Patent ID: 7073950
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. Locking device for a bearing of a wheel hub which is provided with a cylindrical seat for the bearing and at least one annular groove at an axial end of the cylindrical seat, the device comprising: a fixing element which engages an internal surface of an outer race of the bearing; a blocking element, the blocking element being resiliently yieldable and arranged inside the annular groove in order to axially block the outer race; a connecting element which connects the fixing element and the blocking element, the connecting element including an annular portion which is placed against an annular frontal portion of the outer race; and a support portion for the blocking element positioned parallel to and adjacent an outer surface of the outer race which is suitable for co-operating with the blocking element to permit introduction of the blocking element into the annular groove of the wheel hub, wherein the support portion for the blocking element is also resiliently yieldable in an axial direction.