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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Niebling, Bad Kissingen, DE;
Heinrich Hofmann, Schweinfurt, DE;
Peter Kleinmann, Schwanfeld, DE;
Rainer Breitenbach, Gochsheim, DE;
Assignee:
FAG Kugelfischer 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
Wheel bearing unit for motor vehicles, comprising a roller bearing and a constant-velocity joint arranged inside the roller bearing. The outer part of the constant-velocity joint is situated opposite the inner ring flange of the bearing with clearance, and the outer part has an axially aligned extension section, in the area of which torque is transmitted. Only the extension section has radially directed projections, which project into recesses of the inner ring or the inner ring flange.