Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-friction sealing device for wheel hub assemblies connected to constant-velocity joints
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Application No.: US16561205Application Date: 2019-09-05
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Publication No.: US11420467B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Giorgio Barberis , Fabio Nosenzo
- Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
- Current Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: J-Tek Law PLLC
- Agent Scott T. Wakeman; Mark A. Ussai
- Priority: IT102018000008427 20180910
- Main IPC: B60B27/00
- IPC: B60B27/00 ; F16J15/3204 ; F16D3/84

Abstract:
A sealing device for wheel hubs connected to constant-velocity joints including a first sealing assembly arranged between inner and outer rings of the wheel hub, and a second sealing assembly mounted on the inner ring and straddling the wheel hub and an outer ring of the constant-velocity joint. The first sealing assembly has a signal generating element having an annular insert mounted externally on a shield facing the constant-velocity joint and extending axially projecting above part of an annular step formed, on the same side as the constant-velocity joint, on a radially outer side surface of the inner ring, in a position immediately adjacent to the sleeve portion of the first shield. The second sealing assembly includes a tubular support keyed onto the inner ring by its first end on the outside edge folded in the manner of an L and shaped to engage inside the annular insert.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200079150A1 LOW-FRICTION SEALING DEVICE FOR WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES CONNECTED TO CONSTANT-VELOCITY JOINTS Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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