Wheel Bearing/constant velocity joint unit

• US 4,893,960 A
• Filed: 10/26/1987
• Issued: 01/16/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lohr & Bromkamp GmbH (GKN PLC)
• Original Assignee: Lohr & Bromkamp GmbH (GKN PLC)
• Inventors: Beier, Rudolf, Welschof, Hans-Heinrich
• Primary Examiner(s): KUNDRAT, ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US07/113,008
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 403/260, 403/261, 403/380, 403/274, 403/282, 403/277, 403/24, 29/148.4 A
• US Class Current: 403/24
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 27/0005 with ball bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/406 Clamping parts being collars, bushings or wedges
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/184 in O-arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2326/02 Wheel hubs or castors in general B60B
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 33/586 outside the space between the races, e.g. end faces or bore of inner ring
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 43/04 Assembling rolling-contact bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/076 by clamping together two faces perpendicular to the axis of rotation, e.g. with bolted flanges
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2003/22326 Attachments to the outer joint member, i.e. attachments to the exterior of the outer joint member or to the shaft of the outer joint member
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 3/2237 where the grooves are composed of radii and adjoining straight lines, i.e. undercut free [UF] type joints
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/49 Member deformed in situ

Abstract

The invention relates to a wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit having a double row bearing 2 which has been provided with at least one inner bearing ring 12 which is separate from the wheel hub 1. The wheel hub and the outer part of the constant velocity joint are form-fittingly and non-rotatingly connected to each other by spur teeth. The spur teeth at the wheel hub are preferably produced by orbital pressing or orbital forging, and while the forming process takes place a collar is produced at the wheel hub which serves for axially tensioning the inner bearing rings, at least the one of the joint end.

Claims

1. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit with a constant velocity joint, a double row bearing (2) provided with at least one inner bearing ring (12) separate from a wheel hub (1) and said inner bearing ring is axially held or tensioned by a formed collar (14) on the wheel hub (1), wherein the improvement comprises that said collar extends radially outward at least partially coextensive with and in contact with said inner bearing ring, spur or helical teeth (15) are formed into the formed collar (14) of the wheel hub (1) in the region at least partially coextensive with the inner bearing ring (12), and said spur or helical teeth are directly and non-rotatingly connectable to one joint component (4) of said constant velocity joint.

2. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit with a constant velocity joint, a double row bearing (2) provided with at least one inner bearing ring (12) separate from a wheel hub (1) and said inner bearing ring is axially held or tensioned by a formed collar (14) on the wheel hub (1), wherein the improvement comprises that said collar extends radially outwardly at least partially coextensive with and in contact with said inner bearing ring, helical or spur teeth (15₃) provided on an annular projection (18) extending radially outwardly from the inner bearing ring, said helical or spur teeth are directly and non-rotatingly connectable to one joint component of said constant velocity joint, with the inner bearing ring (12) having preformed engaging means engaged by the formed collar (14) in a form-fitting way.

4. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit according to claim 2, wherein the engaging means at the inner bearing ring (12) are additional spur teeth (19) positioned radially inwardly from the spur teeth (15₃) for the purpose of engaging the outer joint part (4).

5. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit according to claim 2, wherein the engaging means at the inner bearing ring (12) are axially extending inner teeth (23) positioned radially inwardly of said spur teeth (15₃) for the purpose of engaging the joint outer part (4).

3. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit with a constant velocity joint, a double row bearing (2) provided with at least one inner bearing ring (12) separate from a wheel hub (1) and said inner bearing ring is axially held or tensioned by a formed collar (14) on the wheel hub (1), wherein the improvement comprises that said collar extends radially outwardly at least partially coextensive with said inner bearing ring, helical or spur teeth (15) provided on an intermediate ring (20) which is separate from the inner bearing ring (12) and from the wheel hub (1) and extends radially outwardly from said hub at least partially coextensive with the inner bearing ring (12), the helical or spur teeth (15) being directly and non-rotatingly connectable to one joint component of said constant velocity joint, and the intermediate ring (20) having preformed engaging means (21) engaged by the collar in a form-fitting way.

6. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit according to claim 3, wherein the engaging means at the intermediate ring (20) are axially extending inner teeth (21) positioned radially inwardly of said spur teeth (15₄) in engagement with the joint outer part (4).

7. A wheel bearing/constant velocity joint unit according to claim 6, wherein the engaging means at the intermediate ring (20) are additional spur teeth.