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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Carlo Maldera, Giaveno, IT;
Angelo Vignotto, Turin, IT;
SKF Industrie S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
Sealing device for a flanged bearing for a wheel hub in which the flanged ends ( ) of the outer race ( ) have the metallic rings ( ) of a sealing device ( ) pressed on to their internal surfaces; each metallic ring ( ) incorporates a rubber element ( ) which is suitable for forming a static seal on the outer race of the bearing; the rubber element ( ) extends towards the inner race ( ) of the bearing ( ) to then bend back towards the outside of the bearing itself with an appendix ( ), which forms two seals ( and ) on the internal surface of a second metallic ring ( ); the latter is pressed on to the external surface of the inner race ( ) of the bearing; a rubber element ( ) is applied to the ring ( ) in correspondence with its free end ( ) which is axially turned towards the inside of the device; the rubber element ( ) presents at least two lips ( and ), one of which creates a dynamic seal between the two races ( and ) of the bearing together with the above-mentioned lips ( and ) of the metallic ring ( ), while the second lip ( ) creates a static seal of the ring ( ) against the surface ( ) of the inner race ( ) of the bearing which it faces.