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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Rico Dittmar, Schweinfurt, DE;
Thilo Beck, Werneck, DE;
Bernd Stephan, Schweinfurt, DE;
Arno Stubenrauch, Aidhausen, DE;
Peter Volpert, Bergrheinfeld, DE;
Thomas Will, Poppenhausen, DE;
John M. Dominguez, Elgin, IL (US);
Linas L. Maskaliunas, Geneva, IL (US);
Rico Dittmar, Schweinfurt, DE;
Thilo Beck, Werneck, DE;
Bernd Stephan, Schweinfurt, DE;
Arno Stubenrauch, Aidhausen, DE;
Peter Volpert, Bergrheinfeld, DE;
Thomas Will, Poppenhausen, DE;
John M. Dominguez, Elgin, IL (US);
Linas L. Maskaliunas, Geneva, IL (US);
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A sealing device is provided for sealing a space between a hub and a spindle pivotally connected by a bearing, the hub being coaxially mounted on the spindle and extending in an axial direction and the bearing having an inner ring. The sealing device includes a radial shaft seal including a shell portion having an outer static sealing surface disposeable against the hub and a hinge portion having a radial sealing lip. A sleeve member includes an inner static sealing surface disposeable against the spindle, a running surface contactable by the sealing lip and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion extends in the axial direction beyond a side surface of the bearing inner ring and is disposeable about a shoulder diameter of the bearing inner ring.