Axle means, method for producing the same and motor vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsRichard Starck, Jürgen Siebeneick
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Abstract
An axle device for a motor vehicle includes an axle shaft, a wheel receiving unit fixed on an end of the axle shaft, and a support body on which the wheel receiving unit is supported from rotation fixed about an axis of rotation. A bearing unit is arranged between the support body and the wheel receiving unit. The bearing unit includes an inner bearing shell at least partially formed by a surface portion of the wheel receiving unit, an outer bearing shell at least partially formed by a sleeve body abutting the support body, and a bearing assembly arranged between the inner bearing shell and the outer bearing shell.
Claims20
An axle device for a motor vehicle comprising:
- an axle shaft;
- a wheel receiving unit fixed on an end of the axle shaft;
- a support body on which the wheel receiving unit is supported for rotation about an axis of rotation;
- a bearing unit arranged between the support body and the wheel receiving unit, the bearing unit having a plurality of bearings journally supported upon and directly engaging a surface portion of the wheel receiving unit absent an inner bearing shell and an outer bearing shell at least partially formed by a sleeve body abutting the support body;
- and
- a locking element fixed on the support body and cooperating with a stop element to fix the sleeve body against movement in an axial direction, the locking element having a locking ring which, on the side of the bearing unit facing the axle shaft, abuts the sleeve body such that a protrusion formed on the support body engages in a radially extended groove formed in the sleeve body.
An axle device for a motor vehicle comprising:
- an axle shaft;
- a wheel receiving unit fixed on an end of the axle shaft;
- a support body on which the wheel receiving unit is supported for rotation about an axis of rotation;
- and
- a bearing unit arranged between the support body and the wheel receiving unit, the bearing unit having a plurality of bearings journally supported upon and directly engaging a surface portion of the wheel receiving unit absent an inner bearing shell and an outer bearing shell at least partially formed by a sleeve body abutting the support body;
- and, wherein
- the wheel receiving unit has a closure element that extends axially on the surface portion on a side adjacent the axle shaft and axially forms a back engagement for the plurality of bearings with a forming portion of the wheel receiving unit, which abuts the closure element on the side facing away from the surface portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.