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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
James P. Johnson, St. Charles, IL (US);
David Dubovik, Lisle, IL (US);
Adam M. Theros, Plainfield, IL (US);
Emerson Power Transmission Manufacturing, L.P., Maysville, KY (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly having a bearing inner ring with an inner raceway and a bearing outer ring with an outer raceway and a plurality of rolling elements positioned therebetween, and a seal cartridge including a seal carrier fixed with respect to the outer ring, a flinger element fixed with respect to the inner ring, and a flexible sealing member affixed to the seal carrier, wherein the flexible sealing member includes a first sealing leg in sliding contact with an inner surface of a first flange of the flinger element, a second sealing leg in sliding contact with the inner surface of the first flange of the flinger element, and a third sealing leg in sliding contact with the inwardly tapered inner surface of a second radially inwardly flange of the flinger element.