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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Wilhelm Walter, Poppenhausen, DE;
Alexander Haepp, Hofheim, DE;
Bernhard Wilm, Nuedlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The seal for sealing off the bearing interior of a bearing has a first sealing lip angled outward from a base of the seal and forming a first sealing contact, and a second sealing lip angled inward from the base and forming a second sealing contact. An annular chamber is formed between the first sealing lip and the second sealing lip. The first sealing lip has at least one ventilation opening which leads into the chamber from the outside. The ventilation opening is positioned at the first sealing contact.