Claims
- 1. A rolling bearing unit with a rotation speed detection instrument comprising:a hub rotating together with a wheel during use, the hub having a plurality of inner race tracks in an outer peripheral surface; an outer race formed of steel material, which is supported by a suspension device and does not rotate during use, the outer race having plural lines of outer race tracks in an inner peripheral surface which face the inner race tracks; rolling elements, each being rotatably provided between a respective inner race track and a corresponding outer race track; an encoder fixedly provided at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hub between the inner race tracks, the encoder exhibiting a characteristic which changes in a circumferential direction alternately at equal intervals; a sensor having a detecting section, the sensor being supported in a mounting hole provided in an intermediate portion of the outer face in an axial direction so that the detecting section may face the encoder and change an output signal in response to the change of the characteristic of the encoder, and a hardened layer being formed on the inner surface of the outer race and at each portion where the outer race tracks are formed, and wherein the hardened layers provided in the outer race track portions are connected to each other by a jointing hardened layer provided apart from said mounting hole in a circumferential direction, and a portion of said outer race at which said mounting hole is formed is not hardened.
- 2. A rolling bearing unit with a rotation speed detection instrument comprising:a hub rotating together with a wheel during use, the hub having a plurality of inner race tracks in an outer peripheral surface thereof; an outer race formed of steel material, which is supported by a suspension device and does not rotate during use, the outer race having plural lines of outer race tracks in an inner peripheral surface which face the inner race tracks; rolling elements, each being rotatably provided between a respective inner race track and a corresponding outer race track; an encoder fixedly provided at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the hub between the inner race tracks, the encoder exhibiting a characteristic which changes in a circumferential direction alternately at equal intervals; and a sensor having a detecting section, the sensor being supported in a mounting hole provided in an intermediate portion of the outer race in an axial direction so that the detecting section may face the encoder and change an output signal in response to the change of the characteristic of the encoder; and a hardened layer exhibiting a hardness of 500 Hv or more is formed in the inner surface of the outer race and at each portion where the outer race track is formed, wherein the hardened layers provided in the outer race track portions are connected to each other by a jointing hardened layer exhibiting a hardness of 500 Hv or more provided apart from said mounting hole in a circumferential direction, and a minimum distance between said mounting hole and the jointing hardened layer is at least 0.5 mm.
Priority Claims (3)
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10-054576 |
Mar 1998 |
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10-057102 |
Mar 1998 |
JP |
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10-127725 |
May 1998 |
JP |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/262,022, filed Mar. 4, 1999.
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