Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing device with seal treatment to reduce water ingress and method thereof
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Application No.: US14803507Application Date: 2015-07-20
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Publication No.: US09677604B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Robert Weiss, II , Emily Bygrave
- Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Herzogenaurach
- Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Current Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Herzogenaurach
- Agency: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC
- Main IPC: F16C33/46
- IPC: F16C33/46 ; F16C33/58 ; F16C33/80 ; F16C19/06 ; F16C19/16 ; F16C43/02 ; F16C43/04

Abstract:
A bearing device, including: a first housing including a first interior surface with a first portion and an exterior surface; a second housing including a second interior surface with a second portion and an exterior surface; a bearing assembly including a first ring connected to the first interior surface, a second ring connected to the second interior surface and a rolling element between the rings; a first space between first and second portions of the first and second interior surfaces, respectively and extending from the first and second exterior surface to the bearing assembly; and at least one first layer of a hydrophobic material adhered to and covering at least a first segment of the first portion; or a second segment of the second portion. The first segment includes less than an entirety of the first portion, and the second segment includes less than an entirety of the second portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160047419A1 BEARING DEVICE WITH SEAL TREATMENT TO REDUCE WATER INGRESS AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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