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Title:
WHEEL BEARING WITH LOAD SENSOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006052994
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a wheel bearing with a load sensor capable of installing compactly the load sensor on a vehicle, and detecting stably a load applied to the wheel.

An outer member 1 wherein a plurality of rows of rolling contact surfaces 4 are formed on the inner circumferential surface and an inner member 2 wherein rolling contact surfaces 5 facing to the rolling contact surfaces 4 of the outer member 1 are formed are provided, and a plurality of rows of rolling elements 3 are interposed between both rolling contact surfaces 4, 5, to thereby support rotatably the wheel to a car body. A detection part 15 comprising a magnetostrictive material is provided on an axial direction position corresponding to a rolling element row on the outer diameter surface of the outer member 1. The load sensor 16 for detecting the load applied to the bearing by detecting a magnetostrictive change of the detection part 15 is provided.


Inventors:
YAMAMOTO KEN
Application Number:
JP2004233745A
Publication Date:
February 23, 2006
Filing Date:
August 10, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NTN TOYO BEARING CO LTD
International Classes:
G01L5/00; B60B35/18; F16C19/18; F16C19/52; F16C33/78; F16C41/00; G01G3/15; G01G3/18; G01G19/12; G01L1/12; G01L3/10; G01L5/16; G01L5/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masashi Noda
Shuji Sugimoto