Sealing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11530721-B2
Application number	US-202117501344-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2021
Priority date	Oct 23, 2020
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A sealing device includes a metal core configured to be attached to a stationary member of a bearing mechanism, an annular slinger configured to be attached to a rotary member of the bearing mechanism, a seal member attached to the metal core, and a discharge body. The discharge body includes a base having discharge holes, an attachment that is continuous with the base and attached to the slinger, and fins protruding from the base. The discharge body is configured to be rotated together with the slinger. A communication space surrounded by the slinger and the seal member is configured to communicate with an external space of the bearing mechanism via an opening. At least the fins of the discharge body are positioned in the communication space. When the rotary member rotates, an inflow flowed into the communication space is moved by the fins toward the external space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sealing device to be used in a bearing mechanism, the sealing device comprising:
a metal core that is configured to be attached to a stationary member of the bearing mechanism;
an annular slinger that is configured to be attached to a rotary member of the bearing mechanism and to be rotated together with the rotary member;
a seal member that is attached to the metal core and comprises a contact including a part that is in contact with the slinger; and
a discharge body that comprises
an annular base that has discharge holes that are separated from each other in a circumferential direction,
an attachment that is continuous with the base and attached to the slinger, and
fins that protrude from the base and are positioned separated from each other in the circumferential direction,
the discharge body being configured to be rotated together with the slinger,

wherein a space surrounded by the slinger and the seal member is a communication space that is configured to communicate with an external space of the bearing mechanism via an opening,
wherein at least the fins of the discharge body are positioned in the communication space, and
wherein, when the rotary member rotates, an inflow flowed into the communication space is moved by the fins toward the external space.

2. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the fins comprises
an inner fin protruding to an inside of the base and
an outer fin protruding to an outside of the base.

3. The sealing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the base comprises
a peripheral portion that is continuous with the fins and
two side portions that protrude inward from both ends in an axial direction of the peripheral portion, and

wherein both ends in a width direction of the inner fin are respectively continuous with the two side portions.

4. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an end in a width direction of each of the fins on a side far from the opening is positioned further forward in a rotation direction of the rotary member than an end in the width direction of the fin on a side close to the opening in the circumferential direction of the base.

5. The sealing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein an end in a width direction of each of the fins on a side far from the opening is positioned further forward in a rotation direction of the rotary member than an end in the width direction of the fin on a side close to the opening in the circumferential direction of the base.

6. The sealing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein an end in a width direction of each of the fins on a side far from the opening is positioned further forward in a rotation direction of the rotary member than an end in the width direction of the fin on a side close to the opening in the circumferential direction of the base.

7. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

8. The sealing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

9. The sealing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

10. The sealing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

11. The sealing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

12. The sealing device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the base is positioned in the communication space,
wherein the seal member comprises a lip that protrudes toward the slinger, and
wherein the lip is positioned between the contact and the base in the communication space.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Ichinohe Katsuyuki
• Ito Kengo
• Suzuki Yasufumi

Classifications

• F16C2326/02

  Wheel hubs or castors · CPC title

• F16C33/805

  in addition to other sealings, e.g. dirt guards to protect sealings with sealing lips · CPC title

• F16C33/7883 Primary

  mounted to the inner race and of generally L-shape, the two sealing rings defining a sealing with box-shaped cross-section · CPC title

• F16C33/7876

  with sealing lips · CPC title

• F16J15/3244

  with hydrodynamic pumping action · CPC title