Bearing assembly with temperature sensor

A rolling bearing assembly having a temperature sensor built therein, which bearing assembly comprises:

• stationary and rotary bearing rings one positioned inside the other;
• a sealing member secured to the stationary bearing ring;
• and
• the temperature sensor secured to the sealing member to measure a temperature inside the bearing assembly,
• wherein the sealing member includes a plate-like core metal fitted to the stationary bearing ring, and an elastic member made of one of rubber or resin and integrated together with the core metal and wherein the temperature sensor is secured to a plate surface of the core metal in contact therewith, to determine a temperature of the core metal, and
• the core metal includes a cylindrical portion mounted on a peripheral surface of the stationary bearing ring which confronts the rotary bearing ring, a flange portion engaged to at least one annular end face of the stationary bearing ring, and a slant portion bent from an inner end of the cylindrical portion so as to extend diagonally radially therefrom and wherein the temperature sensor is disposed within a space delimited by and between the cylindrical portion and the slant portion.