US 7,597,405 B2
	Wheel bearing joint unit
Roland Langer, Schwanfeld (Germany); Ernst Masur, Untereuerheim (Germany); Ralf Heiss, Schweinfurt (Germany); Benno Fueller, Karlstadt (Germany); and Peter Niebling, Bad Kissingen (Germany)
Assigned to Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach (Germany)
Appl. No. 11/912,008 PCT Filed Apr. 20, 2006, PCT No. PCT/DE2006/000684 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 19, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/111146, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 26, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 018 126 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0185906 A1, Aug. 07, 2008
Int. Cl. F16D 3/84 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 301—105.1  [384/544; 384/562; 464/178]

6 Claims

1. A wheel bearing joint unit comprising: at least one inner ring which is seated on a hub of the wheel bearing joint unit, the inner ring being held axially on the hub by means of a collar which is formed out of the hub, and the collar having a toothing in engagement with a corresponding mating toothing on a joint component, and with the toothing and the mating toothing being braced against one another by means of a screw element which is supported on the hub and engages into internal threads on the joint component, wherein a first axially projecting extension is formed on the joint component, with the first extension having the internal threads and a second axially projecting extension is formed on the joint component, with the second extension projecting axially in the same direction as the first extension, the first extension and the second extension are formed in a materially integral fashion with the joint component, and an axial groove formed in the joint component, the groove positioned radially between the first extension and the second extension so as to radially separate the mating toothing from the first extension.