Rolling-element bearing unit for a motor vehicle wheel or a motorbike rocker arm

US10962057B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

• Henning Kern · Schweinfurt, DE
• Michael Emmert · Willmars, DE
• Tom SCHMITZ · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C33/6655
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolling-element bearing unit for use in a motor vehicle wheel or in a motorbike rocker arm includes outer and inner raceway elements and a set of rolling elements between the inner and outer raceway elements such that the inner and outer raceway elements are pivotable or rotatable relative to each other and also a lubricant reservoir body in the bearing interior for storing and dispensing a lubricant, the body including bridge elements extending between adjacent pairs of the rolling elements and a side ring connecting the bridge elements.