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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120104837 | WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING A CENTERING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES A wheel bearing assembly with a centering device that includes a wheel hub arranged rotatably on an axle body about an axis of rotation. The assembly further includes a centering unit fixed to the wheel hub, wherein the centering unit has a centering portion, and wherei... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120049611 | VEHICLE HUB UNIT A vehicle hub unit includes: an outer ring; rolling elements; a hub wheel that is arranged radially inward of the outer ring via the rolling elements; and an inner ring member that is fixed to an end portion of a hub spindle of the hub wheel by clinching. A spline tooth... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110298272 | DEVICE COMPRISING A WHEEL HUB AND A CONSTANT VELOCITY ROTARY JOINT A device comprising at least one wheel hub with a flange section and a sleeve section, and a constant-velocity rotary joint, at least one joint outer part, a joint inner part and torque-transmitting elements, wherein the wheel hub and the constant-velocity rotary joint ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110254354 | Wheel Hub Assembly with Two Rows of Rolling Elements A wheel hub assembly with two rows of rolling elements has a central axis of rotation and inner raceway and outer raceways for each row of elements, the associated inner and outer raceways being axially displaced in accordance with a respective angle of contact and alon... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254353 | Wheel Hub Assembly with Dual Rows of Rolling Elements A wheel hub assembly with two rows of rolling elements has a central axis of rotation and inner raceway and outer raceways for each row of elements, the associated inner and outer raceways being axially displaced in accordance with a respective angle of contact and alon... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254352 | Wheel Hub Assembly with Two Rows of Rolling Elements A wheel hub assembly with two rows of rolling elements has a central axis of rotation and inner raceway and outer raceways for each row of elements, the associated inner and outer raceways being axially displaced in accordance with a respective angle of contact and alon... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254356 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus Incorporated With A Wheel Speed Detecting Apparatus A wheel speed detecting apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an inner ring axially secured on a wheel hub. A protecting cover, with a substantially dish-shaped configuration, is press-formed from a non-magnetic austenitic stainless steel sheet. ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254355 | Asymmetric Wheel Hub Assembly An asymmetric wheel hub assembly with two rows of rolling elements of different pitch diameters has a central axis of rotation and inner raceway and outer raceways for each row of elements, the associated inner and outer raceways being axially displaced in accordance wi... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248555 | WHEEL CARRIER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE A wheel carrier for a motor vehicle in which the wheel carrier is typically manufactured from aluminum. The wheel carrier comprises a recess (1) for receiving an outer ring (2) of a wheel bearing (3). An inner ring (4) of the wheel bearing (<... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241416 | ROTARY FORMING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RIVET FLANGE A rotary forming method for producing a rivet flange of a wheel hub on which a wheel bearing is mounted. A rivet flange is formed from a cylindrical part of a wheel huh by a hobbing tool oriented along a direction of the axis of rotation of the wheel hub. The method kee... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110181102 | FLEXIBLE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR EXTERNAL TO CAPPED WHEEL BEARING A wheel assembly for a non-driven wheel includes a rotating wheel hub with a shaft portion supporting a bearing inner race. A magnetic encoder is mounted for rotation with the shaft portion. A non-rotating component radially surrounds the shaft portion and has a bearing... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20100301666 | BEARING DEVICE FOR WHEEL A wheel support bearing assembly, in which rust preventive treatment is conducted to a pilot portion of a hub axle thereof to thereby increase the productivity and the reliability, is provided. This wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member having rolling ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100194182 | DRIVE FOR A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE A wheel hub (8) for a two-wheeled vehicle and a traction element transmission that can be coupled to the wheel hub (8) are described. The wheel hub (8) comprises, inter alia, an axle, a housing, a driver, a transmission, which couples the driver and... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100109424 | Axle bearing apparatus An axle bearing apparatus includes a hub shaft including a wheel-mounting flange formed at its outer end portion, and a cylindrical portion formed on an inner side surface of the flange, a bearing portion press-fitted on the cylindrical portion of the hub shaft and incl... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100066158 | Wheel Rim Assembly with Integral Air Cooled Lubricant Cavity and Hub The two-piece wheel rim assembly includes first and second hub sections affixed together and rotatably mounted on an axle by a set of bearings which are longitudinally spaced apart on the axle. The hub sections have radially inboard wall segments and radially outboard s... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090108668 | Wheel support apparatus A hub shaft of a hub wheel for the mounting of a wheel thereon and an outer ring of a constant velocity joint are connected together. A first side surface spline is formed on an end surface of the hub shaft, and a second side surface spline is formed on an end surface o... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090045670 | DRIVING-WHEEL SUPPORTING HUB UNIT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD When an inner ring 3 of a driving-wheel supporting hub unit is fixed to a hub 2, a pressing die 24 is displaced downward and an annular working surface 27 at a lower end surface of the pressing die 24 is pressed against a front end of ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080144985 | Wheel End With Monitoring Capabilities An automotive vehicle has road wheels that are coupled to suspension uprights of the vehicle through wheel ends that have the capacity to monitor lateral loads that act on the road wheels at tire patches where the road wheels contact a road surface. Each wheel end offse... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20050088037 | Axle shaft assembly An axle shaft assembly for a motor vehicle has a bearing unit, an axle shaft, and a bearing retainer. The axle shaft is supported within the wheel bearing unit. The axle shaft has an outer diameter. The bearing retainer is mounted on the axle shaft and abuts the wheel b... | 04/28/2005 |
