Patent ID: 6896270

Claim:
A sealing device for a bearing assembly comprising a pair of inner bearing assemblies, each with an inner race arranged next to the other inner race on a shaft so that the end faces of the inner races abut, the sealing device preventing oil which is present between said shaft and the radially inner surfaces of the inner races facing the shaft from entering the bearing assembly between the abutting end faces of the inner races, the sealing device comprising: a substantially annular member having an annular sealing portion adapted to be compressively retained in a groove constituted by a step formed in at least one of the inner races in the radially outermost region of the axial end face of said one inner race where it abuts the other inner race; and retention means for retention of the sealing device in position on one of the inner races prior to assembly of the bearing assembly, said retention means comprising an axially extending sleeve portion for mounting along a surface of said one inner race, said sleeve portion incorporating a number of radially extending projections on its inner surface for an interference fit on said surface of said one inner race or for engagement in a groove in said one inner race.