Patent · US Expired

Bearing assembly and method for making a component thereof

US5639167A · kind A · utility

5Cited by

3References

1Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

Rudiger Hans · Niederwerrn, DE
Elmar Mause · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 1996
Grant date	Jun 17, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2360/44
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Bearing design for the drive gear and the pump impeller of a cooling water pump for motor vehicles, with a shaft, which is installed so that it can rotate by means of two rows of balls in an outer bearing ring, and which projects on both sides beyond the outer bearing ring, characterized in that the shaft (12) is produced by the extrusion method and has a wall (20) separating chambers or compartments extending inwardly from opposing ends of the shaft, the wall is located on the drive side outside the rows of balls (24).

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