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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Naoshi Hattori, Iwata, JP;
Kazuo Komori, Iwata, JP;
Naoshi Hattori, Iwata, JP;
Kazuo Komori, Iwata, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member having an inboard end formed with a knuckle mount defined in an outer periphery thereof for engagement with a knuckle of an automotive suspension system, and also having an inner periphery formed with a plurality of raceway surfaces, in which the raceway surfaces in the outer member on the inboard side are in their entirety or partly held in overlapping relation within an axial range in which the knuckle mount is defined; an inner member having an outer periphery formed with raceway surfaces cooperable and aligned with the raceway surfaces in the outer member and also having a wheel fitting flange provided in an outboard end of the outer periphery thereof; and rows of balls interposed between the raceway surfaces in the outer member and the raceway surfaces in the inner member, respectively.