Patent ID: 6357557
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel hub, brake rotor and bearing unit comprising:a wheel hub portion formed from a first material and including a main body having an inboard end and an outboard end, said main body provided with a radially outwardly extending wheel hub flange and defining a bearing surface adapted to support at least a portion of a bearing unit, said wheel hub flange provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced wheel stud receiving holes formed therein and adapted to receive lug bolts to secure a vehicle wheel to said vehicle wheel hub and brake rotor for rotation therewith; a bearing unit carried by said bearing surface of said wheel hub portion; and a brake rotor portion formed from a second different material and including an outer friction ring and a brake rotor flange, said brake rotor flange being joined to said wheel hub flange during an in situ casting process thereof to thereby join said wheel hub portion to said brake rotor portion.