Aktiebolaget Skf

Fabricio Teixeira

Rico Dittmar

Cengiz Ratip Shevket

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 bearing assembly includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a cage between the inner ring and the outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed in the cage, and at least one seal unit configured to seal an interior of the bearing assembly on one side with respect to an outer space. The seal unit includes a carrier element and an elastomer element attached to the carrier element, and a ring is mounted axially between the plurality of rolling elements and the carrier element, in the carrier element, for example, which ring is spaced from the cage and distinct from the cage.

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New Hudson, MI, United States of America

Fabricio Teixeira