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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Markus Jung, Cologne, DE;
Carsten Kremer, Roetgen, DE;
Gerd Bruessler, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Stephan Weykam, Rommerskirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/72 (2006.01); F16C 41/00 (2006.01); G01P 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/723 (2013.01); F16C 41/00 (2013.01); G01P 3/443 (2013.01); F16C 2326/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing cap having a top wall, a side wall extending away from the top wall, a peripheral wall extending away from the top wall forming a receiver, a bottom wall closes the receiver at an axial end facing the top wall, and at least one opening is formed by the peripheral wall to drain moisture from the receiver.