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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
May. 19, 1989
Gerhard Ankenbauer, Rotenburg/Fulda, DE;
Heinrich Hofmann, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A sealed anti-friction bearing including an outer ring and inner shaft and two axially spaced sets of races defined in them for rolling element balls, and a respective seal between the outer ring and the shaft axially outward of each of the sets of rolling for elements defining an enclosed space between the seals. A die cast housing cast outside the outer ring. In the axial region of each set of races and their respective adjacent seal, the cast housing including a plurality of axially extending, circumferentially spaced apart, radially projecting ribs generally arranged in a 'star shape'. The ribs at one set of races open radially outward of the housing and the ribs at the other set of races open radially outward into the remaining solid body of the housing.