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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
Werner Krude, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Ludger Wenning, Neunkirchen, DE;
GKN Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A wheel hub unit having a wheel hub ( ), a wheel bearing ( ) and an outer joint part ( ) of a constant velocity universal joint which, at the hub end, includes a shaft journal ( ) with shaft splines ( ), which shaft journal ( ) is inserted into a through-aperture ( ) of the wheel hub, which through-aperture ( ) is provided with internal splines ( ), wherein an axial securing mechanism between the wheel hub ( ) and the outer joint part ( ) are formed by a securing ring ( ) which comprises a rectangular cross-section and which engages corresponding rectangular circumferential grooves in the internal splines ( ) and in the shaft splines ( ) and is arranged near the end of the shaft journal, and wherein, at the shaft journal ( ), near its base, there is provided a centering collar which, in a radially play-free way, engages the through-aperture ( ) of the wheel hub ( ).