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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir Premiski, Zuelpenich-Buervenich, DE;
Wilhelm Wehren, Kerpen-Blatzheim, DE;
Mark Silk, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384607 ; 384615 ; 384622 ; 384620 ;
Abstract
In an axial bearing with an adjoining seal between two members, which form contact surfaces for the rolling elements (2) of the bearing, which are held by a cage (1, 15), one of the two members is formed by a thrust washer (4, 14, 18) for the rolling elements (2), which is integrated as a part of the bearing assembly and is provided at a central centering opening (7) with a conical seating surface (8) through which the thrust washer can be resiliently loaded radially by a sliding surface (11) of complementary shape to provide a radial seal.