Patent ID: 6450584
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B23B,B62D,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A wheel end assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:a bearing having an inner race and an outer race; a wheel hub having a neck portion, in rotational communication with said bearing, and a flange portion attached to said neck portion; said flange portion having a flange face with an outer portion, an inner portion, and a relief channel disposed between said outer portion and said inner portion; a plurality of wheel bolt receiving apertures formed in said relief channel each for receipt of a wheel bolt therethrough; said inner portion and said outer portion of said flange face lying generally in a single plane with said plane being generally parallel to a plane in which a pair of brake mounting structures are disposed; wherein run-out of said flange face with respect to an axis of rotation of said bearing is minimized, and wherein said inner portion of said flange face and said outer portion of said flange face have a flatness of at least 20 &mgr;m.