Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Holger Kaup

Peter Niebling

Manfred Kraus

Walter Holweger

Marcus Wolf

Toni Blass

Matthias Goss

Jorg Loos

Alexander Seiffer

Michael Oliver Kobes

Kerstin Beyer

Lucas Gruener

Berthold Krautkrämer

Jörg Loos

A hybrid connection element, in particular a bearing outer element of a wheel bearing, includes a core part made of steel and a reinforcement part made of plastic. The reinforcement part at least partially encases the core part. The core part includes a hollow cylindrical bearing unit extending in an axial direction and a flange extending in a radial direction. The reinforcement part includes at least one reinforcement rib which transmits force between the bearing unit and the flange of the core part.

Wheel bearing unit

A method for operating a bearing arrangement () including at least one rolling bearing (). The method provides for applying a positive electric potential to a bearing part () of the rolling bearing (), another part () of the bearing arrangement () being connected as a cathode, and a current flowing between the bearing part () and the cathode () is limited.

Method for operating a bearing arrangement

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Erlangen, Germany

Holger Kaup