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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Peter Niebling, Bad Kissingen, DE;
Roland Langer, Schwanfeld, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Industriestrasse, DE;
Abstract
An inner raceway () having a rolling element raceway facing radially outward, for an angular contact bearing arrangement, and particularly an angular ball bearing arrangement, where a cylindrical surface which is situated at the furthest outward position radially is included as a seal seat. Such inner raceways are used in wheel bearing units, for example, which have an orbital rivet bond, which in turn can also form an end-face gearing (). The orbital rivet bond and the axial extension () of the inner raceway form an annular gap () which leads to a configuration where a decoupling of loads from the inner raceway () prevents an undesired deformation of the same. In addition, advantages result from the sealing of the region of the orbital rivet bond and/or the end-face gearing () thereof.