US 12,104,649 B2
Wheel bearing sealing arrangement and a vehicle
Ramachandran Sandrasekaran, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/760,701
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077854
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/073722, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333648 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F16J 15/32 (2016.01); F16C 19/38 (2006.01); F16C 33/78 (2006.01); F16J 15/3204 (2016.01); F16J 15/3232 (2016.01)
CPC F16C 33/7813 (2013.01) [F16C 19/386 (2013.01); F16C 33/7886 (2013.01); F16C 33/7896 (2013.01); F16J 15/3204 (2013.01); F16J 15/3232 (2013.01); F16C 2326/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel bearing sealing arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
an outboard bearing having an outboard periphery intended to face away from a central longitudinal axis of the vehicle and an inboard periphery intended to face towards the central longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the outboard bearing comprises a first race-forming part and a second race-forming part which surrounds the first race-forming part,
an outboard seal arranged between the first race-forming part and an opposite part,
a safety washer pressed against the outboard periphery of the first race-forming part, and
a hub nut presses the safety washer against the outboard periphery of the first race-forming part,
wherein the wheel bearing sealing arrangement is configured to seal a wheel bearing of a wheel of the vehicle,
wherein the outboard seal comprises a sealing part pressed against and in direct contact with the safety washer,
wherein the outboard seal comprises a supporting part which supports the sealing part,
wherein the sealing part comprises a lip projecting away from the supporting part,
wherein the lip is in sealing contact with the safety washer,
wherein the wheel bearing sealing arrangement has a geometrical center axis,
wherein the lip extends radially away from the geometrical center axis,
wherein the sealing part is a first sealing part,
wherein the outboard seal further comprises a second sealing part which is sealingly pressed against the first race-forming part,
wherein the outboard seal further comprises a third sealing part which is sealingly pressed against the opposite part,
wherein the first sealing part is a separate entity from the third sealing part,
wherein the first sealing part and the third sealing part are spaced apart from each other,
wherein the supporting part comprises a first material and the first sealing part, the second sealing part, and the third sealing part comprise materials different from the first material,
wherein the first sealing part is separate entity from the second seal part, and
wherein the first sealing part and the second sealing part are spaced apart from each other.