SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR ROLLING BEARINGS
A sealing assembly for sealing a rolling bearing, between a first and a second bearing part, where the two bearing parts are rotatable relative to each other and form therebetween both an axial space and a radial space. The sealing assembly includes: A contact member having a mounting section for attachment and a ring-shaped contact section for positioning the contact member on the second bearing part, and a carrier mountable to the first bearing part and has an elastic member forming a first axial sealing lip and/or a radial sealing lip. The contact member and a radially extending portion of the second bearing part together form a first collecting channel, and that an opening leading into the first collecting channel should be at least partially defined by an end section of the contact member.
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11 . A sealing assembly for sealing a rolling bearing between a first and a second bearing part, the two bearing parts being rotatable relative to each other and forming therebetween both an axial space and a radial space with respect to a common axis of rotation, the sealing assembly comprising:
a contact member having a mounting section for attachment and a ring-shaped contact section for positioning the contact member on the second bearing part;
a carrier mountable to the first bearing part and having an elastic member forming at least one of a first axial sealing lip and a radial sealing lip;
the contact member defining, together with a radially extending portion of the second bearing part, a first collecting channel, an opening leading into the first collecting channel being at least partially defined by an end section of the contact member.
12 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein at least one segment of the contact member forming the first collecting channel forms a part of a labyrinth seal.
13 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the mounting section is connected to the contact section by a connecting section.
14 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 13 wherein the connecting section is conical.
15 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the contact member radially encompasses the first bearing part, and the first bearing part forms a part of a labyrinth seal.
16 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the opening is formed by the end section and a cover member mountable on the first bearing part.
17 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the opening is defined in part by an extension of the elastic member.
18 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 17 wherein a sealing ring is formed on the elastic member, and the sealing ring provides a non-sliding seal for a mounting section of the carrier.
19 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 17 wherein a labyrinth seal is at least partially formed by the elastic member and the at least one segment of the contact member that forms the first collecting channel.
20 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 17 wherein the elastic member forms a second collecting channel extending radially inwardly from the first collecting channel.
21 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 20 wherein the extension partly covers the second collecting channel radially.
22 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the rolling bearing is a wheel bearing.
23 . The sealing assembly as recited in claim 11 wherein the mounting section is a hollow-cylindrical mounting section.