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Optimized wheel hub assembly

US12222005B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

Marco Romanetto · Pianezza, IT
Luca Donetti · Torino, IT
Thomas Niestroj · Würzburg, DE
Fausto Morello · Bra, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2326/02
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing unit having an axis of rotation (X) for a wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles includes stationary radially outer ring, a rotatable wheel hub or first radially inner ring, a rotatable second radially inner ring having an axially external first axial contact edge, an axially internal second axial contact edge having a radially external first contact surface configured to abut a surface of the first radially inner ring, a radially internal second contact surface, and a relief groove interposed radially between the first contact surface and the second contact surface, two rows of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the second radially inner ring, and a joint including a bell, the second contact surface contacting a surface of the bell and axial locks the radially inner ring, and the relief groove reducing contact between the second contact edge and the surface of the bell.

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