GB2112500A - Wheel assembly - Google Patents

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GB2112500A
GB2112500A GB08229449A GB8229449A GB2112500A GB 2112500 A GB2112500 A GB 2112500A GB 08229449 A GB08229449 A GB 08229449A GB 8229449 A GB8229449 A GB 8229449A GB 2112500 A GB2112500 A GB 2112500A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B35/00—Axle units; Parts thereof ; Arrangements for lubrication of axles
    • B60B35/12—Torque-transmitting axles
    • B60B35/18—Arrangement of bearings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B27/00—Hubs
    • B60B27/001—Hubs with roller-bearings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/34—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/36—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers
    • F16C19/364—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/54—Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction
    • F16C19/541—Systems consisting of juxtaposed rolling bearings including at least one angular contact bearing
    • F16C19/542—Systems consisting of juxtaposed rolling bearings including at least one angular contact bearing with two rolling bearings with angular contact
    • F16C19/543—Systems consisting of juxtaposed rolling bearings including at least one angular contact bearing with two rolling bearings with angular contact in O-arrangement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2326/00—Articles relating to transporting
    • F16C2326/01—Parts of vehicles in general
    • F16C2326/02—Wheel hubs or castors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C35/00—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers
    • F16C35/04—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C35/06—Mounting or dismounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing
    • F16C35/063—Fixing them on the shaft

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Abstract

A wheel assembly comprises a drive shaft (18) and a spindle (16) which are drivingly splined together, and are axially secured together by a lock but (24). A snap ring (34) is secured in a groove (32) about the outerside circumference of the spindle (16), the snap ring (34) extending radially outwardly to engage an inner race (36) of a bearing (14) for axial securement of the spindle (16) with respect to the bearing. As the bearing is axially secured to a support member (17), the likelihood of loss of the spindle (16) and wheel (28) attached thereto through separation from a fractured axle shaft is minimized. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Wheel assembly This invention relates to wheel assemblies, and particularly, although not exclusively, to wheel assemblies comprising live spindles on drive shafts of vehicles.
In the prior art, a typical structure embodies a tapered roller bearing assembly mounted within a support member which is, in turn, fixed to a cross member or other base structure of a vehicle. Rotat ablyjournalled within the bearing assembly is a spindle on which a wheel is secured conventionally by nuts and bolts. The spindle has an internally splined portion through which a drive shaft having an externally splined mating portion extends. A lock nut is typically installed at the end ofthesplined portion of the drive shaft for axial securement of the spindle to the shaft.
It is common knowledge that splined drive shafts used for propelling vehicles undergo relatively high stresses. It is also common knowlege that such drive shafts may occasionally fracture, resulting in loss of a portion of the splined end of the shaft, along with the lock nut. As the spindle is generally axially secured to the shaft only by the lock nut, the forces applied to the spindle by the wheel are generally sufficient to result in separation of the sheel and spindle from the vehicle. The prior art structures have thus been unsatisfactory from a safety standpoint, in view of the potential wheel loss resulting from drive shaft failure.
According to the present invention there is provided a wheel assembly comprising a supporting member which supports a spindle by means of a bearing arrangement, the spindle being provided at its outboard end with coupling means for receiving a wheel, the coupling means being rotatable with the spindle relatively to the supporting member, retaining means being provided for retaining the spindle positively against axial movement in at least one direction with respect to the bearing arrangement whereby axial movement of the spindle with respect to the supporting member in the outboard direction is prevented.
The present invention thus provides a means for securement of wheel and spindle parts of a wheel assembly in the event of drive shaft failure and separation.
For a better understanding of the present invention and to show how it may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawing which is a fragmentary cross section of a wheel assembly.
The wheel assembly 10 is mounted on a vehicle cross member 12 of a vehicle (not shown). The wheel end assembly 10 includes a support member 17 secured to the cross member 12 by bolts 19. A double tapered roller bearing assembly 14 is axially fixed within the annular shaped body of the support member 17. Journalled within the bearing 14 is a spindle 16 which extends axially outwardly of the wheel hub, and has a flanged portion 15 on which a wheel 28 is mounted. In the preferred embodiment shown, a drive axle shaft 18 extends through the spindle 16, the spindle 16 and drive shaft 18 being rotationally coupled together by splines 20 and 22.
This type of spindle is referred to as a "live spindle" as it rotates directly with the drive shaft. The drive shaft 18 has a yoke member 26 at the inboard end 40 thereof which, in the preferred embodiment shown, forms part of a universal joint coupling. At the opposite, or outboard, end of the drive shaft 18, a lock nut 24 is employed for axially securing the spindle and drive shaft together. The wheel 28 is affixed to the spindle 16 by bolts or rivet members 30 which also contain and support a brake drum 70.
It may be now appreciated that in a typical live spindle wheel end assembly, a fracture 46 along the path shown will result in loss of the lock nut 24 and of that portion of the drive shaft 18 positioned outboard of the fracture 46. Loss of the lock nut 24 permits the spindle 16 to freely shift or slide in the outboard direction relatively to the bearing 14, resulting in complete separation of spindle, drum, and wheel from the associated vehicle.
The improvement embodied in the illustrated wheel assembly 10 lies in a new structure for wheel retention shown at 50, which in the embodiment shown is positioned on the inboard side of the bearing 14. The structure 50 provides means for restricting axial movement of the spindle 16 upon fracture of the drive shaft. Thus, a groove 32 is provided in the outer circumference 42 of an inboard portion of the spindle 16. The groove 32 locates and contains a snap ring 34, the outboard side of which bears against the inner race 36 of the bearing 14.
Alternatively, the groove 32 could be positioned directly under the inner race 36 of the bearing 14 and an associated snap ring groove could be formed in the inner race 36. With either arrangement, the snap ring is engaged directly against some portion of the bearing 14.
In the preferred form as shown, however, an annular spacer 38 has a portion thereon which bears against the inboard side of the bearing inner race 36, the spacer 38 providing means by which the spindle 16 may be axially tightened via the lock nut 24 without binding the snap ring 34. Although the snap ring 34 is positioned between the spacer 38 and inner race 36, the arrangement described minimizes frictional forces on the snap ring, ensuring a greater useful life thereof. It will also be noted in the preferred form as shown, that a shoulder 60 will restrict axial outward movement of the bearing 14 in the event of drive shaft fracture. Thus is may now be fully appreciated that upon a fracture 46 of the drive shaft 18, and consequent loss of the lock nut 24, any outboard movement of the spindle 16 will be restricted by the interaction between the spindle 16, snap ring 34, and the bearing 14.
1. Awheel assembly comprising a supporting member which supports a spindle by means of a bearing arrangement, the spindle being provided at its outboard end with coupling means for receiving a wheel, the coupling means being rotatable with the
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION Wheel assembly This invention relates to wheel assemblies, and particularly, although not exclusively, to wheel assemblies comprising live spindles on drive shafts of vehicles. In the prior art, a typical structure embodies a tapered roller bearing assembly mounted within a support member which is, in turn, fixed to a cross member or other base structure of a vehicle. Rotat ablyjournalled within the bearing assembly is a spindle on which a wheel is secured conventionally by nuts and bolts. The spindle has an internally splined portion through which a drive shaft having an externally splined mating portion extends. A lock nut is typically installed at the end ofthesplined portion of the drive shaft for axial securement of the spindle to the shaft. It is common knowledge that splined drive shafts used for propelling vehicles undergo relatively high stresses. It is also common knowlege that such drive shafts may occasionally fracture, resulting in loss of a portion of the splined end of the shaft, along with the lock nut. As the spindle is generally axially secured to the shaft only by the lock nut, the forces applied to the spindle by the wheel are generally sufficient to result in separation of the sheel and spindle from the vehicle. The prior art structures have thus been unsatisfactory from a safety standpoint, in view of the potential wheel loss resulting from drive shaft failure. According to the present invention there is provided a wheel assembly comprising a supporting member which supports a spindle by means of a bearing arrangement, the spindle being provided at its outboard end with coupling means for receiving a wheel, the coupling means being rotatable with the spindle relatively to the supporting member, retaining means being provided for retaining the spindle positively against axial movement in at least one direction with respect to the bearing arrangement whereby axial movement of the spindle with respect to the supporting member in the outboard direction is prevented. The present invention thus provides a means for securement of wheel and spindle parts of a wheel assembly in the event of drive shaft failure and separation. For a better understanding of the present invention and to show how it may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawing which is a fragmentary cross section of a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly 10 is mounted on a vehicle cross member 12 of a vehicle (not shown). The wheel end assembly 10 includes a support member 17 secured to the cross member 12 by bolts 19. A double tapered roller bearing assembly 14 is axially fixed within the annular shaped body of the support member 17. Journalled within the bearing 14 is a spindle 16 which extends axially outwardly of the wheel hub, and has a flanged portion 15 on which a wheel 28 is mounted. In the preferred embodiment shown, a drive axle shaft 18 extends through the spindle 16, the spindle 16 and drive shaft 18 being rotationally coupled together by splines 20 and 22. This type of spindle is referred to as a "live spindle" as it rotates directly with the drive shaft. The drive shaft 18 has a yoke member 26 at the inboard end 40 thereof which, in the preferred embodiment shown, forms part of a universal joint coupling. At the opposite, or outboard, end of the drive shaft 18, a lock nut 24 is employed for axially securing the spindle and drive shaft together. The wheel 28 is affixed to the spindle 16 by bolts or rivet members 30 which also contain and support a brake drum 70. It may be now appreciated that in a typical live spindle wheel end assembly, a fracture 46 along the path shown will result in loss of the lock nut 24 and of that portion of the drive shaft 18 positioned outboard of the fracture 46. Loss of the lock nut 24 permits the spindle 16 to freely shift or slide in the outboard direction relatively to the bearing 14, resulting in complete separation of spindle, drum, and wheel from the associated vehicle. The improvement embodied in the illustrated wheel assembly 10 lies in a new structure for wheel retention shown at 50, which in the embodiment shown is positioned on the inboard side of the bearing 14. The structure 50 provides means for restricting axial movement of the spindle 16 upon fracture of the drive shaft. Thus, a groove 32 is provided in the outer circumference 42 of an inboard portion of the spindle 16. The groove 32 locates and contains a snap ring 34, the outboard side of which bears against the inner race 36 of the bearing 14. Alternatively, the groove 32 could be positioned directly under the inner race 36 of the bearing 14 and an associated snap ring groove could be formed in the inner race 36. With either arrangement, the snap ring is engaged directly against some portion of the bearing 14. In the preferred form as shown, however, an annular spacer 38 has a portion thereon which bears against the inboard side of the bearing inner race 36, the spacer 38 providing means by which the spindle 16 may be axially tightened via the lock nut 24 without binding the snap ring 34. Although the snap ring 34 is positioned between the spacer 38 and inner race 36, the arrangement described minimizes frictional forces on the snap ring, ensuring a greater useful life thereof. It will also be noted in the preferred form as shown, that a shoulder 60 will restrict axial outward movement of the bearing 14 in the event of drive shaft fracture.Thus is may now be fully appreciated that upon a fracture 46 of the drive shaft 18, and consequent loss of the lock nut 24, any outboard movement of the spindle 16 will be restricted by the interaction between the spindle 16, snap ring 34, and the bearing 14. CLAIMS
1. Awheel assembly comprising a supporting member which supports a spindle by means of a bearing arrangement, the spindle being provided at its outboard end with coupling means for receiving a wheel, the coupling means being rotatable with the spindle relatively to the supporting member, retaining means being provided for retaining the spindle positively against axial movement in at least one direction with respect to the bearing arrangement whereby axial movement of the spindle with respect to the supporting member in the outboard direction is prevented.
2. A wheel assembly as claimed in claim 1, in which the spindle receives a drive shaft, the spindle and the drive shaft having cooperating splines for transmitting drive from the drive shaft to the spindle.
3. A wheel assembly as claimed in claim 2, in which the drive shaft is axially secured to the spindle by a lock nut.
4. A wheel assembly as claimed in claim 2 or 3, in which the inboard end of the drive shaft comprises a yoke member.
5. A wheel assembly as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the bearing arrangement is fixedly located within the supporting member and disposed between the supporting member and the spindle, the bearing arrangement defining an annulus between the supporting member and the spindle.
6. A wheel assembly as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the retaining means engages the bearing arrangement.
7. A wheel assembly as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the retaining means is a snap ring.
8. A wheel assembly as claimed in claim 7, in which the spindle comprises means for receiving the snap ring.
9. Awheel assembly as claimed in claim 8, in which the means for receiving the snap ring is a groove extending circumferentially about an inboard portion of the spindle.
10. A wheel assembly as claimed in claim 9, in which the snap ring is disposed in the groove, and contacts the bearing arrangement at one end of the bearing arrangement.
11. Awheel assembly as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 10, when appendantto claim 2, in which an annular spacer member is provided which abuts the drive shaft and the bearing arrangement, the snap ring being positioned between the spacer member and the bearing arrangement.
12. A wheel assembly substantially as described herein with reference to, and as shown in, the accompanying drawing.
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FR2658573A1 (en) * 1990-02-21 1991-08-23 Fischer Ag Georg WHEEL BEARING.
EP0454944A1 (en) * 1990-05-04 1991-11-06 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Wheel bearing
EP0475088A1 (en) * 1990-09-14 1992-03-18 Bergische Achsenfabrik Fr. Kotz & Söhne Axle bearing for trailer wheels
EP0687826A1 (en) * 1994-06-14 1995-12-20 SKF Industrial Trading &amp; Development Co, B.V. Bearing assembly for avehicle hub, and also hub assembly
WO1998021055A1 (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-22 Kelsey Hayes Company Vehicle wheel hub mounting system
DE102006025274A1 (en) * 2006-05-31 2007-12-06 Daimlerchrysler Ag Hub bearing unit for commercial motor vehicle, has outer ring attached into recess of hub ring, and stop unit of outer partial rings and elevation of recess of hub ring arranged opposite to each other
DE102011001902A1 (en) 2010-11-05 2012-05-10 Bpw Bergische Achsen Kg Rolling bearing for wheel hub mounted on wheel axle of vehicle, has inner and outer bearing rings with ring portions that are connected over common longitudinal section along longitudinal direction
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GB2191267A (en) * 1986-05-30 1987-12-09 Loehr & Bromkamp Gmbh Hub assembly
GB2191267B (en) * 1986-05-30 1989-12-13 Loehr & Bromkamp Gmbh Hub assembly
FR2658573A1 (en) * 1990-02-21 1991-08-23 Fischer Ag Georg WHEEL BEARING.
EP0454944A1 (en) * 1990-05-04 1991-11-06 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Wheel bearing
EP0475088A1 (en) * 1990-09-14 1992-03-18 Bergische Achsenfabrik Fr. Kotz & Söhne Axle bearing for trailer wheels
EP0687826A1 (en) * 1994-06-14 1995-12-20 SKF Industrial Trading &amp; Development Co, B.V. Bearing assembly for avehicle hub, and also hub assembly
NL9400971A (en) * 1994-06-14 1996-01-02 Skf Ind Trading & Dev Vehicle hub bearing assembly as well as hub assembly.
US5667313A (en) * 1994-06-14 1997-09-16 Skf Industrial Trading And Development Company B.V. Bearing assembly for a vehicle hub
WO1998021055A1 (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-22 Kelsey Hayes Company Vehicle wheel hub mounting system
US6196639B1 (en) 1996-11-14 2001-03-06 Kelsey-Hayes Company Vehicle wheel hub mounting system
US6422657B2 (en) * 1996-11-14 2002-07-23 Kelsey-Hayes Company Vehicle wheel hub mounting system
DE102006025274A1 (en) * 2006-05-31 2007-12-06 Daimlerchrysler Ag Hub bearing unit for commercial motor vehicle, has outer ring attached into recess of hub ring, and stop unit of outer partial rings and elevation of recess of hub ring arranged opposite to each other
DE102011001902A1 (en) 2010-11-05 2012-05-10 Bpw Bergische Achsen Kg Rolling bearing for wheel hub mounted on wheel axle of vehicle, has inner and outer bearing rings with ring portions that are connected over common longitudinal section along longitudinal direction
US20170028777A1 (en) * 2014-04-12 2017-02-02 Shandong Haoxin Machinery Co., Ltd. Wheel hub unit
US10093128B2 (en) * 2014-04-12 2018-10-09 Shandong Haoxin Machinery Co., Ltd. Wheel hub unit
CN104175800A (en) * 2014-08-20 2014-12-03 山东浩信机械有限公司 Integral hub
WO2016102692A1 (en) * 2014-12-23 2016-06-30 Poclain Hydraulics Industrie Hydraulic torque motor
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