the mating edge of the flange of the outer ring.
Claims12
A hub-wheel assembly for a vehicle, comprising a bearing adapted to connect a wheel in rotary manner to an upright of a suspension of the vehicle;
- said bearing comprising a first ring having an integral first radial flange, a second ring arranged coaxially with said first ring and having an integral second radial flange situated axially opposite the first flange, a number of rolling bodies radially interposed between said first and second rings to provide for relative rotation therebetween;
- said first and second flanges adapted to be secured respectively to said wheel and said upright;
- a separate generally plate-shaped applied element including a radially facing first edge seated on an oppositely radially facing second edge of said second flange;
- a torque transferring element operably connected to said second flange and said applied element for transferring angular torsion from said applied element to said second flange;
- said applied element having a radially facing third edge facing away from said first edge;
- and two ears projecting integrally from said third edge and adapted for connection to respective elements of a braking assembly for said wheel.
The hub-wheel assembly 4 wherein said at least one stress transferring element comprises a pin mounted in a hole formed in said second flange and extending parallel to a common axis of said first and second rings, said pin projecting from said second flange in a direction away from said first flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.