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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157453 | Bearing device for wheel In an assembly of retainers and tapered rollers to be easily incorporated into an outer ring having a rib portion on an inner peripheral surface on an outboard side thereof, recesses are formed in a large end surface and a small end surface of an outboard side taper... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8137000 | Wheel bearing A wheel bearing for a driven wheel provided with a roller bearing module includes an outer ring and a hub which can be slide onto the outer ring from at least from one side such that it encompasses a partial area of the outer covering of the outer ring, wherein at l... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8047724 | Bearing device for wheel A wheel bearing apparatus includes a roller bearing, an inner shaft having an outer circumferential surface to which an inner ring of the roller bearing is installed, a coupler ring attached to an end portion of the inner shaft, and a caulked portion provided in an ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7670059 | Vehicle corner module A corner module for an automotive vehicle includes a suspension upright, a wheel end, and a CV joint. The wheel end has a housing that is secured to the suspension upright and a hub that is provided with a flange to which a road wheel is attached and also spindle th... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665900 | Vehicle wheel bearing apparatus A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub and at least one inner ring. An outer joint member forms a constant velocity universal joint. The ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7618196 | Wheel bearing apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus is formed as a unit of a wheel hub and a double row taper roller bearing. An outer member is formed with double row tapered outer raceway surfaces, each opened axially outward, on its inner circumference. An inner member, including the whee... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618195 | Wheel bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement having a roller bearing having an inner race, bearing rollers, and an outer race in which the roller bearing is arranged to support a wheel hub on a wheel axle. The bearing arrangement further includes a first seal and a second seal which have ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7507029 | Tapered roller bearing assembly for supporting vehicle wheel To provide a tapered roller bearing assembly for supporting a vehicle wheel, in which stress concentration in the vicinity of a collar adjacent a hub flange is lessened to improve the durability, the assembly includes an outer member (1) having a plurality of... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7413349 | Wheel bearing unit A wheel bearing unit having at least one outer part, at least one inner part and having at least two rows of rolling elements between the outer part and the inner part, on the outer part at least one inner raceway, and on the inner part at least one outer raceway fo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393140 | Rolling bearing for a wheel of vehicle and a semi-float type bearing apparatus having it A vehicle wheel rolling bearing has a sealing device integrated with a magnetic encoder. A semi-float type bearing apparatus has said rolling bearing which can protect a magnetic encoder and improve the sensing ability of the detecting sensor. The rolling bearing ha... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7334088 | Page descriptors for prefetching and memory management A computer system and a method for enhancing the cache prefetch behavior. A computer system including a processor, a main memory, a prefetch controller, a cache memory, a prefetch buffer, and a main memory, wherein each page in the main memory has associated with it... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7309166 | Hub joint for transferring load from a rotating shaft to a stationary body A hub joint for supporting bearings adapted to rotatably receive a shaft. The joint includes an upper annular portion having a radially inner boundary and an upper bearing mount attached to the inner boundary of the upper annular portion. The upper bearing mount has... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7241054 | Connection device for connecting a rolling contact bearing to a wheel hub unit Connection device for a rolling contact bearing which is to be connected to a wheel hub, the connection device being suitable for connecting an inner race of the bearing to a cylindrical body of the wheel hub, and presenting a peripheral connecting outline which is ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228932 | Wheel end condition detection system This invention provides a vehicle axle assembly including a wheel end supported on an axle by bearings. A system uses ABS to detect lateral movement of the wheel end relative to the axle using a sensor and tone ring. A fault code is generated during excessive latera... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7165471 | Thermally compensated differential A thermally compensated differential comprises a housing, a pinion gear mounted into the housing, a differential case carrying a ring gear with the case being supported by a first roller bearing and a second roller bearing with the bearings being mounted indirectly,... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160192 | Cross shaft and cross shaft joint Across shaft has four trunnions externally provided with roller bearings in a plurality of rows. Each of the trunnions is formed with a recess at its distal end face. A bottom region of the recess is formed in a spherical shape. An inner diameter of an opening regio... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159316 | Method of manufacturing a modular corner assembly A module corner assembly wherein a wheel hub is permanently attached to a knuckle and various surfaces on the wheel hub and knuckle are machined in a same fixture utilized in holding the knuckle to deform an end on the wheel hub against a cone of a bearing. When a r... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121632 | Shaft and wheel hub retention assembly An assembly having a retaining element, an outer race of a constant velocity joint, and a shaft of an outboard drive axle that is axially joined to the outer race. The shaft has an external groove circumferentially formed on its external surface for receiving the re... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117599 | Method of manufacturing a corner assembly A knuckle (16) for a corner assembly (10, 210, 310) wherein a cylindrical body (18) has an outboard race (39) and an inboard race (45) located therein for correspondingly receiving a first roller assembly (52) and a second r... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118280 | Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing (2) provide with a first shield (5) and second shield (7) which a re made of metal material and which are respectively coupled to an outer race (4) and an inner race (3) of the rolling c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104695 | Asymmetric hub assembly A hub bearing assembly comprising a hub having a radially outwardly directed flange at one axial end for mounting the wheel of a vehicle, an outer ring having axially spaced raceways and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in two rows in the annular space betwe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070337 | Wheel bearing for a driven rigid axle A wheel bearing for a driven rigid axle, having a drive shaft includes a rolling bearing unit which comprises at least one inner race and at least one outer race, an inner race which is oriented toward the outside of the vehicle being designed with an end flange ali... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7021431 | Disk brake caliper mounting bracket A disk brake caliper mounting bracket is attachable to an axle tube to mount a brake caliper to the axle tube with a desired positioning and alignment. The bracket includes an axle tube mounting portion and a brake caliper mounting portion. The axle tube mounting po... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000995 | High-integrity interlocking nut and washer system An interlocking nut and washer system exhibits a very high degree of inherent mechanical stability. The preferred embodiment includes an inner washer, an adjustment nut, an intermediate washer, and an outer nut completing an interlock assembly. Although the inner wa... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959493 | Brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly having maximum acceptable runout variation A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6929331 | Wheel support bearing assembly To provide a wheel support bearing assembly coupled with the knuckle of a type made of an aluminum alloy, in which an undesirable occurrence of electrocorrosion resulting from a galvanic cell developed at a surface area where the wheel support bearing assembly conta... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6908231 | Rolling bearing unit for a drive wheel and a wheel driving unit A rolling bearing unit for a drive wheel comprises a hub and a double row rolling bearing thereon. The hub has a first inner ring raceway formed on an inner ring element integrally or separately formed with the hub in an intermediate portion, and a fit cylindrical s... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6886987 | Hub-bearing assembly for a driving wheel of a vehicle, particularly a truck An annular hub (11) has flange (2) for connecting to a wheel and an axial cylindrical surface (14) for mounting a bearing unit (7). An intermediate annular member (30) is coupled for rotation to a driving axle shaft (1) by a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880247 | Method for forming a bearing apparatus A bearing is mounted on a hollow shaft of a hub wheel. A shaft end of the hollow shaft is deformed radially outward and caulked to an outer end face of an inner ring of the bearing. Between a first area in which a spline portion is formed and a second area in which ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6857835 | Wheel end assembly with locking fastener A locking washer for axles on vehicles that prevents a nut from rotational movement relative to the axle. The locking washer includes a sleeve step having central passage with a non-cylindrical section that is rotationally coupled to the axle. The non-cylindrical se... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857786 | Constant velocity joint integrated to wheel bearing and to axially adjustable hub Mounted in a suspension upright for land vehicles, there is provided an arrangement comprising a constant velocity joint, a hub and two wheel bearings with provision for preload adjustment, wherein the CV joint's outer race proper is the inboard wheel bearing's inne... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851866 | Drive unit for wheel and assembly method for the same A combination of a constant-velocity joint and an axle unit for wheel-drive which comprises an outer race having an outer-ring raceway and being not rotatable even during use, a hub having an installation flange for supporting the wheel near the outside end, a first... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6821208 | Wheel hub unit A wheel hub unit having a wheel hub (11), a wheel bearing (19) and an outer joint part (15) of a constant velocity universal joint which, at the hub end, includes a shaft journal (16) with shaft splines (17), which shaft journal ( | 11/23/2004 |
| 6821022 | Hub and break rotor assembly for a vehicle wheel A wheel assembly includes a hub and bearing unit in which an annular hub has an axial cylindrical seat with an outer ring of a bearing fitted thereto with radial interference. The ring is locked axially on the hub between a pair of annular rims which project radiall... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6796714 | Rolling-bearing unit for wheel support A rolling-bearing unit for wheel support comprising an outer-race with a double row of tapered and concave-shaped outer-ring raceways, a hub comprising a hub body with an outside inner-ring raceway and a separate inner-race with an inside inner-ring raceway, and a t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786645 | Mounting for vehicular road wheel A mounting for the road wheel of an automotive vehicle includes a spindle, a hub located around the spindle and inboard and outboard tapered roller bearings located between the hub and spindle where they are mounted in opposition. The cones (inner races) of the two ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773165 | Wheel bearing device and method of manufacturing the same A wheel bearing device is provided to prevent loosening of a hub ring and an outer joint ring that are fitted together. An irregular portion treated with hardening is formed on a fit face of the hub ring on an inside periphery of which the outer joint member is fitt... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6718634 | Method of securing a bearing and hub to a knuckle A method of attaching a bearing (216) and hub (214) to a knuckle (212) in a corner assembly (220) of a vehicle to prevent the introduction of lateral moments into a plurality of rollers (232,234,232′,234′) retained in the beari... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715926 | Wheel bearing assembly A wheel bearing assembly is provided which can prevent lowering of the life of a bearing assembly due to entry of muddy water into the bearing assembly through a gap between fitting surfaces of a first inner member and a second inner member. These members are rotata... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6712707 | Bearing device for driving wheel A driving wheel bearing device has an outer member on an inner peripheral surface forming double row raceways, an inner member on an outer peripheral surface of which raceways opposing to raceways of the outer member and a wheel mounting flange are formed, double ro... | 03/30/2004 |
