Patent ID: 6601994
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B60B,F16C

Abstract:
In an automotive vehicle having a wheel hub with a flange by which a wheel is mounted, said hub being supported by a support member, said support member having a cylindrical passage through which a spindle portion of the hub assembly extends, said hub being rotated through a universal joint, said spindle carrying said flange outboard of said cylindrical passage, and axially spaced inboard and outboard bearing members between said spindle and said support member within said passage, said spindle having a tapered raceway forming a cone of said outboard bearing member, said raceway lying inboard of said flange, the improvement comprising said outboard bearing member cone raceway being tapered convergently inboardly and having no thrust rib at its large, outboard end, and a large radius between said outboard end of said raceway and said flange, and an outboard bearing member cup having a raceway tapered complementarily to the cone raceway and a thrust rib at its outboard end and said inboard bearing member having a cone with a raceway tapered convergently outboardly and having no thrust rib as a part of its large, inboard end.