Patent ID: 8702313

Claim:
A roller bearing assembly including: at least one roller bearing having a plurality of roller bodies disposed between at least one outer ring and at least one inner ring, and a radial shaft seal ring having a support ring and a seal lip, wherein at least one axial end side of the outer ring includes a receptacle, in which the support ring is retained, the support ring radially extends up to adjacent an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring, the seal lip sealingly abuts on the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring at a position that is axially internal of the at least one axial end side of the outer ring, the receptacle includes an annular groove defined in the at least one axial end side of the outer ring, at least one of an outer edge segment of the support ring and an elastomeric-layer segment attached to the support ring is engaged in the annular groove, wherein: the support ring is a metal part that includes a circular ring surface and an outer edge segment extending axially from a radially-outer end of the circular ring surface, a portion of the support ring axially outwardly projects beyond the at least one axial end side of the outer ring, the receptacle further includes a second annular groove defined in the at least one axial end side of the outer ring, the annular groove being deeper than the second annular groove, the outer edge segment of the support ring is disposed in the annular groove, and the circular ring surface directly abuts on the second annular groove.