Volvo Truck Corporation

Deepak Sheelvant

Kent Augustsson

Ramachandran Sandrasekaran

Marcel Palmgren

Tobias Andersson

Luciano Scoparo

The invention relates to a wheel end assembly for a vehicle, comprising a wheel end bearing, a hub casing including a first material and a different second material joined together as a single piece, the hub casing comprising a radially external body of said first material and a radially internal tubular core of said second material, the tubular core being provided concentrically around the wheel end bearing, and an annular seal which is concentric with the wheel end bearing and the hub casing, wherein the annular seal has a radial extension from the wheel end bearing towards and into contact with one of the external body and the tubular core, and wherein the annular seal is spaced apart from the other one of the external body and the tubular core. The invention also relates to a wheel end arrangement and to a vehicle.

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Karnataka, India

Deepak Sheelvant