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US 7,407,045 B2Granted
Connection between a wheel bearing and a wheel carrier
AssigneeFAG Kugelfischer AG
InventorsHeinrich Hofmann, Jens Heim, Peter Niebling, Horst Masuch
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Abstract
A wheel bearing having fixed part accommodating the brake caliper. The fixed part of the wheel bearing is connected to the wheel carrier by connecting elements. At least one projection is integrated with the fixed part, the wheel carrier or the connecting element. The projection transmits to the wheel carrier at least the torque acting in the fixed part during braking.
Claims6
A connection between a wheel bearing and a wheel carrier comprising:
- connecting elements only connecting the wheel carrier and a fixed part of the wheel bearing;
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- at least one projection, integrated with at least one of the fixed part of the wheel bearing, the wheel carrier and the connecting elements, transmitting to the wheel carrier a torque acting in the fixed part of the wheel bearing during braking;
- the fixed part of the wheel bearing structured to couple to a brake caliper,
- wherein the projection comprises a bolt and a threaded section to receive the bolt, the projection being formed around at least one of the connecting elements, and
- wherein the wheel carrier has a receiving aperture therein and the projection is expandable by screwing the bolt into the threaded section of the projection so that the projection frictionally engages with the receiving aperture of the wheel carrier.
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A connection between a wheel bearing and a wheel carrier comprising:
- connecting elements only connecting the wheel carrier and a fixed part of the wheel bearing;
- and
- at least one projection, initially formed as a single integral portion of at least one of the fixed part of the wheel bearing, the wheel carrier and the connecting elements, transmitting to the wheel carrier a torque acting in the fixed part of the wheel bearing during braking, the at least one projection having a hole therethrough;
- the fixed part of the wheel bearing structured to couple to a brake caliper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.