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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinrich Hofmann, Schwelnfurt, DE;
Peter Niebling, Bad Kissingen, DE;
Peter Kleinmann, Schwanfeld, DE;
Assignee:
FAG Automobiltechnik AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/224 ; F16C 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/224 ; F16C 1/300 ;
Abstract
A wheel bearing with an integrated constant velocity joint. The joint has a sheet-metal outer ring. Drive torque is transmitted from the outer ring of the constant velocity joint to the inner ring flange of a surrounding bearing by a tooth system. The tooth system is formed in the inner ring flange in such a way that it supports a wavelike outer contour of the outer ring of the constant velocity joint over a defined circumferential length section of the outer ring. The outer ring of the joint has tracks that mesh with the tooth system. The ends of the tracks are bent inward away from the tooth system.