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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1984
SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
In combination, a bearing bushing for universal joints of generally cup-like form, a sealing ring for sealing a space between the bearing bushing and a shoulder of a machine part supported in the bushing, a circumferentially extending radially inwardly directed flange at the open axial end of said bearing bushing defining an annular interior recess, said sealing ring having a radially outwardly directed circumferential projection engaging in said annular recess interiorly of said flange, and means defining at least one axial opening in said sealing ring defining a passage connecting the running space of the bearing with an annular space outboard of the flange bounded by said flange and sealing ring.