Abstract: A leather flange for a bidirectional seal assembly includes a radial flange leg encircling a rotation axis of the leather flange. The leather flange also includes an oblique flange leg encircling the rotation axis and joined to the radial flange leg. The oblique flange leg extends both radially inward and axially away from the radial flange leg to form an oblique angle with the rotation axis. An end face of the oblique flange leg forms a sinusoidal pattern around a circumference of the leather flange. The end face also meets an air-side surface of the oblique flange leg to form a lip. When the leather flange is installed around a shaft, the lip forms a sinusoidal path around the circumference of the shaft. As the shaft rotates, the sinusoidal path of the lip creates an axial back-and-forth sweeping action.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a wheel hub assembly is provided that includes a hub body having an outboard end portion and an inboard end portion, a bearing assembly, and a seal. The seal includes a seal case and a sleeve. The hub body and seal case are rotatable relative to the sleeve. The wheel hub assembly further includes a stop of the bearing assembly configured to resist movement of the sleeve toward the outboard end portion of the hub body as the hub body, bearing assembly, and sleeve are advanced together in an inboard direction along a vehicle spindle. The stop permits the bearing assembly to transfer a force applied in an inboard axial direction against the bearing assembly, such as by tightening of a spindle nut, to the sleeve and urge the sleeve along a vehicle spindle.