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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Andrea Serafini, Pinerolo, IT;
Flavio Franza, San Secondo di Pinerolo (TO), IT;
Laura Sguotti, Pinerolo, IT;
Domenico Bosco, Borgaro Torinese, IT;
Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Den Dungen, NL;
Andrea Serafini, Pinerolo, IT;
Flavio Franza, San Secondo di Pinerolo (TO), IT;
Laura Sguotti, Pinerolo, IT;
Domenico Bosco, Borgaro Torinese, IT;
Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Den Dungen, NL;
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A method for axially preloading a bearing hub assembly having a rotatable hub, provided with rolling tracks and a bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring, provided with rolling tracks, and a double row of rolling bodies disposed between the radially outer ring and the hub. The method requires the use of a bias unit and provides the following steps: a) feeding to an assembly station a hub bearing assembly, already assembled; b) verifying the value of the interference (C) between the radially outer ring and the bias unit; c) exerting an axial force (F) radially on the outer ring for the bias unit to deform under compression the radially outer ring that in turn will transmit a force to the rolling bodies via the raceways.