Patent ID: 6814356
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F16C,Y10S

Abstract:
A mounting arrangement for mounting a bearing seal, comprising:a bearing seal comprising: a reinforcing ring, and an elastic element disposed on one side of said reinforcing ring and having a lip projecting radially outwardly beyond an outer peripheral edge of said reinforcing ring; and a mounting ring having an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of said reinforcing ring, said bearing seal being pressed into said mounting ring such that said lip of said elastic element is bent in an axial direction away from said outer peripheral edge of said reinforcing ring and on a side of said bearing seal at which said elastic element is located such that, when said mounting ring is brought into engagement with a bore of an outer race of a bearing with said lip bent in said direction away from said outer peripheral edge of said reinforcing ring and toward the inside of the bearing and the side of said bearing seal at which said elastic element is located directed toward the inside of the bearing, said bearing seal can be pushed out of said mounting ring in said direction away from said outer peripheral edge of said reinforcing ring and into the bearing so that said lip can be brought into engagement with a fitting groove on an outer race of the bearing.