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US 6,648,518 B2Granted
Constant velocity joint assembly with retention member
AssigneeGKN Automotive AG
InventorFrederick J. Uchman
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AssigneeGKN Automotive AG
InventorFrederick J. Uchman
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An assembly including an outer race of a constant velocity joint and part of a vehicle wheel bearing sealed by a sealing member. The outer race has a first bore defining a neck portion having an interior surface including an annular wall. The wheel bearing part has a second bore with an open end and a flange. The second bore defines a central passage and the flange engages the interior surface of the neck portion. The engaged portion is sealed by a sealing member including a body sealingly engaging the central passage and a diaphragm attached to the body sealingly engaging the annular wall. In one aspect of the invention, the sealing member body includes a cylindrical body having an annular groove formed therein containing a seal for sealingly engaging the central passage. In another aspect of the invention, the interior surface includes an annular ridge and the diaphragm includes a curved portion engaging the annular wall and the annular ridge.
An assembly comprising an outer race of a constant velocity joint and part of a vehicle wheel bearing, wherein the outer race has a first bore defining a neck portion having an interior surface including an annular wall, and wherein the wheel bearing part has a second bore with an open end and a flange, the second bore defining a central passage and the flange engaging the interior surface of said neck portion, the engaged portion being sealed by a sealing member comprising a body sealingly engaging said central passage and a diaphragm attached to said body said diaphragm including a rolled annular edge sealingly engaging said annular wall.
An assembly comprising an outer race of a constant velocity joint and part of a vehicle wheel bearing, wherein the outer race has a first, bore defining a neck portion having an interior surface including an annular wall, and wherein the wheel bearing part has a second bore in which there is received a tubular securing element defining a third bore, the securing element having a flange at one end of said second bore and being swaged outwardly at the other end of said second bore to engage the hub, the third bore defining a central passage and the flange engaging the interior surface of said neck portion, the engaged portion being sealed by a sealing member comprising a body sealingly engaging said central passage and a diaphragm attached to said body said diaphragm including a rolled annular edge sealingly engaging said annular wall.
In an assembly comprising part of a vehicle wheel bearing and a constant velocity joint outer race having a first bore defining a neck portion having an interior surface including an annular wall, and wherein the wheel bearing part has a second bore with an open end and a flange, the second bore defining a central passage, and a sealing member comprising a body, a fastener, and a diaphragm carried on said body said diaphragm including a rolled annular edge, a method of securing together the neck portion in telescopic relationship with the flange by the sealing member comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.