A wheel bearing assembly is provided which has a rotating speed sensor unit which
includes a seal for preventing entry of foreign matter and which takes up little
space and thus can be mounted on the wheel bearing assembly without increasing
the axial dimension of the fixed member of the wheel bearing assembly. The assembly
includes a fixed member fixed to a vehicle body, and a rotary member rotatably
supported in the stationary member through a bearing and mounted to a vehicle wheel.
An annular sensor is fitted to a knuckle, which is a part of the fixed member,
on the inboard side of the bearing. A sensor seal is fitted to the annular sensor
and has a seal lip kept in slide contact with a seal land formed on a constant-velocity
joint outer ring, which is a part of the rotary member, to define a sealed space
on the inboard side of the bearing. An encoder is mounted on a bearing inner ring,
which is a part of the rotary member, in the sealed space. The sensor element is
disposed in the sealed space, opposite the encoder.