Wheel bearing unit having a wheel hub, wherein the wheel hub has, at one end thereof, an integrally configured wheel flange and an inner ring which can be rotated together with the wheel hub, wherein the inner ring is fastened on the wheel hub by a rolling rivet flange, in order to prestress a rolling body row with respect to an outer ring, and having an encoder which is provided on the inner ring and extends radially in the direction of the outer ring, and having a protective covering which is fixed on the outer ring, in order to close and to seal annular openings which are configured between the outer ring and the wheel hub, wherein the protective covering is pressed in with a cylindrical section and is connected in an integrally joined manner to the outer ring, and wherein a bottom section extends inwards in the radial direction from the cylindrical section, in order to cover an inner-side end of the wheel hub.
WHEEL BEARING UNIT
2016-12-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English