Aktiebolaget Skf

Skf Indunstrie S.p.a.

Cengiz Ratip Shevket

Marco Brunetti

Fabricio Teixeira

Ganesh Kamath

A wheel end assembly includes a hub connectable with a wheel and having a bore for receiving a shaft. An inboard bearing within the bore includes an outer ring coupled with hub, an inner ring within the outer ring and rolling elements. A seal assembly is coupled with the inner ring and retains the inner ring within the outer ring when the end assembly is separate from the shaft. An outboard bearing within the hub bore includes an outer ring coupled with the hub, an inner ring within the outer ring and rolling elements. A nut assembly is disposed adjacent to the outboard bearing and includes a nut threadably engaging the shaft. A retainer retains the nut assembly adjacent to the outboard bearing to limit axial displacement of the outboard inner ring to maintain the inner ring within the outer ring when the wheel end is separate from the shaft.

Unitized wheel end assembly

A hub bearing assembly comprising a hub having a radially outwardly directed flange at one axial end for mounting the wheel of a vehicle, an outer ring having axially spaced raceways and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in two rows in the annular space between the outer ring and the hub, the diameter of the pitch circle of the outboard row of rolling elements adjacent said flange being greater than the diameter of the pitch circle of the rolling elements in the inboard row.

Asymmetric hub assembly

An annular hub () has flange () for connecting to a wheel and an axial cylindrical surface () for mounting a bearing unit (). An intermediate annular member () is coupled for rotation to a driving axle shaft () by a first toothed/splined coupling () and to the hub () by a second toothed/splined coupling ().

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Novi, MI, United States of America

Cengiz Ratip Shevket