Patent ID: 6776420
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: F16C,F16J

Abstract:
Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing presenting a fixed race and a rotating race, the device comprising:an annular sealing lining which is mounted onto the fixed race, a protective shield for the lining which is mounted onto the rotating race on the outside of the lining, an encoder which is fixed to said protective shield by means of either pressing or vulcanization, and is magnetized together with the protective shield; and a covering element; wherein the encoder is axially arranged on the outside of the protective shield and is protected by said covering element, said covering element being arranged opposite the protective shield in relation to the encoder and coupled to the encoder and to the protective shield after the encoder itself has been magnetized, and the protective shield presents a grooved flange which defines a housing for the encoder, said encoder being provided with two end appendages which are arranged, respectively, radially and axially on the outside of the housing; wherein a first end appendage of said two end appendages is covered by the covering element and a second end appendage of said two end appendages extends outside the covering element.