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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Michael Johannes Frantzen, Aachen, DE;
Michael Johannes Frantzen, Aachen, DE;
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles with a bearing provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, the bearing being fitted with its outer ring into a bearing casing and the outer ring being mechanically supported in axial direction on a first side by a supporting surface provided on the bearing casing. Discrete and preferably evenly arranged stop protrusions are formed on the inner circumference of the bearing casing, the outer ring abutting thereon in axial direction on its second side, and the stop protrusions being formed by locally plastic forming the bearing casing.