Patent ID: 6485188
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B22D,B60B,B62D,F16C

Abstract:
A mounting for enabling the road wheel of a vehicle to rotate about an axis, said mounting comprising: a hub to which a road wheel may be attached, the hub having a spindle, the axis of which coincides with the axis of rotation; a suspension system component located around the spindle of the hub, which component is a unitary casting formed from a metal; and a bearing interposed between the spindle of the hub and the suspension system component, the bearing including an inner race located around the spindle and having a raceway presented outwardly away from the axis, an outer race embedded within the suspension system component as an insert around which the suspension system component is cast, the outer race being mechanically interlocked with the cast suspension system component and having a raceway that is presented inwardly toward the axis and toward the raceway of the inner race, the outer race being directly against the cast suspension system component directly outwardly from its raceway, and rolling elements located between and contacting the raceways of the inner and outer races.