Aktiebolaget Skf

Akiebolaget Skf

Florence Crenn

Bruno Montboeuf

Richard Corbett

Désiré Vidot

A suspension thrust bearing device having a lower cover, an upper cover and a rolling bearing disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover. The rolling bearing providing a lower ring mounted on the lower cover and an upper ring mounted on the upper cover. The rolling bearing further providing rolling elements disposed between the two rings. The lower cover has a body formed of a rigid material part and a flexible material part forming a seal of the device. The flexible part of the lower cover includes at least one labyrinth sealing lip that cooperates with the upper cover to leave a narrow passage forming a labyrinth seal between one edge of the labyrinth sealing lip and the upper cover and at least one rubbing sealing lip in contact with the upper cover.

Suspension thrust bearing device

This motor vehicle suspension stop comprises a first ring, a second ring, balls () bearing against two raceways () respectively defined by the first ring and by the second ring, and a cage () for holding the balls between the raceways. The cage () is provided with abutment pins (), each for bearing against one of the raceways (), thereby avoiding direct contact between the cage () and the adjacent edges () of the rings. These pins () are distributed on either side of a radial midplane (P) of the cage () that contains the centers of cells in the cage. The axial distance (d) between the ends () of the abutment pins () is strictly less than the minimum distance (D) between the raceways ().

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Amboise, France

Florence Crenn