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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Antonia Nastasi, Turin, IT;
Daniele Duch, San Gillio, IT;
Other;
Abstract
A sealing device for a wheel hub unit configured to form a static seal to protect the wheel hub unit from environmental contaminants. The sealing device including a shield that is coupled to a collar of the wheel hub unit. The sealing device having a cylindrical lateral mounting wall pressed into the collar, an annular seat with a blind end formed in the cylindrical lateral wall, and a sealing gasket positioned, inside the seat and compressed radially between the groove and the collar, and formed by a sealing compound to allow the formation of a bead against the cylindrical lateral wall in a transport and/or assembly configuration of the sealing device. The bead being movable into the seat by a scraping action exerted by the collar during the assembly of the shield.