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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Rico Dittmar, Schweinfurt, DE;
Padelis Katsaros, Schweinfurt, DE;
Volker Wendt, Üchtelhausen/Zell, DE;
Rico Dittmar, Schweinfurt, DE;
Padelis Katsaros, Schweinfurt, DE;
Volker Wendt, Üchtelhausen/Zell, DE;
Aktiebolaget SKF, Göteborg, SE;
Abstract
A universal joint including a joint cross having a bearing journal supported in a trunnion bearing having a bearing bushing and a seal assembly including a one-piece seal body sealing the journal cross against the bearing bushing, the seal body having a first lip configured to form a dynamic seal on the bearing bushing or on a U-shaped sleeve connected to the bearing bushing, a second lip configured to form a dynamic seal on the bearing bushing or on the sleeve, a first arm of the sleeve being press-fit in a cylindrical receiving surface of the bearing bushing, or the sleeve having a section that is rounded or doubly corrugated in radial section, or wherein between the seal body and rolling elements of the trunnion bearing a separate ring part is disposed and pressed towards the rolling elements by at least one elastic element projecting from the seal body.