Patent · US Expired

Axial bearing having an adjoining seal

US5584585A · kind A · utility

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5References

9Claims

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Assignee

Ford Motor Company · US

Inventors

Vladimir Premiski
Wilhelm Wehren · Kerpen, DE
Mark Silk · Pulheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 1995
Grant date	Dec 17, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C19/545
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an axial bearing with an adjoining seal between two members, which form contact surfaces for the rolling elements (2) of the bearing, which are held by a cage (1, 15), one of the two members is formed by a thrust washer (4, 14, 18) for the rolling elements (2), which is integrated as a part of the bearing assembly and is provided at a central centering opening (7) with a conical seating surface (8) through which the thrust washer can be resiliently loaded radially by a sliding surface (11) of complementary shape to provide a radial seal.

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