Patent ID: 8596872

Claim:
A bearing assembly affixed to a shaft, the shaft having a shoulder spaced from a free end, a journal of smaller diameter than the shaft between the shoulder and the free end, and a fillet leading from the journal to the shoulder, the bearing assembly comprising: a bearing cup having a radially inward directed outer raceway; a bearing cone affixed to the journal, the bearing cone having a radially outward directed inner raceway; a plurality of rollers captured between the outer raceway of the bearing cup and the inner raceway of the bearing cone; an inner seal case having: an inner cylindrical section of the inner seal case affixed to the bearing cone; an outer cylindrical section of the inner seal case in parallel with the inner cylindrical section of the inner seal case; and an intermediate circular section of the inner seal case extending radially outward at an oblique angle from the inner cylindrical section of the inner seal case; and an outer seal case having: an outer cylindrical section of the outer case affixed to the bearing cup; an inner cylindrical section of the outer seal case in parallel with the outer cylindrical section of the outer seal case; an outer circular section of the outer seal case connecting the outer cylindrical section of the outer seal case with the inner cylindrical section of the outer seal case; and an inner circular section of the outer seal case extending substantially perpendicularly from the inner cylindrical section of the outer seal case; and a seal body affixed to the inner circular section of the outer seal case, the seal body extending substantially perpendicularly to the inner cylindrical section of the inner seal case; wherein the outer cylindrical section of the inner seal case is radially inward of the inner cylindrical section of the outer seal case and wherein the intermediate circular section of the inner seal case is axially inward and in spaced cooperation with the inner circular section of the outer seal case to form a channel.