Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .Kg

Thomas Fickert

Harald Peschke

Dieter Jauernig

Rainer Schenk

Siegfried Gotz

Wolfram Kruhoeffer

Olaf Wilhelm

Bernard Nicola

The invention relates to a spherical plain bearing, having an inner ring with a spherically curved outer surface and an outer ring having a spherically curved inner surface, a seal being arranged in a continuous groove in the outer ring. The seal has an annular support and rubs against the outer surface of the inner ring. The seal has two mutually spaced resilient sealing lips facing in opposite directions. The first sealing lip being oriented outwards and the second sealing lip being oriented inwards.

Joint bearing

The invention relates to a gasket unit () for a journal bearing (), sealing an annular gap () between the bearing bushing () and the journal (). The gasket unit () comprises a main seal () provided with a front seal () arranged in front if it, and a spring washer () is inserted between the rollers () and the primary seal ().

Gasket unit for a bearing bushing

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Feuchtwangen, Germany

Thomas Fickert