Skf France

Aktiebolaget Skf

Claude Caillault

Christophe Houdayer

Christian Rigaux

Pascal Lhote

Romuald Lescorail

Thierry Poulle

Virginie Hamada

Sylvain Bussit

Frederic Ponson

Christophe Bonnin

Frédéric Ponson

The invention concerns a freewheel bearing device including an outer element and inner element arranged inside the outer element, and a free wheel provided with at least a wedging element, arranged between the inner element and the outer element to allow a free rotational movement in one direction between the outer element and the inner element and for transmission of a torque in the other direction between the outer element and the inner element, the free wheel including a ring provided with a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface, substantially aligned on a radial plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the device, and a torque limiting member adapted to limit the torque transmitted by the free wheel, the torque limiting member being arranged radially between said ring and the outer element or the inner element in contact with said ring and said element.

Freewheel bearing device with torque limiter

Hydraulically operated clutch release bearing device of the type including an operating element provided with an annular piston and a seal in contact with the piston, and a rolling-contact bearing axially secured to the operating element, the piston including a rear surface in contact with the said seal, at least one concave region being formed locally in the said rear surface of the piston.

Clutch release bearing and method of manufacture

Rolling-contact bearing equipped with a sealing device for the passage of a fluid. The bearing comprises a rotating race and a non-rotating race, through each one of which there pass channels (6,7) for the passage of fluid, rolling bodies (3) between the rotating race and non-rotating race, and a sealing device (8) mounted between the rotating race and non-rotating race to form a sealed intermediate chamber (14) communicating with the channels (6,7) for the passage of the fluid. The intermediate chamber has two flexible walls (11), the free end parts of which form two sealing lips (12) in rubbing contact with a bearing surface (13) of one of the races (2) of the bearing. The sealing device (8) comprises two coaxial seals made of a flexible material and held against each other by means of a metal reinforcing member (10), each of the seals comprising a ring of axial teeth (16) separated from one another by circumferential gaps. The dimensions of the teeth and of the gaps separating them are such that when the two seals of the device are held against each other, the teeth of one of the seals of the device penetrate between the teeth of the other seal of the device forming radial channels (23) for the flow of fluid through the device.

Rolling-contact bearing equipped with a sealing device for the passage

The rolling-contact bearing comprises one outer race 11, two inner races 12,13, two rows of rolling bodies 14 held in cages 15 and a built-in device for detecting the speed of rotation, of the type comprising a sensor means 17 and an encoder means 19 which are located in the annular chamber defined between the inner races 12, 13 and outer race 11 and the rolling bodies 14. The encoder means 19 comprises an active part 20 capable of creating in the sensor means 17 a periodic signal of frequency proportional to the rotational speed of the bearing 1. The encoder means 19 comprises a support part 21 secured to the inner races 12,13 and made of a nonmagnetic material, so that the said support part 21 axially holds the inner races 12,13 against each other before the bearing 1 is mounted in the mechanical assembly for which it is intended. According to the invention, the encoder axially secures the inner races after the bearing has been assembled and cannot come into contact with the rolling bodies.

Rolling-contact bearing equipped with a built-in device for detecting

A member for axially retaining a rolling-contact bearing (6) relative to a mechanical element (13) radially adjacent to the rolling-contact bearing consists of an open metallic ring (21) which can be elastically deformed radially, produced from a thin sheet of metal, and including a substantially cylindrical part (22), at least one end of which is equipped with a radial rim intended to interact both with a circular groove (14) formed in a housing (12) of the mechanical element adjacent to the rolling-contact bearing and with the non-rotating race (11) of the rolling-contact bearing, so as to form an axial limit stop for the latter.

Member for axial retention of a rolling-contact bearing with information

A device for sensing the rotation speed of a bearing comprises an encoder member fastened to a rotating part of the bearing and a sensor assembly comprising a plastics material sensor support housing a sensor and a metal support for locating and fastening the sensor assembly on and to a non-rotating part of the bearing. The sensor support is overmolded onto the latter's outside surface. The sensor faces the encoder member in order to measure its rotation speed. The-metal support comprises a substantially axial centring portion adapted to cooperate removably with a bearing surface on the non-rotating part of the bearing and a washer-like plane radial portion adjacent the centring portion adapted to be clamped between a radial surface of the non-rotating part of the bearing and a radial surface of a non-rotating member. The device may be fitted to vehicle wheel hub assemblies.

Removable device for sensing the rotation speed of a bearing, and a

The device for detecting the rotational speed of a rolling-contact bearing includes an encoding element provided with a multipolar ring with axial magnetism secured to the rotating race of the bearing. The device further includes a sensor element provided with a passive sensor with a coil wound in an annular magnetic flux concentrator of U-shaped cross-section, and with a sensor holder secured to the non-rotating race of the bearing. The multipolar ring and the sensor element are located radially with an air gap. The magnetic flux concentrator includes a cylindrical part delimited axially by two collecting branches situated radially outside the cylindrical part. At least one of the collecting branches includes teeth on its periphery. Also, that branch of the flux concentrator which is located on the same side as the rolling elements is inclined toward the adjoining row of rolling elements.

Device for radial detection of the rotational speed of a rolling-contact

A composite annular encoder (15) for a bearing with information sensor (16), comprises an annular metal support (21) of L-shaped cross section with a plane radial part (21a) and an axial part (21b), and a annular element (22) produced as a single piece made from thermoplastic material, which annular element is constituted by a radial part (22a) which includes the multipole ring (22b) and is overmolded onto the plane radial part (21a) of the metal support, and by an axial retaining part (22c) overmolded onto the outer surface of the axial part (21b) of the metal support. The metal support has, on its axial part, anchoring points (21c, 21d) for the overmolding of the axial retaining part (22c) of the annular element made from thermoplastic material, enabling the thermoplastic annular element and the metal support to be rendered axially and circumferentially integral.

Composite annular encoder for a bearing, and bearing with information

The sealing device (1) for a bearing (2) includes a first piece (8) of annular overall shape secured to the non-rotating race (4) of the bearing and supporting a permanent magnet (14), a second piece (9) of annular overall shape secured to the rotating race (3) of the bearing and including an annular part forming a pulse generator and a flexible sealing part in contact with the first piece. In operation the first and second pieces (8, 9) mounted in the radial space between the rotating race and non-rotating race at one end of the bearing provide the sealing of the bearing with respect to the external surroundings, the permanent magnet (14) being arranged facing a sensor (11) which is fixed with respect to the non-rotating race, the pulse generator passing between the permanent magnet and the sensor during the rotation of the rotating race of the bearing.

Sealing device including an encoding element for a bearing, and bearing

Sensor assembly for data sensor bearing comprising a coder element (11) rigid with the rotating part (6) of the bearing and a sensor element (17, 18) rigid with the fixed part (7) of the bearing and arranged facing the coder element with an air gap, the assembly being produced as a single block with an annular sensor-holder part (15) provided with an annular span (28) for fitment onto the non-rotating race of the bearing, and an annular leaktight carrier part (16) axially offset relative to the sensor-holder part and carrying a leaktight seal (24, 25), the leaktight seal co-operating with the coder element fitted onto the rotating race of the bearing. Application to vehicle wheel hubs equipped with an ABS system.

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Saint Roch, France

Claude Caillault