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Unit comprising a wheel bearing and at least one vehicle-sided fixed support

US7931408B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

Peter Niebling · Bad Kissingen, DE
Gottfried Ruoff · Oberwerrn, DE
Horst Doeppling · Herzogenaurach, DE
Darius Dlugai · Schweinfurt, DE
Ralf Stopp · Schömberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2005
Grant date	Apr 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A unit, which has a wheel bearing and at least one vehicle-sided fixed support. The wheel bearing has at least one outer part which is rigidly fixed to at least one bearing seat which is embodied as an axial passage of a sheet metal molded part of the support, and at least one end section of the outer part is surrounded in a radial and supple manner, at least in the proximity of the passage such that the end section engages in an axial mariner behind the support.

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