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Hub for a wheel bearing unit

US8246256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Roland Langer · Schwanfeld, DE
Ernst Masur · Untereuerheim, DE
Ralf Heiss · Nuremberg, DE
Benno Fueller · Karlstadt, DE
Peter Niebling · Bad Kissingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2006
Grant date	Aug 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

A hub on a wheel bearing unit, which has at least one inner ring, sitting on the hub. The inner ring is axially retained on the hub by a collar, which has a toothing, formed from the hub. The inner ring has a radially inward broken-out section on the front face thereof and the broken-out section is filled with plastically displaced material from the collar such that the material of the inner ring at least engages in the broken-out section and the material in the broken-out section is enclosed in the radial direction by the inner ring.

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