US 12,222,006 B2
Rotational lock in inner ring of outboard bearing to avoid lock washer
Ramachandran Sandrasekaran, Bangalore (IN); Marcel Palmgren, Torslanda (SE); and Kent Augustsson, Bollebygd (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,781.
Application 18/669,781 is a continuation of application No. 17/792,184, granted, now 12,018,721, previously published as PCT/EP2021/050436, filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202041003644 (IN), filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0301916 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60B 27/02 (2006.01); B60B 27/00 (2006.01); B60B 37/10 (2006.01); F16C 19/38 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 35/06 (2006.01); F16C 35/063 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/586 (2013.01) [B60B 27/0078 (2013.01); B60B 27/02 (2013.01); B60B 37/10 (2013.01); F16C 19/386 (2013.01); F16C 33/585 (2013.01); F16C 35/0635 (2013.01); F16C 2226/12 (2013.01); F16C 2226/70 (2013.01); F16C 2226/76 (2013.01); F16C 2326/02 (2013.01); F16C 2326/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel end assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a central wheel support member; and
an outboard wheel end bearing arranged concentrically around the central wheel support member, the outboard wheel end bearing comprising roller elements accommodated between an inner race-forming part and an outer race-forming part surrounding the inner race-forming part, wherein the inner race-forming part is configured to be supported by the central wheel support member;
wherein the central wheel support member comprises a first rotational lock portion;
wherein the inner race-forming part comprises a second rotational lock portion configured to engage with the first rotational lock portion to prevent the inner race-forming part from rotating relative to the central wheel support member;
wherein one of the first and second rotational lock portions comprises at least one protrusion, wherein the other one of the first and second rotational lock portions comprises at least one recess for mating with the at least one protrusion; and
wherein the first rotational lock portion comprises at least one flat surface portion, wherein the second rotational lock portion comprises a corresponding mating flat surface portion.