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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Robert Weiss, II, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Emily Bygrave, Troy, MI (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A bearing device, including: a first housing including a first interior surface with a first portion and an exterior surface; a second housing including a second interior surface with a second portion and an exterior surface; a bearing assembly including a first ring connected to the first interior surface, a second ring connected to the second interior surface and a rolling element between the rings; a first space between first and second portions of the first and second interior surfaces, respectively and extending from the first and second exterior surface to the bearing assembly; and at least one first layer of a hydrophobic material adhered to and covering at least a first segment of the first portion; or a second segment of the second portion. The first segment includes less than an entirety of the first portion, and the second segment includes less than an entirety of the second portion.