Patent · US Expired

Bearing bushing for universal joints

US4611932A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

Armin Olschewski · Schweinfurt, DE
Bernhard Bauer · Lebring, AT
Elisabeth Zirk · Dittelbrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 1984
Grant date	Sep 16, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S277/928
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In combination, a bearing bushing for universal joints of generally cup-like form, a sealing ring for sealing a space between the bearing bushing and a shoulder of a machine part supported in the bushing, a circumferentially extending radially inwardly directed flange at the open axial end of said bearing bushing defining an annular interior recess, said sealing ring having a radially outwardly directed circumferential projection engaging in said annular recess interiorly of said flange, and means defining at least one axial opening in said sealing ring defining a passage connecting the running space of the bearing with an annular space outboard of the flange bounded by said flange and sealing ring.

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