Patent · US Expired

Bearing assembly

US4372628A · kind A · utility

16Cited by

5References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Kiener · Waigolshausen, DE
Gunter Neder · Schweinfurt, DE
Ranier Schurger · Schwanfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 1981
Grant date	Feb 8, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2001

Classification

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

Abstract

In a bearing assembly particularly for wheel bearings comprising an inner ring having at least one radially outwardly directed fastening flange, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements in the annular space between the rings, a cap secured to the inner ring having a radial section extending between the outer ring and fastening flange and a seal ring fastened to the outer ring which slides on the cap, means defining at least one space between the radial cap section and the fastening flange of said inner ring, said space being filled at least partly with means which inhibits heat transfer from the inner ring to the cap.

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