Patent ID: 7287908

Claim:
An arrangement of a sensor on a wheel bearing unit comprising: the wheel bearing unit having at least a first row of rolling bodies and a second row of roller bodies, the second row being adjacent to the first row in an axial direction of an axis of rotation of the unit; an outer wheel bearing ring around the roller bodies, the bearing ring engaging around at least one of the rows of the rollerbodies; an encoder in the wheel bearing unit; a sensor fixed to the outer wheel bearing ring and located at a distance from the bearing ring, the sensor being located opposite the encoder of the wheel bearing unit, the encoder being capable of rotating with respect to the sensor about an axis of rotation of the wheel bearing unit; an angled portion fixing the sensor to the bearing ring, the angled portion pointing in one of the axial directions of the axis of rotation, the angled portion engaging at least partially over the bearing ring in the radially outward direction, and the angled portion bearing at least partially against the bearing ring in the radially outward direction; a bolt fixing the angled portion to the bearing ring, the bolt being fixed in the bearing ring.