Patent ID: 6045267
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B60B,F16C,G01P

Abstract:
A wheel bearing with rotation speed sensing, comprising:a wheel bearing including first and second rings and rolling elements between the rings enabling relative rotation of the rings;a wheel support on the first ring, a wheel carrier to which the second ring is attached, wherein the wheel carrier is located at one axial end of the bearing;a pulse transmitter supported on the first ring of the bearing and located toward the wheel carrier;a depression defined in the wheel carrier and opening out toward and opposed to the pulse transmitter;a sensor for sensing the rotative passage of the pulse transmitter past the sensor, the sensor including an end face facing toward the pulse transmitter;the second ring including a bearing component thereon against which the sensor end face may bear;a spring urging the sensor and the end face thereof against the bearing component, whereby a selected spacing in between the sensor and the pulse transmitter may be maintained during relative rotation of the rings.