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1.

Sensorized hub bearing unit for vehicles

      
Application Number 17860763
Grant Number 11865863
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-08
First Publication Date 2023-01-19
Grant Date 2024-01-09
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Hubert, Mathieu
  • Garrone, Alessandro

Abstract

A sensorized hub bearing unit having at least one strain sensor for detecting, in real time, forces and moments applied to an outer ring of the hub bearing unit, in which a radially outer ring of the hub bearing unit is formed by a coupling of a first annular element and a second annular element arranged coaxially, the second annular element radially fitted and integrally inside the first annular element and at least one strain sensor arranged in line with an interface between the first annular element and the second annular element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes

2.

Bearing unit with optimized anchoring of the sealing device

      
Application Number 17845300
Grant Number 11808298
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-21
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Cavacece, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A bearing unit having a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling elements interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, a shaped sealing screen interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring and stably inserted inside a first seat of the outer ring, and a snap ring stably inserted inside a second seat of the radially outer ring and interacting with the shaped screen so as to lock it in the first seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members

3.

Rolling bearing for high speeds equipped with an optimized cage to reduce noise at low speeds

      
Application Number 17847244
Grant Number 11846316
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-23
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Catana, Leonardo
  • Grasso, Fabrizio

Abstract

A rolling bearing including an outer ring, an inner ring, rolling elements interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring and a cage for retaining the rolling elements and provided with radial seats or pockets for housing the rolling elements. The cage is guided supportingly on the outer ring with which a first clearance (G1) is defined, while between the pockets and the rolling elements there is a second clearance (G2) such that they have a relative ratio of between about 0.4 and 1. The rolling elements may be balls and the pockets may be formed by radial through-holes, which are circular or square in shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 33/38 - Ball cages

4.

Sealing device with dynamic action for rolling bearings

      
Application Number 17821822
Grant Number 11898606
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-24
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Grant Date 2024-02-13
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Barbera, Stellario
  • Foti, Claudio
  • Serafini, Andrea

Abstract

Sealing device including a first annular element coupled to a first fixed mechanical member, and a second annular element coupled to a second rotating mechanical member, for protecting an annular compartment delimited between the members, the first element being provided with at least one annular sealing lip configured to interact with the second element, which has a radial edge of a flange portion arranged at an edge of a sleeve portion of the first element, thus forming with the latter a radial gap configured as a labyrinth seal; wherein the radial gap of the flange portion of the second annular element carries a plurality of depressions arranged in a crown, spaced adjacently to one another at the radial gap and configured to generate, as a result of the rotation of the second element, a dynamic effect (F) for the purpose of repelling any contaminants impelled towards said radial gap.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings

5.

Bearing unit with retaining cage

      
Application Number 17835260
Grant Number 11898603
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-08
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Grant Date 2024-02-13
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bogliacino, Fabio
  • Ferrero, Alessandro
  • Gemello, Marco

Abstract

A bearing unit may be provided with at least one row of rolling bodies and at least one cage for retaining the rolling bodies. The at least one rolling cage may include a base rib; a plurality of fingers spaced circumferentially and extending at least from one side of the base rib; and a plurality of partially spherical cavities for holding the rolling bodies, each cavity being defined by the partially spherical concave surfaces of a pair of fingers of the plurality of fingers and of the base rib. The rolling bodies and the cages are in contact with each other via a plurality of protrusions formed on the partially spherical concave surfaces of the fingers and of the base rib. At least one lateral protrusion may be formed along the surface of each finger of the plurality of fingers of the retaining cage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/41 - Ball cages comb-shaped
  • F16C 33/38 - Ball cages
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

6.

Sensorized suspension assembly for vehicles, including a wheel hub unit and a suspension upright or knuckle, and an associated method and wheel hub unit

      
Application Number 17820586
Grant Number 11731455
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-18
First Publication Date 2022-12-15
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bertola, Maurizio
  • Cambiano, Marco
  • Dorrestijn, Igor
  • Galeazzi, Alessandro
  • Gulli, Carmelo

Abstract

In a vehicle suspension assembly a sensorized system applied to a wheel hub unit, in which radially outer cylindrical surface of an outer ring of the wheel hub unit configured for coupling to a suspension upright or knuckle has four circumferential flats formed to be angularly spaced from each other on the radially outer lateral cylindrical surface, each flat delimiting a plane surface which extends axially over a pair of annular tracks for rolling bodies of the outer ring; each flat carries integrally a sensor module including a pair of extensometers positioned parallel to each other and each at the position of a respective annular track, orientated in a circumferential direction so as to extend along a circumferential development of the annular track; an electrical circuit picks up a signal from each sensor module and sends it to a data socket carried by the suspension upright or knuckle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

7.

Sealing assembly for bearings, in particular for use in agriculture

      
Application Number 17750764
Grant Number 11808356
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-23
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Barbera, Stellario
  • D'Amico, Giorgia
  • Foti, Claudio

Abstract

A sealing assembly for bearings, in particular for use in agriculture, comprising a primary sealing barrier and a secondary sealing barrier, which are arranged in series along a potential path (P) of ingress of contaminants into the bearing, and have, respectively, a first seal and a second seal with a plurality of contact lips. The contact lips of the first and second seal with a plurality of contact lips may be static lips that do not rotate about an axis (A) of rotation of the bearing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3256 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals
  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • F16J 15/447 - Labyrinth packings

8.

Encoder wheel for wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 17865463
Grant Number 11746830
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-15
First Publication Date 2022-11-24
Grant Date 2023-09-05
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Tedeschini, Luca
  • Duch, Daniele

Abstract

A speed measuring device for a wheel hub assembly equipped with a rolling bearing. The measuring device having an encoder wheel mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a mechanical support disposed between the encoder wheel and the ring to cause the encoder wheel and the ring to be angularly fixed to one another, and a mechanical lock for axially locking the encoder wheel in a seat formed by the mechanical lock together with the mechanical support. The encoder wheel is equipped with a base structure made of plastic material mounted in a seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01P 3/44 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • G01P 3/487 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage of pulse signals delivered by rotating magnets
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • H01F 1/08 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of hard-magnetic materials metals or alloys in the form of particles, e.g. powder pressed, sintered, or bound together

9.

Bearing unit for windrowers

      
Application Number 17739248
Grant Number 11898605
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-09
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Grant Date 2024-02-13
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Cavacece, Fabio
  • Bertolini, Andrea A

Abstract

A bearing unit comprising a radially outer ring having a radially outer spherical surface with a convex shape, a radially inner ring mounted on a rotating or oscillating shaft, and a plurality of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring to allow the relative rotation of the radially inner ring and outer ring; a locking system for locking the bearing unit being provided with two threaded through holes that are made through the radially inner ring from opposite sides with respect to the radially outer ring and to the plurality of rolling bodies, and, for each threaded through hole with a respective grub screw locking the radially inner ring on the shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 35/063 - Fixing them on the shaft
  • F16C 33/46 - Cages for rollers or needles
  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 33/49 - Cages for rollers or needles comb-shaped

10.

Attachment interface for connecting a vehicle composite component

      
Application Number 17857691
Grant Number 11713786
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-05
First Publication Date 2022-10-20
Grant Date 2023-08-01
Owner
  • AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
  • SKF AEROSPACE FRANCE S.A.S. (USA)
Inventor
  • Sarlin, Remi
  • Verhulst, Laurens
  • Warmerdam, Michiel

Abstract

An attachment interface is provided for connecting a vehicle composite component having a plate portion that is made of a fiber reinforced polymer and has a passage extending in a through manner along an axis. The attachment interface provides a metal attachment device, which includes an inner portion engaging the passage and an outer portion defining a connection point suitable to be connected to another vehicle element. The plate portion is axially sandwiched between two layers made of a fiber reinforced polymer composite material selected from the group consisting of BMC (Bulk Molding Compound), LFT (Long Fiber Thermoplastic) and DLFT (Direct Long Fiber Thermoplastic).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/077 - Fixing them on the shaft or housing with interposition of an element between housing and outer race ring
  • B29C 70/84 - Moulding material on preformed parts to be joined
  • B62D 7/16 - Arrangement of linkage connections
  • B62D 7/18 - Steering knuckles; King-pins

11.

Fastening for a support assembly for food applications

      
Application Number 17712215
Grant Number 11828330
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-04
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2023-11-28
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Cavacece, Fabio

Abstract

the annular groove having at least one pair of mechanical stops of the at least one pair of teeth of the cover, the mechanical stops extending in a radial direction with respect to corresponding depressions to be flush with the lateral surface of the casing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings

12.

Support assembly for food applications having an improved inner seal

      
Application Number 17712284
Grant Number 11841052
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-04
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2023-12-12
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A support assembly for movable, rotating or sliding shafts, having a bearing unit having an inner ring, an outer ring, and a row of rolling bodies interposed between the inner and outer rings, a casing, a cover for fluid sealing an opening of an internal seat of the casing, a rear sealing device on a side opposite the cover having a metal screen and a vulcanized rubber liner equipped with an axially outer first sealing lip and with an axially inner second sealing lip, an axially inner sealing device, having a first shield provided with a vulcanized rubber liner having a plurality of sealing lips, the outer ring having a step extending axially inward and provided with a second shield having a vulcanized rubber liner with a plurality of sealing lips.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting

13.

Support assembly for food applications having an improved rear sealing device

      
Application Number 17712333
Grant Number 11867233
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-04
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2024-01-09
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Falaschi, Fabio

Abstract

Support assembly for movable, rotating or sliding shafts, having a bearing unit adapted to receive the movable shaft, a casing and a cover for fluid sealing an opening of an internal seat of the casing; the bearing unit having a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring and a row of rolling elements between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring; the support assembly also being provided with: a rear sealing device, placed on the opposite side with respect to the cover, and comprising a metal shield and a vulcanized rubber liner equipped with a first, axially outer, sealing lip and with a second, axially inner, sealing lip the support assembly being characterized in that the rear sealing device comprises a further third sealing lip slidingly contacting the radially inner ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings

14.

Wheel hub assembly with optimized raceways

      
Application Number 17711190
Grant Number 11788578
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-01
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2023-10-17
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Ferrero, Alessandro
  • Bogliacino, Fabio
  • Bertola, Maurizio

Abstract

A bearing unit for a wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, having a first raceway which is a radially outer and axially outer raceway and a second raceway which is a radially outer and axially inner raceway, a third raceway which is a radially inner and axially outer raceway and a fourth raceway which is a radially inner and axially inner raceway; an axially outer row and an axially inner row of rolling bodied, interposed, respectively, between the first raceway and the third raceway and between the second raceway and the fourth raceway; at least one raceway is provided with a first raceway portion and a second raceway portion, the raceway portions being tangential to the rolling body of the row of rolling bodies at two different contact angles the first contact angle of the first raceway being smaller than the second contact angle of the second raceway portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs

15.

Method for forming a front toothing on an inner ring of a wheel hub and associated equipment

      
Application Number 17712257
Grant Number 11806775
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-04
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Sguotti, Laura
  • Galfre, Stefano
  • Olivieri, Davide Antonio

Abstract

A method and equipment for forming a front toothing having a plurality of radial teeth on an annular collar of an inner ring of a wheel hub, wherein a plurality of first knives are axially and sequentially impressed on the annular collar and have a first predetermined circumferential profile (P1) configured to form radial reliefs which are spaced by imprints and have a rounded circumferential profile corresponding to the profile of the ridges of the radial teeth to be obtained; thereafter, a plurality of second knives are axially and sequentially impressed on the annular collar inside the imprints and have a third predetermined circumferential profile (P3) configured to reproduce in reverse at least part of respective opposite flanks of the radial teeth of the front toothing to be obtained.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23P 17/00 - Metal-working operations, not covered by a single other subclass or another group in this subclass
  • B21D 53/10 - Making other particular articles valve seats or the like
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

16.

Support assembly for food applications having an improved seal

      
Application Number 17713273
Grant Number 11846322
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-05
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Frezza, Pasquale
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Cavacece, Fabio

Abstract

A support assembly for a movable shaft includes a bearing unit that receives the shaft, a casing, and a cover. The cover includes an annular coupling portion extending towards a radially external lateral surface of the casing. The annular coupling portion has circumferentially spaced teeth projecting from a radially inside surface thereof. The lateral surface includes an annular seat that receives the teeth. The annular seat includes an annular groove axially spaced with respect to a front edge of the casing that defines an opening of the casing and is connected to axial grooves that interrupt radially at least part of the front edge of the casing. A bottom wall of the annular groove has depressions alternating with projections offset with the axial grooves. The annular coupling portion includes radially internal projections that engage with the lateral surface of the casing along portions free of axial grooves.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 33/76 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings

17.

Wheel bearing assembly with integrated seal

      
Application Number 17830493
Grant Number 11808302
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-02
First Publication Date 2022-09-15
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Gemello, Marco
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

Wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles, the assembly being provided with a wheel hub and a bearing unit in turn provided with a radially outer ring and at least one radially inner ring provided, respectively, with a first raceway and at least one second raceway, with at least one row of rolling bodies arranged between the radially outer ring and the at least one radially inner ring, and with a cage for containing the at least one row of rolling bodies; the wheel bearing assembly is moreover provided with sealing means integrated in the cage and provided with at least two radial contact lips made of elastomeric material, with at least one first radial lip in contact with the radially inner ring and with at least one second radial lip in contact with the radially outer ring.

IPC Classes  ?

18.

Pulley assembly

      
Application Number 17688338
Grant Number 11732755
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-07
First Publication Date 2022-09-15
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Urso, Stefano
  • Peters, Ralf
  • Pedulla, Rosario

Abstract

A pulley assembly for belt tensioners having a bearing unit provided with a rotating outer ring and made of metal, an outer wheel body overmoulded onto the outer ring to rotate with the outer ring and interact with a belt, a gripping surface at the interface between the outer wheel body and the outer ring to prevent circumferential slipping between the outer wheel body and the outer ring; and an axial retainer integral with the outer ring and having two lateral edge members located axially on opposite sides of the gripping surface to engage the outer wheel body and prevent axial movement of the outer wheel body relative to the outer ring.

IPC Classes  ?

19.

Casing reinforced with ribs for food applications

      
Application Number 17672289
Grant Number 11808303
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-15
First Publication Date 2022-08-25
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bertelloni, Ettore
  • Bertolini, Andrea A
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A casing of a bearing unit for food applications may include a base having at least one hole for housing at least one fixing bolts, a spherical seat for housing the bearing unit, and at least one reinforcement rib located between the hole and the spherical seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/02 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of sliding-contact bearings
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings

20.

Reinforced casing for food applications

      
Application Number 17588298
Grant Number 11732756
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-30
First Publication Date 2022-08-04
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Colomba, Alessio Nebbia
  • Bertolini, Andrea A
  • Cavacece, Fabio

Abstract

Casing of a bearing unit for food applications, made of polymeric material and provided internally with a spherical seat for housing the bearing unit, the casing having a reinforcement in the form of a metal ring co-moulded inside the casing and accommodated around the spherical seat of the casing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting

21.

Detection device for wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 17717467
Grant Number 11530722
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-11
First Publication Date 2022-07-28
Grant Date 2022-12-20
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Gemello, Marco
  • Mesnager, Aurelien

Abstract

Detection device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the detection device having a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the bearing arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring so as to angularly lock together the phonic ring and the rotating ring, and a sensor facing the phonic wheel; a protection device being integral with the rotating ring of the bearing so as to protect simultaneously both the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants.

IPC Classes  ?

22.

Flanged wheel hub bearing provided with a sensor

      
Application Number 17711132
Grant Number 11691455
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-01
First Publication Date 2022-07-21
Grant Date 2023-07-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Morello, Fausto
  • G, Deepak
  • Hj, Pradeep

Abstract

A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles including a rotatable hub provided with a flange for the engagement of the hub to a wheel of a vehicle and provided with a radially outer free portion and a bearing unit provided with a radially outer ring for the engagement of the wheel hub bearing to a knuckle of the vehicle and a radially inner rotatable ring angularly connected to the hub. Furthermore, the wheel hub bearing has a device for detecting a vehicle parameter and provided with an encoder and a sensor in communication with the encoder. The encoder is ridgidly coupled to the radially outer free portion of the flange to jointly rotate with the hub.

IPC Classes  ?

23.

System for securing a casing and a cover of a housing element

      
Application Number 17674223
Grant Number 11834227
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-17
First Publication Date 2022-06-30
Grant Date 2023-12-05
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale
  • Colomba, Alessio Nebbia

Abstract

A housing element for food applications having a casing made of metallic material and a cover made of composite material and having a bottom surface which is closed or provided with a through-hole. The housing element is provided with a system for securing the cover on the casing, comprising at least two steps which are formed on the cover and which engage with interference inside at least two corresponding grooves formed on the casing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65D 41/06 - Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with bayonet cams
  • F16C 35/00 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers
  • F16L 55/115 - Caps
  • A47J 47/02 - Closed containers for foodstuffs
  • B65D 1/02 - Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents

24.

Modular wheel-hub bearing unit

      
Application Number 17667618
Grant Number 11807037
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-09
First Publication Date 2022-06-02
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Ferrero, Alessandro

Abstract

A modular wheel-hub bearing unit having an outer flanged hub for mounting the unit on an upright of a vehicle, provided externally with an assembly surface and internally with a mounting seat; and a bearing provided with an outer ring, two inner rings and two rows of rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the two inner rings. The bearing being mounted inside the assembly seat independently of the outer flanged hub and having an outer diameter, the dimensions of which are related to the dimensions of an outer diameter of the assembly surface of the flanged hub by a first coefficient (α) according to the relation: D2=α*D1, where 0.80≤α≤0.95.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

25.

Sealing device for bicycle or motorcycle suspensions

      
Application Number 17507575
Grant Number 11781654
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-21
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Grant Date 2023-10-10
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bresso, Marco
  • Serafini, Andrea

Abstract

Sealing device for a cartridge of a shock absorbing fork, provided with a screen of metallic material and with an elastomer coating, in turn comprising a radially outer portion which forms a static seal on a cartridge housing and at least one radially inner lip which makes a sliding contact on a moving element of the cartridge, wherein an additional lip forms a seal on a surface of the housing, thus sealing a cavity (V) of the elastomer coating.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • B62K 25/06 - Axle suspensions for mounting axles resiliently on cycle frame or fork with telescopic fork, e.g. including auxiliary rocking arms

26.

Apparatus and method for forming a front toothing on an inner ring of a wheel hub and associated front toothing

      
Application Number 17495954
Grant Number 11806943
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-07
First Publication Date 2022-04-14
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Olivieri, Davide Antonio
  • Sguotti, Laura
  • Nicastri, Fulvio Carlo
  • Morello, Enrico Luigi
  • Biancone, Luca

Abstract

An apparatus including a plurality of first and second pressing elements arranged in crown symmetrically around an axis of symmetry (B) so that a first end of a first pressing element cooperates in contact with a second end of a second pressing element; wherein the first and second pressing elements are supported slidingly and passing through by, respectively, a first and a second plate coupled and bound to each other, in respective second and first slits angularly spaced apart; the first pressing elements being provided with hammerheads circumferentially wider than the second slits and which cooperate circumferentially without play in contact with each other, and the second pressing elements being provided with engraving heads circumferentially wider than the first slits, which cooperate circumferentially without play in contact with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21D 53/10 - Making other particular articles valve seats or the like
  • B29C 67/00 - Shaping techniques not covered by groups , or
  • B29L 31/04 - Bearings

27.

Sealing device for bearing unit

      
Application Number 17492874
Grant Number 11873904
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-04
First Publication Date 2022-04-14
Grant Date 2024-01-16
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Duch, Daniele

Abstract

A sealing device for a bearing unit, having a stationary part, which is in turn provided with a first metal screen, an elastomer coating co-moulded on to the first screen, and a radially inner contact lip belonging to the elastomer coating, and a rotatable part provided with a second metal screen with which the contact lip makes a sliding contact, the sealing device being provided with at least one appendage which faces a radially inner flanged ring of the bearing unit and interacts with this flanged ring to form a barrier against the entry of contaminants.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16J 15/453 - Labyrinth packings characterised by the use of particular materials
  • F16C 19/14 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load
  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • F16J 15/324 - Arrangements for lubrication or cooling of the sealing itself

28.

Insulating device for a bearing

      
Application Number 17557321
Grant Number 11698106
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-21
First Publication Date 2022-04-14
Grant Date 2023-07-11
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Feliciano, Paul
  • Hubert, Mathieu
  • Jullien, Tommy
  • Perrotin, Thomas
  • Simonin, Anthony

Abstract

An insulating device for a bearing mountable within a housing, the bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring with an outer circumferential surface and opposing axial ends and a plurality of rolling elements disposed there between. The insulating device comprises: a first annular part, which is adapted to be in contact to the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring, and a second annular part, which is also adapted to be in contact to the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring. The first and second part form the insulation device which is adapted to contact, in an assembled state of the bearing in the housing, both the outer ring and the housing. The first part is thermally conductive and electrically insulating and the second part is electrically insulating and less thermally conductive than the first part or is not thermally conductive.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • F16C 35/077 - Fixing them on the shaft or housing with interposition of an element between housing and outer race ring
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings

29.

Bearing cage and bearing

      
Application Number 17473898
Grant Number 11655853
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-13
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Grant Date 2023-05-23
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • An, Hongyuan
  • Restivo, Riccardo

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a bearing cage and a bearing. The bearing cage comprising: a generally annular backbone portion having a front side and an opposite back side; a plurality of cantilever portions extending from the front side of the backbone portion in an axially forward direction of the bearing cage, the cantilever portions being arranged along a circumference of the annular backbone portion, defining a plurality of pockets bearing, wherein the backbone portion has a radial thickness which is larger than that of the plurality of cantilever portions. Each of the plurality of cantilever portions comprises two prong portions and a connection portion between the two prong portions. The bearing cage further comprises one or more of: a plurality of recesses formed in a radially outer side of the cantilever portions, and a plurality of grooves formed in the radially inner side of the bearing cage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 33/41 - Ball cages comb-shaped
  • F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication

30.

Wheel hub unit with improved drainage

      
Application Number 17476778
Grant Number 11633980
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-16
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Grant Date 2023-04-25
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Re, Paolo A

Abstract

A wheel hub unit provided with a radially outer ring, stationary in use, a radially inner ring, rotating in use, at least one row of rolling elements, interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, and a sealing assembly, interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, which defines cooperating with the radially outer ring or with the radially inner ring a shield of at least one labyrinth seal. The labyrinth seal does not have a circumferential symmetry but comprises an upper portion and a lower portion with respect to a symmetry axis (A) of the wheel hub unit and is provided with an angular interruption of the shield made on its lower portion corresponding to the lower side of the wheel hub unit so as to increase an outflow section thereof from the labyrinth seal itself which facilitates gravity drainage of contaminants present inside the sealing assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members

31.

Wheel hub unit with improved drainage

      
Application Number 17477356
Grant Number 11585381
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-16
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Grant Date 2023-02-21
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Re, Paolo A

Abstract

Wheel hub unit provided with a radially outer ring, stationary in use, a radially inner ring, rotating in use, at least one row of rolling elements, interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, and a seal assembly, interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, which defines cooperating with the radially outer ring or with the radially inner ring a shield of at least one labyrinth seal. The labyrinth seal does not have a circumferential symmetry but comprises an upper portion and a lower portion with respect to a symmetry axis (A) of the wheel hub unit and is provided with an angular interruption of the shield made on its lower portion corresponding to the lower side of the wheel hub unit so as to increase an outflow section thereof from the labyrinth seal itself which facilitates gravity drainage of contaminants present inside the seal assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

32.

Optimized sealing device for a bearing unit

      
Application Number 17464222
Grant Number 11897283
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-01
First Publication Date 2022-03-10
Grant Date 2024-02-13
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Duch, Daniele

Abstract

Sealing device for a bearing unit, having a stationary part, in turn provided with a first metal screen formed by an annular shaped portion and by a cylindrical portion radially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, with an elastomer coating, co-moulded on the first screen, having an annular shaped portion and a cylindrical portion, and with a contacting lip, radially internal, forming part of the elastomer coating and axially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, and a rotating part provided with a second metal screen on which the contacting lip makes sliding contact, where the elastomer coating is provided with a lip, non-contacting and radially internal with respect to the cylindrical portion and at least one first radial labyrinth seal (Gr) is formed by a radially outer wing of the second screen and by the lip of the elastomer coating which faces the aforementioned wing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip
  • F16J 15/3264 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals the elements being separable from each other
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16J 15/447 - Labyrinth packings

33.

Sensorised wheel hub unit for vehicles, associated system and method for detecting final loads on wheels

      
Application Number 17408705
Grant Number 11571928
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-23
First Publication Date 2022-03-03
Grant Date 2023-02-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baliva, Simone
  • Cambiano, Marco
  • Ferrero, Alessandro
  • Garrone, Alessandro

Abstract

Sensorised wheel hub unit and a method for detecting, in real time, forces and moments applied to an outer ring of the wheel hub unit in which piezoresistive ceramic plates are made of one piece with welded metal plates housed within respective recesses formed in an outer surface of the outer ring over respective races for rolling elements in such a way that there is a gap between the plates and a base wall of each recess; in which the temperature of the outer ring and the amplitude and frequency of first electrical signals (S1) associated with the sensors relating to the same race are analysed to determine a frequency value equal to the frequency of the first signal having the maximum amplitude and as many amplitude values (D1-Dn) as there are sensors associated with that race and each equal to the maximum amplitude of the first signal from each sensor, corrected according to the temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings

34.

Sealing device for a wheel hub unit

      
Application Number 17516809
Grant Number 11833853
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-02
First Publication Date 2022-02-24
Grant Date 2023-12-05
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Nastasi, Antonia
  • Sguotti, Laura

Abstract

Sealing device for a wheel hub unit is disclosed herein, wherein the sealing device being able, during use, to form a static seal for protecting the wheel hub unit from any environmental pollutant and being provided with a screen, which is engaged with a collar of the wheel hub unit and has a bottom wall, a cylindrical side wall integral with and more or less perpendicular to the bottom wall. The sealing device is designed and structured to protect the wheel hub unit from any environmental contaminant that the wheel hub unit may be exposed to during usage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16J 15/08 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing

35.

Sealing device for a bearing unit

      
Application Number 17358067
Grant Number 11585378
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-25
First Publication Date 2022-01-06
Grant Date 2023-02-21
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Cognolato, Gianni Alvise
  • Raia, Ciro

Abstract

Sealing device for a bearing unit having at least one contact lip operatively in sliding contact with a contact surface of the bearing unit and in turn provided with a wedge portion which forms with respect to the contact surface a first angle (α) facing a medium to be contained and a second angle (β) opposite the first angle, wherein during operating conditions, the second angle (β) is smaller than the first angle (α) and with a first surface having a concave shape, the concavity of which is defined by a first radius (R1); wherein the second angle (β) is between 48° and 55° and the length of the first radius (R1) is between 2.0 mm and 10.00 mm.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members

36.

Equipment and method for forming a front toothing on an inner ring of a wheel hub

      
Application Number 17353603
Grant Number 11426786
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-21
First Publication Date 2021-12-30
Grant Date 2022-08-30
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bogliacino, Fabio
  • Ferrero, Alessandro
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

Equipment including a rigid plate provided with a plurality of cutters configured to be impressed in sequence against a swaged annular collar of an inner ring of a wheel hub, the collar being formed with a first radial profile; the cutters sliding axially through the plate and towards a first face of the plate resting in abutment against the collar; wherein the first face of the plate is provided in the region of the cutters with a concave annular seat having a second radial profile configured to copy at least partly the first radial profile of the collar, the annular seat being configured to be passed through by the cutters during the step for impression against the collar and to contain any radial flow of the metallic material which forms the collar.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21J 13/02 - Dies or mountings therefor
  • B21K 1/30 - Making machine elements discs with gear-teeth
  • B21J 5/12 - Forming profiles on internal or external surfaces
  • B21J 9/02 - Special design or construction
  • B21K 21/12 - Shaping end portions of hollow articles

37.

Method of thermal analysis of a bearing unit

      
Application Number 17352420
Grant Number 11879804
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-21
First Publication Date 2021-12-30
Grant Date 2024-01-23
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Cavacece, Fabio
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

Thermal analysis of a bearing unit, carried out by entering the input and boundary conditions of the application, defining contact areas and load distribution between components of the bearing unit, calculating the conduction resistances and the thermal convection of the components, calculating the heat generated by friction between the components in contact and the heat distribution thereof on a plurality of isothermal nodes which discretize the bearing unit, defining a thermal interaction between the isothermal nodes, thermally balancing the isothermal nodes, calculating the temperature range of the bearing unit, comparing the resulting operating temperature on an isothermal node of a sealing means of the bearing unit and the related maximum allowable temperature, and if the operating temperature and maximum allowable temperature values are different from each other, repeat steps (a) to step (h).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01M 13/04 - Bearings
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • G01N 25/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of thermal means
  • G01K 7/42 - Circuits effecting compensation of thermal inertia; Circuits for predicting the stationary value of a temperature

38.

Lightweight radially outer ring for a hub-wheel assembly

      
Application Number 17340192
Grant Number 11618280
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-07
First Publication Date 2021-12-16
Grant Date 2023-04-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bertoia, Maurizio
  • Brogna, Daniele
  • Bruno, Domenico

Abstract

Radially outer ring of a bearing unit for a hub-wheel assembly for motor vehicles, the radially outer ring being provided with: a flange portion having a plurality of axial fixing holes that connect an element of the motor vehicle wheel to the radially outer ring, an almost cylindrical portion which with part of its radially internal surfaces defines raceways for rows of rolling bodies of the bearing unit, an axially internal or axially external surface of the flange portion and a radially external surface of the cylindrical portion connected to each other by a first portion of toroidal surface (St1) and of a second portion of toroidal surface (St2) defined by corresponding first radius (R1) and second radius (R2), a truncated cone surface (Stc) defined by an angle (a) formed with a rotation axis (X) of the radially outer ring is interposed between the first portion of toroidal surface (St1) and the second portion of toroidal surface (St2).

IPC Classes  ?

39.

Integrated sealing device for motorcycle suspensions

      
Application Number 17288353
Grant Number 11873901
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-24
First Publication Date 2021-12-09
Grant Date 2024-01-16
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Cognolato, Gianni Alvise
  • Bresso, Marco
  • Giraudo, Paolo

Abstract

A sealing device for a motorcycle suspension provided with an armature on which an elastomeric covering is mounted, said covering comprising a first radially outer portion, for providing a dynamic seal with a first component of the motorcycle suspension, and a second radially inner portion for providing a guide and a static seal with a second component of the motorcycle suspension, on which the sealing device is mounted; the elastomeric covering is integrally connected to the armature and the radially outer portion has at least one first, flexible, annular sealing lip which projects, protruding in a radially and axially external direction so as to cooperate, during use, in a sliding manner, with a surface of the first component of the motorcycle suspension.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • B62K 25/06 - Axle suspensions for mounting axles resiliently on cycle frame or fork with telescopic fork, e.g. including auxiliary rocking arms
  • F16J 15/16 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
  • F16J 15/3252 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports
  • F16J 15/3284 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings characterised by their structure; Selection of materials
  • F16J 15/3216 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip supported in a direction parallel to the surfaces

40.

Cover for a bearing housing and support assembly for an associated rotating shaft

      
Application Number 17321553
Grant Number 11578801
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-17
First Publication Date 2021-11-25
Grant Date 2023-02-14
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Cavacece, Fabio
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A cover for a bearing housing, in particular intended to be mounted on machinery for the food industry, provided with an end wall transverse to an axis of the bearing housing; with an annular side wall which extends transversely with respect to the end wall; and with an engaging portion towards the bearing housing, which is formed on one end of the side wall opposite to the end wall; a through-opening being formed through the end wall so as to allow the passage of a moving shaft, preferably a rotating shaft, and being surrounded by a reinforcing ring rigidly joined to and integral with the end wall so as to support a sealing element mounted on the through-opening and sealingly engaged by the moving shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3248 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings

41.

Light-weight wheel hub for a wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 17315763
Grant Number 11685187
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-10
First Publication Date 2021-11-18
Grant Date 2023-06-27
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Carlevaris, Alberto
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio
  • Richaud, Stefano

Abstract

Wheel hubs for a motor-vehicle wheel hub assemblies provided with a bearing unit in turn which include at least one row of rolling bodies, the wheel hub being provided with at least two sheet-metal elements which are rigidly joined together, wherein a first sheet-metal element forms a raceway for the at least one row of rolling bodies.

IPC Classes  ?

42.

Hub bearing assembly for discs for soil cultivation

      
Application Number 17245687
Grant Number 11713785
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-30
First Publication Date 2021-11-11
Grant Date 2023-08-01
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Marivo, Massimo
  • Urso, Stefano
  • Venturucci, Riccardo

Abstract

A hub bearing assembly for the rotatable mounting of a soil cultivating disc (D) on a support shaft (A) of an agricultural machine, the assembly being provided with a hub bearing unit which in turn is provided with a flanged outer ring carrying two integral outer raceways for respective rows of rolling bodies, a flange fixed to the flanged outer ring for mounting a disc (D), and, for each outer raceway, an inner ring axially adjacent to the other inner ring, both of which can be engaged by the support shaft (A); and a sealing device mounted on a side of the hub bearing assembly opposite the side of the flange, composed of a first sealing stage and a second sealing stage arranged sequentially along the support shaft (A) and housed in respective seats formed directly in the flanged outer ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • A01B 71/04 - Bearings of rotating parts, e.g. for soil-working discs

43.

Bearing unit with optimized sealing system

      
Application Number 17236135
Grant Number 11578758
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-21
First Publication Date 2021-10-28
Grant Date 2023-02-14
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Cavacece, Fabio
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A bearing unit having a radially outer ring provided with at least one raceway, a radially inner ring provided with at least one raceway, at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, at least one containment cage for keeping the rolling elements of the rolling element row in position, and a seal interposed between the radially inner ring and the radially outer ring. An anchoring element mechanically locks the seal in a first seat of the radially inner ring, and the anchoring element is housed in a second seat of the radially outer ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings

44.

Grease dispensing device for rolling bearings

      
Application Number 17238971
Grant Number 11493088
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-23
First Publication Date 2021-10-28
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Guala, Giuseppe
  • Morero, Luca
  • Ribet, Massimiliano

Abstract

A rolling bearing unit provided with a radially outer ring having an assembly groove, two radially inner rings, two series of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner rings and defining between them a first internal grease reservoir. The groove is arranged in an axially intermediate position with respect to the two radially inner rings and a grease dispensing device is housed inside the groove of the radially outer ring and is in turn provided with a second grease reservoir formed inside the radially outer ring and communicating with the first reservoir via the groove. A permeable retaining wall housed is inside the groove so as to retain the grease inside the second reservoir and allow it to flow out towards the first reservoir during operation of the bearing unit, dispensing it in a controlled manner.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication
  • F16C 19/38 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers

45.

Bearing unit with optimized radially inner ring

      
Application Number 17219048
Grant Number 11480217
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-31
First Publication Date 2021-10-14
Grant Date 2022-10-25
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Calderone, Antonino
  • Conti, Giacomo

Abstract

A bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring; a radially inner ring rotatable around a central rotation axis (X) of the bearing unit and provided with at least one raceway and, in a terminal portion thereof, with at least one through hole; at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring; and at least one clamping element, which is accommodated in the through hole, to lock the radially inner ring on to a rotating shaft. A first radially outer cylindrical surface of the terminal portion of the radially inner ring has a diameter smaller than the diameter of a second radially outer cylindrical surface of a second terminal portion of the radially inner ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings

46.

Housing element with end cover having an optimized sealing action

      
Application Number 17196323
Grant Number 11378128
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-09
First Publication Date 2021-09-16
Grant Date 2022-07-05
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertelloni, Ettore
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A housing element having a casing provided with a spherical seat, a bearing unit located inside the spherical seat of the casing and provided with a radially inner ring, and a plastic end cover provided with a radial through-hole so that a machine shaft can be inserted inside it, the end cover being integral with the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, and the end cover being provided with an elastomeric seal for forming a static seal on the shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 19/34 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
  • F16C 33/76 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings

47.

Lightweight suspension upright or knuckle

      
Application Number 17324218
Grant Number 11654963
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-19
First Publication Date 2021-09-02
Grant Date 2023-05-23
Owner
  • Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
  • SKF Aerospace France S.A.S. (USA)
Inventor
  • Fleury, Valentin
  • Falossi, Marco
  • Sarlin, Remi

Abstract

A lightweight suspension upright or knuckle for a vehicle including a bearing connection interface arranged coaxial with the rolling bearing and including a first sleeve element and a second sleeve element arranged radially outside the first sleeve element and including a BMC/LFT/DLFT annular body that is sandwiched between a first and second shell elements, which are coupled together in a radially superimposed manner and which are preferably obtained in a semi-cured state as self-supporting elements, to be chemically and mechanically bonded together and with the BMC/LFT/DLFT annular body in a later stage during a step of forming a core (11) to fill either completely or partially an empty space (12) delimited between the first and second shell elements (8,9).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B62D 7/18 - Steering knuckles; King-pins
  • B29C 43/00 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 45/00 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor
  • B60G 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • B29C 70/86 - Incorporating in coherent impregnated reinforcing layers
  • B29L 31/30 - Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof

48.

Housing element with axially movable bearing unit

      
Application Number 17154226
Grant Number 11401969
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-01-21
First Publication Date 2021-07-22
Grant Date 2022-08-02
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A housing element having a casing provided with a cylindrical seat, a bearing unit located inside the cylindrical seat of the casing, a metal ring arranged between the casing and the bearing unit and provided with a spherical seat. The metal ring is assembled inside the cylindrical seat of the casing and is axially movable along the cylindrical seat. The bearing unit is coupled with the metal ring by its spherical seat and is axially movable together with the metal ring. The metal ring is provided with a first groove, which is radially external, and a first radial hole in fluid communication with the first groove so as to allow a supply of grease to the bearing unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 23/08 - Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
  • F16C 35/077 - Fixing them on the shaft or housing with interposition of an element between housing and outer race ring
  • F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication

49.

Wheel bearing assembly with integrated seal

      
Application Number 17126808
Grant Number 11378129
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-18
First Publication Date 2021-07-08
Grant Date 2022-07-05
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Gemello, Marco
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

Wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles, the assembly being provided with a wheel hub and a bearing unit in turn provided with a radially outer ring and at least one radially inner ring provided, respectively, with a first raceway and at least one second raceway, with at least one row of rolling bodies arranged between the radially outer ring and the at least one radially inner ring, and with a cage for containing the at least one row of rolling bodies; the wheel bearing assembly is moreover provided with sealing means integrated in the cage and provided with at least two radial contact lips made of elastomeric material, with at least one first radial lip in contact with the radially inner ring and with at least one second radial lip in contact with the radially outer ring.

IPC Classes  ?

50.

Bearing with conductive medium

      
Application Number 16739808
Grant Number 11035413
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-10
First Publication Date 2021-06-15
Grant Date 2021-06-15
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bauch, Riad
  • Hubert, Mathieu
  • Preis, Karl
  • Dorrestijn, Igor

Abstract

A bearing assembly having a conductive medium. The bearing unit is mountable on a shaft and includes a bearing unit including a radially inner bearing ring including a radially inner race, wherein the radially inner bearing ring is rotatable with the shaft. The bearing unit further includes a radially outer bearing rings including a radially outer race, wherein the radially outer bearing ring is stationary with respect to the shaft; and a plurality of rolling elements supported to roll between the radially inner race of the radially inner bearing ring and the radially outer race of the radially outer bearing ring. An annular chamber body is disposed adjacent the bearing unit. A conductive medium is disposed within the chamber body.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings

51.

Suspension unit for a vehicle

      
Application Number 16938179
Grant Number 11833854
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-24
First Publication Date 2021-06-10
Grant Date 2023-12-05
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Back, Daniel
  • Falossi, Marco
  • Re, Paolo A.
  • Richaud, Stefano
  • Romanetto, Marco

Abstract

In a vehicle suspension assembly (1), a connection system (4) between a hub bearing unit (2) and a suspension upright or knuckle (3), including: a radially outer lateral cylindrical surface (16) of a radially outer ring or element (6) of the hub bearing unit, configured for interference coupling with a radially inner lateral cylindrical surface (18) of a reception seat (5) of the suspension upright or knuckle; a pair of, or three, lugs (19) that protrude radially in cantilever fashion from the radially outer ring or element of the hub bearing unit, each being provided with an axial through hole (21); a frontal surface (23) of the suspension upright or knuckle, configured for receiving the lugs (19) in axial abutment; and screws (24) fitted in a through manner through the axial holes of the lugs and screwed into respective threaded holes (25) formed in the suspension upright or knuckle, on the frontal surface (23).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

52.

Sensorized suspension assembly for vehicles, including a wheel hub unit and a suspension upright or knuckle, and an associated method and wheel hub unit

      
Application Number 17113761
Grant Number 11453239
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-07
First Publication Date 2021-06-10
Grant Date 2022-09-27
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bertola, Maurizio
  • Cambiano, Marco
  • Dorrestijn, Igor
  • Galeazzi, Alessandro
  • Gulli, Carmelo

Abstract

In a vehicle suspension assembly a sensorized system applied to a wheel hub unit, in which radially outer cylindrical surface of an outer ring of the wheel hub unit configured for coupling to a suspension upright or knuckle has four circumferential flats formed to be angularly spaced from each other on the radially outer lateral cylindrical surface, each flat delimiting a plane surface which extends axially over a pair of annular tracks for rolling bodies of the outer ring; each flat carries integrally a sensor module including a pair of extensometers positioned parallel to each other and each at the position of a respective annular track, orientated in a circumferential direction so as to extend along a circumferential development of the annular track; an electrical circuit picks up a signal from each sensor module and sends it to a data socket carried by the suspension upright or knuckle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

53.

Lubricating shaft seal assembly

      
Application Number 16700347
Grant Number 11499636
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-02
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Grant Date 2022-11-15
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Hinckley, Mark

Abstract

A shaft seal assembly is configured for sealing, for example, a reciprocating axial-movement shaft. The shaft seal assembly includes an annular elastomeric seal body having at least one first sealing surface configured to sealing engage a shaft. A lubricant reservoir body includes a second sealing surface and comprises a polymer matrix having a porous structure containing micro-pores, wherein the micro-pores are filled with lubricating oil.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/40 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces by means of fluid
  • F16J 15/10 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with non-metallic packing

54.

Process for determining the total pitch deviation of a position sensor

      
Application Number 17104194
Grant Number 11460291
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-11-25
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Grant Date 2022-10-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Blokland, Susanne
  • Douih, Salah-Eddine
  • Hubert, Mathieu
  • Hubert, Simon
  • Thomas, Benedicte
  • Vu, Charlotte

Abstract

A process for determining the total pitch deviation of a position sensor fitted with a magnetic disk and a magnetic detector, the magnetic disk comprising pairs of magnetic poles, the process includes recording, over one mechanical turn, an angular signal of the magnetic intensity measured by the magnetic detector as a function of the angle of rotation of the magnetic disk, determining zero-crossing positions based on the angular signal recorded and the number of zero-crossing position determined, determining the pole pair lengths based on the zero-crossing positions, and determining the total pitch deviation based on the pole pair lengths.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
  • G01B 7/30 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for testing the alignment of axes

55.

Dynamic interference sealing device and system with improved contact behaviour

      
Application Number 17077550
Grant Number 11499639
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-22
First Publication Date 2021-05-06
Grant Date 2022-11-15
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Cognolato, Gianni Alvise
  • Foti, Claudio
  • Valsania, Adriano

Abstract

A sealing system including an annular support, an annular sealing element and an annular shielding element; a first and a second lip of the sealing element interact slidingly with an abutment surface of the shielding element and each include: a root portion which extends perpendicularly in cantilever fashion from a flange portion of the annular support; a flexing portion, which extends in cantilever fashion from the root portion in an oblique direction with a thinner radial thickness, delimited by an annular internal surface facing the abutment surface and by an annular external surface facing towards the support, consisting of surfaces of revolution generated by segments of circumference; and a contact portion including a wedge-shaped overhang and a step portion flanking the overhang, which forms with the abutment surface a first and a second angle (α,β), the first angle facing the annular support and being smaller than the second angle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3284 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings characterised by their structure; Selection of materials
  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16J 15/3264 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals the elements being separable from each other
  • F16J 15/3256 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals

56.

Conformance test apparatus, sensor system, and processes

      
Application Number 16665030
Grant Number 11513031
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-28
First Publication Date 2021-04-29
Grant Date 2022-11-29
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Johnson, Douglas
  • Ingram, Michael
  • Ziegler, Greg
  • Petersen, Soenke

Abstract

Conformance testing of a rebuilt motor includes disposing a motor under test in a motor test stand, coupling a plurality of sensors to the motor under test including a first vibrational sensor to the motor under test; a first temperature sensor to the motor under test; a first rotational speed sensor to the motor under test. A set of test parameters are received comprising parameters for a conformance test, the test parameters including a vibrational sensor parameter, a temperature sensor parameter, and a rotational speed parameter. A motor under test is placed in an on-state and a processing device receives sensor data simultaneously from the sensors, determines that the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed parameter, and stores time sampled sensor data received from the plurality of sensors relative to a time zero corresponding to a time when the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 31/34 - Testing dynamo-electric machines
  • G01M 13/045 - Acoustic or vibration analysis
  • H02P 23/14 - Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage
  • G01M 13/026 - Test-benches of the mechanical closed-loop type, i.e. having a gear system constituting a closed-loop in combination with the object under test
  • G01M 15/02 - Testing of engines - Details or accessories of testing apparatus
  • G01M 13/028 - Acoustic or vibration analysis

57.

Wheel hub bearing provided with a wireless power transfer device

      
Application Number 17063071
Grant Number 11231069
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-05
First Publication Date 2021-04-22
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor Hubert, Mathieu

Abstract

A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles, comprising a hub and a bearing unit in turn comprising a radially outer ring, at least one radially inner ring, at least one crown of rolling bodies between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, whereas the hub has a radial stiffening. The radial stiffening of the hub has a misalignment (d) respect to a seat, i.e. a distance between a centerline axis (Y) of the seat of the radially inner ring on the hub and a centerline (Z) of the radial stiffening less than or equal to 25% of a length (l) of the seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
  • H02J 50/70 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields

58.

Method of manufacturing a wheel hub bearing unit for vehicles and associated wheel hub bearing unit

      
Application Number 17066334
Grant Number 11619304
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-08
First Publication Date 2021-04-15
Grant Date 2023-04-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Romanetto, Marco

Abstract

A wheel hub bearing unit including an outer ring, rolling bodies and an inner ring provided with a flange at a first end thereof, the inner ring being made with a sliding surface for sealing lips of a sealing device arranged so as to protect the rolling bodies, defined by a metal insert formed integrally with the first end and arranged astride a base portion of the flange and a portion of the first end immediately adjacent to the base portion of the flange. The metal insert has a thickness of between 0.2 and 2 mm and being made, using a material different from the material with which the inner ring is manufactured and consisting of an austenitic stainless steel, by means of additive manufacturing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/28 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with stuffing-boxes for rigid sealing rings with sealing rings made of metal
  • F16C 19/16 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with a single row of balls
  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
  • B23K 26/342 - Build-up welding
  • B22F 10/00 - Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder

59.

Sealing device with dynamic action, particularly for rolling bearings

      
Application Number 17032878
Grant Number 11473627
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-25
First Publication Date 2021-04-08
Grant Date 2022-10-18
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Barbera, Stellario
  • Foti, Claudio
  • Serafini, Andrea

Abstract

Sealing device including a first annular element coupled to a first fixed mechanical member, and a second annular element coupled to a second rotating mechanical member, for protecting an annular compartment delimited between the members; the first element being provided with at least one annular sealing lip configured to interact with the second element, which has a radial edge of a flange portion arranged at an edge of a sleeve portion of the first element, thus forming with the latter a radial gap configured as a labyrinth seal; wherein the radial gap of the flange portion of the second annular element carries a plurality of depressions arranged in a crown, spaced adjacently to one another at the radial gap and configured to generate, as a result of the rotation of the second element, a dynamic effect (F) for the purpose of repelling any contaminants impelled towards the radial gap.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings

60.

Sealing device in particular for shock-absorber stems

      
Application Number 17011040
Grant Number 11608138
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-03
First Publication Date 2021-03-11
Grant Date 2023-03-21
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bresso, Marco
  • Forno, Massimo
  • Giraudo, Paolo
  • Valsania, Adriano

Abstract

Sealing device including a first seal and a second seal each having an annular support formed in the manner of a sleeve and delimited by a first and second face which are situated opposite each other and a first and second annular sealing elements; wherein the first and second annular sealing elements are independent and separate from each other and are fixed integral with a first portion and a second portion of the annular support which are different from each other and are made of a first and second elastomer mix, the second elastomer mix being different from the first mix and having a greater hardness and higher elastic modulus; at least one annular sealing element being provided radially on the inside with at least one annular lip which extends radially and axially in cantilever fashion from a first end of the annular support.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • B62K 25/06 - Axle suspensions for mounting axles resiliently on cycle frame or fork with telescopic fork, e.g. including auxiliary rocking arms
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16J 15/3212 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip provided with tension elements, e.g. elastic rings with metal springs
  • F16J 15/3252 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports

61.

System for securing together by means of press-fitting a casing and a cover of a housing element

      
Application Number 17006948
Grant Number 11781597
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-31
First Publication Date 2021-03-04
Grant Date 2023-10-10
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Bertolini, Andrea A.
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale
  • Colomba, Alessio Nebbia

Abstract

A housing element for applications in the manufacturing industry having a casing and a cover both made of metallic material, wherein the casing is provided with a groove and a flat mounting surface and the cover is provided with an end portion having a frustoconical side wall, an oblique annular bottom wall, and a securing system consisting in inserting the end portion of the cover inside the groove of the casing, wherein an interference (i) between a radially outer end of the end portion of the cover and a radially inner end of the flat mounting surface of the casing assumes values of between 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm and an angle (δ) defined between the frustoconical side wall of the end portion of the cover and the flat mounting surface of the casing assumes values of between 45° and 80°. The interference and the angle facilitate the insertion of the end portion of the cover inside the groove of the casing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/02 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of sliding-contact bearings
  • F16B 4/00 - Shrinkage connection, e.g. assembled with the parts at different temperature; Force fits; Non-releasable friction-grip fastenings
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 35/00 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers

62.

Sealing unit for wheel hub groups

      
Application Number 16985501
Grant Number 11578802
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-05
First Publication Date 2021-02-11
Grant Date 2023-02-14
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Duch, Daniele

Abstract

Sealing unit for a wheel hub group for vehicles that is provided with a roller bearing interposed between a rotary hub for a wheel of the vehicle, and a stationary pin of an upright of said vehicle, the sealing unit in turn comprising an annular pre-cavity arranged in an axially frontal position of the roller bearing, a dynamic portion in rotation about an axis when in use, and a static portion cooperating with the dynamic portion to protect the roller bearing from external contaminants, the dynamic portion having a centrifuging surface formed on a free end of the hub and the static portion in turn having a stationary screen that is fitted onto the support pin inside the pre-cavity and that has a centrifuging section facing the centrifuging surface to facilitate expulsion and drainage of contaminants out of the annular pre-cavity.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/3256 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

63.

Sealing device

      
Application Number 16983020
Grant Number 11359671
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-03
First Publication Date 2021-02-04
Grant Date 2022-06-14
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Morello, Fausto
  • Nastasi, Antonia
  • Sguotti, Laura

Abstract

A sealing device for bearing units is disclosed herein. The sealing device may comprise a static component and a dynamic component. The static component is provided with a shaped metal support, with a plurality of non-contacting sealing lips, and with two contacting lips. The dynamic component defines a labyrinth seal with a second sealing lip of said non-contacting sealing lips, a third lip, preferably non-contacting, being positioned along the labyrinth seal and having a full angular extension, so as to form a full seal against any ingress of contaminants into the bearing unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 33/80 - Labyrinth sealings
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • F16J 15/3232 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
  • F16J 15/3256 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports comprising two casing or support elements, one attached to each surface, e.g. cartridge or cassette seals
  • F16J 15/447 - Labyrinth packings

64.

Bearing unit with retaining cage

      
Application Number 16983067
Grant Number 11365761
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-03
First Publication Date 2021-02-04
Grant Date 2022-06-21
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Engelen, Philip
  • Gemello, Marco
  • Lamboglia, Francesco
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

Bearing unit provided with at least one ring of rolling bodies and, for retaining the rolling bodies, at least one retaining cage which has a cage bar, a plurality of circumferentially spaced cage arms that extend from one side of the cage bar, and a plurality of partially spherical cavities for retaining the rolling bodies; contact points between the rolling bodies and the cage being positioned in the vicinity of a polar region of each rolling body. The minimum number of contact surfaces for containing the rolling bodies in the direction of rotation of the bearing and ensuring contact only in the polar region is equal to two for each rolling body, namely one upper contact surface and one lower contact surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • F16C 33/38 - Ball cages

65.

Flanged inner ring for wheel hub bearings

      
Application Number 16983105
Grant Number 11137029
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-03
First Publication Date 2021-02-04
Grant Date 2021-10-05
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Morello, Fausto

Abstract

A flanged inner ring for wheel hub bearings is disclosed, wherein a tubular supporting body for the bearing is coaxial with an axis (X), and is provided with a flange, transverse to the axis (X), is provided with a plurality of threaded through holes distributed around the axis (X), and is axially delimited by an outer annular mounting surface and by an inner surface axially facing an outer ring of the bearing.

IPC Classes  ?

66.

Hub bearing assembly for a motor vehicle wheel

      
Application Number 16983656
Grant Number 11168737
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-03
First Publication Date 2021-02-04
Grant Date 2021-11-09
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Finetti, William
  • Re, Paolo A

Abstract

Hub bearing assembly for a vehicle wheel, the assembly having an axial tubular appendage capable of being inserted into a central hole of a wheel of the vehicle, and wherein the tubular appendage has a radially outer surface of substantially cylindrical shape; a collar of cylindrical shape being mounted on the tubular appendage so as to cover a second centring section of the radially outer cylindrical surface, and having an insert of metallic material and an inner coating layer which at least partially covers the insert and is formed on the insert by galvanizing.

IPC Classes  ?

67.

Sealing device for wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 16932073
Grant Number 11460074
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-17
First Publication Date 2021-01-28
Grant Date 2022-10-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio
  • Nastasi, Antonia

Abstract

Sealing device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the sealing device being provided with a shield mounted on an outer ring of the bearing and with an annular cylindrical wall having an inner lateral surface mounted on an outer lateral surface of a collar of the outer ring; and with a sealing material fixed to the shield; an annular snap catch being positioned radially inside the cylindrical wall and extending radially from the inner lateral surface through a specified radial thickness so as to be snap-fitted into a circular groove formed on the outer lateral surface of the collar, and the sealing material being positioned behind the catch before the shield is mounted on the outer ring, with a radial overall dimension smaller than the thickness of the catch.

IPC Classes  ?

68.

Rolling contact bearing with improved performances

      
Application Number 16736132
Grant Number 11078960
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-07
First Publication Date 2020-07-09
Grant Date 2021-08-03
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Brizmer, Victor
  • Lamboglia, Francesco
  • Meeuwenoord, Ralph
  • Peek, Hubertus Laurentius Maria

Abstract

A rolling contact bearing, wherein the surface of the raceways of an outer member and/or an inner member are randomly formed with an innumerable number of microconcavelike pits, the surfaces are provided with said pits having a surface roughness value smaller than 0.25 microns and a skewness Rsk value such that −3.5

IPC Classes  ?

69.

Wheel hub assembly for vehicles

      
Application Number 16732900
Grant Number 11807040
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-02
First Publication Date 2020-07-09
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio
  • Morello, Fausto

Abstract

A wheel hub assembly for mounting on an upright of a vehicle has a flanged outer ring provided with a tubular mounting portion inserted over a first axial length (L1) inside a seat of the upright; and a plastic cover having a mounting portion which is also engaged inside the tubular portion, wherein the mounting portion extends outside the tubular portion over a second axial length (L2) which, together with the first axial length (L1), covers less than a mounting length (L) inside the seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 7/00 - Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall
  • B60B 27/06 - Hubs adapted to be fixed on axle

70.

Wheel hub assembly for vehicles

      
Application Number 16732897
Grant Number 11613142
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-02
First Publication Date 2020-07-09
Grant Date 2023-03-28
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Engelen, Philip
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio
  • Van Der Vorst, Albertus Maria

Abstract

A wheel hub assembly assembly having a central axis (X) and covers therefore. An outer ring provided with a tubular mounting portion, and a cover having a keying portion which is inserted inside the tubular mounting portion. The cover is made of plastic material, the keying portion comprises an annular seat made of plastic and a sealing element made of rubbery elastic material. The sealing element is defined by a solid of rotation mounted inside the annular seat over a whole of an axial length of the annular seat so as to project radially outside of the annular seat to make contact with the tubular mounting portion of the outer ring thereby sealingly closing the wheel hub assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 7/00 - Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings

71.

Wheel hub assembly provided with an innovative deflector

      
Application Number 16718812
Grant Number 11745539
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-18
First Publication Date 2020-07-02
Grant Date 2023-09-05
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Gulhane, Nikhil

Abstract

A wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, provided with a first hub, which is stationary, a second hub, which is rotatable, and a bearing unit in turn having a radially outer ring provided with respective radially external raceways, at least one radially inner ring provided with respective radially internal raceways, at least one row of rolling bodies, positioned between the corresponding internal and external raceways, at least one sealing device, positioned on the axially inner side with respect to the at least one row of rolling bodies. A metal deflector configured so as to allow the water to drain and protect the area of the sealing device from the external contaminant is mounted by interference on the rotating hub.

IPC Classes  ?

72.

Suspension thrust bearing device and suspension strut equipped with such a device

      
Application Number 16708839
Grant Number 11186133
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-10
First Publication Date 2020-06-18
Grant Date 2021-11-30
Owner
  • AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
  • SKF KOREA LTD. (Republic of Korea)
Inventor
  • De Lemps, Francois
  • Jullien, Tommy
  • Montboeuf, Bruno
  • Oh, Heedong

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a suspension thrust bearing device, for use with a suspension spring in an automotive suspension strut of a vehicle. The device comprises a bearing having upper and lower annular bearing members in relative rotation, and a damping element made of resilient material and interposed between the lower annular bearing member and the suspension spring. The damping element comprising at least one deflecting flange for reducing any ingress of water and other pollutants between the upper and lower annular bearing members. The damping element is provided with an annular groove open axially towards the suspension spring, said annular groove radially defining a spring support surface on inner side, and the said deflecting flange on outer side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60G 15/06 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or type of combined spring and vibration- damper, e.g. telescopic type having mechanical spring and fluid damper
  • F16C 19/10 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for axial load mainly
  • F16C 33/76 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings

73.

Wheel hub assembly with device for amplifying a magnetic signal

      
Application Number 16693782
Grant Number 11041875
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-25
First Publication Date 2020-05-28
Grant Date 2021-06-22
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

A wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, provided with a hub and a bearing unit as well as a device for detecting a vehicle parameter, having an encoder and a magnetic sensor, there being arranged between the encoder and the speed sensor an amplification device for amplifying the magnetic signal, which is stationary and has a radially outer ferromagnetic ring facing the encoder and provided with a first lug and a radially inner ferromagnetic ring facing the encoder and provided with a second lug, said first lug and second lug being arranged facing the magnetic sensor on opposite sides, the amplification device being configured to collect the magnetic flux generated by the plurality of pole pairs of the encoder via the ferromagnetic rings and concentrate it towards the magnetic sensor by means of the first lug and the second lug.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • G01P 3/44 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs

74.

Cooling system and method for operating a cooling system

      
Application Number 16696638
Grant Number 11493243
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-26
First Publication Date 2020-05-28
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Hauleitner, Rudolf
  • Matta, Christine
  • Espejel, Guillermo Enrique Morales
  • Wallin, Hans

Abstract

Disclosed is a cooling system comprising a refrigerant cycle for cycling refrigerant from at least a compressor unit for com-pressing gaseous refrigerant to a condenser unit for condensing gaseous refrigerant to liquid refrigerant, from the condenser unit to an evaporator unit for evaporating the liquid refrigerant to gaseous refrigerant, and from the evaporating unit back to the compressor unit, and a lubrication cycle having at least one lubricating refrigerant supply line for providing refrigerant as lubricant to a bearing assembly, wherein the at least one lubricating refrigerant supply line branches off from the refrigerant cycle at the condenser unit for providing refrigerant to the bearing assembly, and re-unites with the refrigerant cycle at the evaporator unit, for feeding back refrigerant from the bearing assembly to the refrigerant cycle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F25B 43/02 - Arrangements for separating or purifying gases or liquids; Arrangements for vaporising the residuum of liquid refrigerant, e.g. by heat for separating lubricants from the refrigerant
  • F25B 31/00 - Compressor arrangements
  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings
  • F25B 1/02 - Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle with compressor of reciprocating-piston type
  • F25B 41/42 - Arrangements for diverging or converging flows, e.g. branch lines or junctions

75.

Flanged inner ring for orbital forming operation

      
Application Number 16683732
Grant Number 10871192
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-14
First Publication Date 2020-05-21
Grant Date 2020-12-22
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Brogna, Daniele
  • Bruno, Domenico
  • Nicastri, Fulvio
  • Olivieri, Davide Antonio

Abstract

A flanged inner ring, and methods of forming the same, having a rolling edge configured to preload axially a radially inner ring of a rolling bearing after being plastically deformed; the rolling edge including a diameter of increasing variable size along an axis (X) of symmetry of the flanged inner ring and, wherein the increasing variable size increases along the axis (X) in a direction away from the radially inner ring, and the rolling edge includes an outer preloading surface configured such that in a deformed configuration the outer preloading surface is arranged against the radially inner ring and such that in an undeformed configuration the outer preloading surface is inclined away from the axis (X) of symmetry of the flanged inner ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 43/04 - Assembling rolling contact bearings
  • F16C 33/60 - Raceways; Race rings divided
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

76.

Detection device for wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 16678883
Grant Number 11326646
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-08
First Publication Date 2020-05-14
Grant Date 2022-05-10
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Gemello, Marco
  • Mesnager, Aurelien

Abstract

Detection device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the detection device having a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the bearing arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring so as to angularly lock together the phonic ring and the rotating ring, and a sensor facing the phonic wheel; a protection device being integral with the rotating ring of the bearing so as to protect simultaneously both the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants.

IPC Classes  ?

77.

Sealing device for a wheel hub unit

      
Application Number 16653269
Grant Number 11192400
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2020-04-30
Grant Date 2021-12-07
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Duch, Daniele
  • Nastasi, Antonia
  • Sguotti, Laura

Abstract

Sealing device for a wheel hub unit is disclosed herein, wherein the sealing device being able, during use, to form a static seal for protecting the wheel hub unit from any environmental pollutant and being provided with a screen, which is engaged with a collar of the wheel hub unit and has a bottom wall, a cylindrical side wall integral with and more or less perpendicular to the bottom wall. The sealing device is designed and structured to protect the wheel hub unit from any environmental contaminant that the wheel hub unit may be exposed to during usage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16J 15/08 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing

78.

Wheel hub bearing module for a suspension upright or knuckle

      
Application Number 16508685
Grant Number 11519460
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-11
First Publication Date 2020-02-13
Grant Date 2022-12-06
Owner
  • SKF AEROSPACE FRANCE (USA)
  • AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Falossi, Marco
  • Fleury, Valentin
  • Garrone, Alessandro
  • Sarlin, Remi
  • Schramm, Edo

Abstract

A hub bearing module for a lightweight suspension upright or knuckle of a vehicle, the hub bearing module including a wheel bearing and a bearing connection interface to the suspension upright or knuckle, the bearing connection interface being arranged coaxial with the rolling bearing and including a first sleeve element and a second sleeve element arranged radially outside the first sleeve element and including a composite, preferably BMC (Bulk Molding Compound) annular body having a radially inner lateral surface mechanically coupled to the first sleeve element and a radially outer lateral surface configured to mechanically and chemically couple with the suspension upright or knuckle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 35/077 - Fixing them on the shaft or housing with interposition of an element between housing and outer race ring
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs

79.

Lightweight suspension assembly for a vehicle, and manufacturing process thereof

      
Application Number 16510258
Grant Number 11458788
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-12
First Publication Date 2020-02-13
Grant Date 2022-10-04
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Sarlin, Remi
  • Falossi, Marco

Abstract

A lightweight suspension assembly for a vehicle includes a suspension upright or knuckle provided with a bearing connection interface for receiving at least part of a wheel bearing, and with a first molded portion made of a first polymeric material; the assembly further includes at least one arm having a second molded portion made of a second polymeric material, and at least one joint member coupling the arm to the suspension upright/knuckle in such a manner to allow a relative rotation between the arm and the suspension upright/knuckle about at least one rotation axis (B); the first and second molded portions are arranged onto a first surface and, respectively, a second surface of the joint member, in such a manner that the first and second molded portions are coupled in a non-releasable manner to the joint member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60G 3/18 - Resilient suspensions for a single wheel with two or more pivoted arms, e.g. parallelogram
  • B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
  • B29C 45/16 - Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
  • B60G 7/00 - Pivoted suspension arms; Accessories thereof
  • B62D 7/18 - Steering knuckles; King-pins
  • B29K 75/00 - Use of polyureas or polyurethanes as moulding material
  • B29K 77/00 - Use of polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides, as moulding material
  • B29K 705/02 - Aluminium
  • B29K 705/12 - Iron
  • B29L 31/30 - Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle

80.

Flanged wheel hub bearing provided with a sensor

      
Application Number 16508733
Grant Number 11318784
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-11
First Publication Date 2020-02-06
Grant Date 2022-05-03
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Morello, Fausto
  • G, Deepak
  • H J, Pradeep

Abstract

A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles including a rotatable hub provided with a flange for the engagement of the hub to a wheel of a vehicle and provided with a radially outer free portion and a bearing unit provided with a radially outer ring for the engagement of the wheel hub bearing to a knuckle of the vehicle and a radially inner rotatable ring angularly connected to the hub. Furthermore, the wheel hub bearing has a device for detecting a vehicle parameter and provided with an encoder and a sensor in communication with the encoder. The encoder is ridgidly coupled to the radially outer free portion of the flange to jointly rotate with the hub.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • G01P 1/02 - Housings
  • G01P 3/44 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed
  • F16C 19/22 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings

81.

Annular sealing unit for guiding a mono-tube shock absorber

      
Application Number 16504666
Grant Number 11585401
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-08
First Publication Date 2020-01-23
Grant Date 2023-02-21
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bergesio, Davide
  • Bresso, Marco
  • Lupieri, Luca

Abstract

A sealing unit for a stem of a mono-tube shock absorber includes a first seal having a sealing ring providing an annular sealing lip that projects in a radially and axially inner direction to slidingly cooperate with the stem and ensure a sealing action with respect to pressurized working fluid inside the mono-tube shock absorber; a second seal with a sealing ring having an annular sealing lip, which projects protruding in a radially and axially external direction to slidingly cooperate, with the stem and ensure a sealing action with respect to the outside of the mono-tube shock absorber; a reinforcing ring snapped into an annular seat of the sealing ring. The reinforcing ring is arranged axially locked between the lip and a bottom wall of the second sealing lip; the first and second seals are two physically distinct and separate elements assembled separately inside a body of the shock absorber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details

82.

Wheel hub with centring means

      
Application Number 16423323
Grant Number 11535056
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-05-28
First Publication Date 2019-12-19
Grant Date 2022-12-27
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Romanetto, Marco
  • Donetti, Luca
  • Ricci, Dario
  • Ruiu, Antonio

Abstract

A wheel hub having an axis of symmetry and including a flange transverse to the axis of symmetry and provided with a plurality of fixing holes for attaching a wheel, a tubular body extending axially from the flange for supporting a rolling bearing, and a centering device arranged on a side of the flange opposite to that of the tubular body and in a position concentric with the axis of symmetry of the wheel hub, for retaining a wheel rim or a brake disc. The centering device being provided with a given number of flattened areas extending circumferentially and axially on a respective continuous tubular body projecting axially from the flange.

IPC Classes  ?

83.

Wheel hub assembly provided with piezoelectric spacers

      
Application Number 16394255
Grant Number 11541688
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-25
First Publication Date 2019-11-14
Grant Date 2023-01-03
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Falossi, Marco

Abstract

A wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, having a rotatable hub, a bearing unit in turn comprising a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring and a plurality of rolling bodies. The axial interface between the wheel hub assembly and a knuckle of a motor vehicle suspension provides at least one piezoelectric spacer configured to detect first mechanical vibrations coming from the components of the wheel hub assembly and to implement corrective action consisting of second mechanical vibrations of almost equal amplitude but with opposite direction and phase, so that the resultant of the first and second mechanical vibrations is close to zero.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • H02N 2/00 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction

84.

Sealing system for food applications

      
Application Number 16374812
Grant Number 11235964
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-04
First Publication Date 2019-10-31
Grant Date 2022-02-01
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Nebbia Colomba, Alessio
  • Baracca, Fausto
  • Falaschi, Fabio
  • Frezza, Pasquale

Abstract

A sealing system for food applications that provides a housing element with two or more bolts and respective holes for clamping. A flanged element is clamped to a frame of a machine, and a rubber seal placed along the base perimeter of the housing element. The seal includes a first portion of the rubber profile placed in the areas distant from the holes and a second portion of the rubber profile adjacent to the holes. The rubber profile of the second portion has a larger cross section than that of the first portion, such that the deformations of the rubber profile are made virtually uniform to prevent the formation of fractures, and therefore of bacteria traps, in the rubber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B67B 3/02 - Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
  • A23L 3/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
  • B65B 7/28 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
  • B65D 39/00 - Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
  • B65D 39/02 - Disc closures
  • B65D 53/06 - Sealings formed by liquid or plastic material

85.

Flanged wheel hub unit and assembly method

      
Application Number 16372607
Grant Number 10948021
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-02
First Publication Date 2019-10-24
Grant Date 2021-03-16
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Bonifetto, Gabriele
  • Lagori, Paolo
  • Pairetti, Roberto
  • Reiso, Renzo

Abstract

A wheel hub unit having a rotatable hub provided with an axially outer flange and a bearing unit. The bearing unit providing a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring and a plurality of rolling bodies positioned respectively between the radially outer ring and the hub and between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring. The radially inner ring has a finished axial length which ensures a predetermined value of an axial preload of the bearing unit and a finished axial length is defined by the following formula: X′=(X+ΔX)−ΔX1

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 43/04 - Assembling rolling contact bearings
  • F16C 43/08 - Placing rolling bodies in cages or bearings by deforming the cages or the races
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

86.

End cover for vehicle non-driven wheel hub assembly

      
Application Number 16057873
Grant Number 11143241
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-08
First Publication Date 2019-05-30
Grant Date 2021-10-12
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor Wu, Zhengjiang

Abstract

An end cover for enclosing and protecting a vehicle non-driven wheel hub assembly from a vehicle body inner side. The hub assembly includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and two rows of rolling bodies disposed therebetween. The outer and inner rings define an interior space of the hub assembly in a radial direction. An end of the outer ring facing the vehicle body inner side forms a spigot for connection purposes. The end cover is formed having a pressure fitting part tightly fitted to the spigot from a radial direction, and a radial main body part capable of closing the interior space of the hub assembly from an axial direction. The pressure fitting and the radial main body parts form an elastic retainer. The end cover is largely made of a plastic material, and an at least partially contained metal framework is formed in the elastic retaining region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • F16C 33/76 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • B60B 7/00 - Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall
  • B60B 7/12 - Fastening arrangements therefor comprising an annular spring or gripping element mounted on the cover
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle

87.

Sealing device for a hub/wheel assembly and hub/wheel assembly having such a sealing device

      
Application Number 16113316
Grant Number 11148467
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-27
First Publication Date 2019-03-07
Grant Date 2021-10-19
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Falossi, Marco
  • Bertoia, Maurizio
  • Missiaggia, Giorgio

Abstract

A sealing device for a hub/wheel assembly with a roller bearing, the sealing device comprising a guard, made of plastic, which is coupled to an outer ring of the bearing so as to seal off the bearing, and which has a cylindrical mounting wall having an outer lateral surface coupled to an inner lateral surface of a collar of the outer ring. The sealing device includes a snap-engagement tooth for engaging with the collar made along the outer lateral surface so that the snap-engagement tooth snap-fits in a contoured annular groove made along the collar about the axis and an annular gasket made of thermoplastic elastomer being co-injection-molded inside a gripping seat made in the cylindrical mounting wall on the same side as the snap-engagement tooth, substantially at a corner defined between the cylindrical mounting wall and an annular reading wall transverse to the cylindrical mounting wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 33/72 - Sealings
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle
  • F16C 19/38 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings

88.

Modular wheel-hub bearing unit

      
Application Number 16109909
Grant Number 11279172
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-23
First Publication Date 2019-03-07
Grant Date 2022-03-22
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor Ferrero, Alessandro

Abstract

A modular wheel-hub bearing unit having an outer flanged hub for mounting the unit on an upright of a vehicle, provided externally with an assembly surface and internally with a mounting seat; and a bearing provided with an outer ring, two inner rings and two rows of rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the two inner rings. The bearing being mounted inside the assembly seat independently of the outer flanged hub and having an outer diameter, the dimensions of which are related to the dimensions of an outer diameter of the assembly surface of the flanged hub by a first coefficient (α) according to the relation: D2=α*D1, where 0.80≤α≤0.95.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B60B 27/02 - Hubs adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls

89.

Sensor device with mounting element

      
Application Number 16009298
Grant Number 10539179
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-15
First Publication Date 2019-01-31
Grant Date 2020-01-21
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Campbell, Andrew
  • Thomson, Allan

Abstract

A sensor device for monitoring a component, the sensor device providing a zinc alloy mounting element comprising a bracket and a bolt. The zinc alloy of the zinc alloy mounting element increases a rigidity of the mounting element, the zinc alloy having less than 5% aluminum by weight and less than 5% copper by weight; and at least one sensor coupled to the zinc alloy mounting element for mounting to the component of interest. The at least one sensor measures at least one condition parameter of the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01D 11/02 - Bearings or suspensions for moving parts
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • B61F 15/20 - Axle-boxes - Details
  • G01D 11/30 - Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments
  • G01K 1/16 - Special arrangements for conducting heat from the object to the sensitive element
  • B60B 27/00 - Hubs
  • B61L 15/00 - Indicators provided on the vehicle or vehicle train for signalling purposes
  • G01D 11/24 - Housings
  • G01H 1/00 - Measuring vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector
  • G01H 3/00 - Measuring vibrations by using a detector in a fluid

90.

Sensorized axle box-bearing unit for supporting a railway axle

      
Application Number 15464929
Grant Number 10870440
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-03-21
First Publication Date 2017-10-05
Grant Date 2020-12-22
Owner Aktiebolaget SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Rossi, Mario
  • Mazzarino, Alberto
  • Roberti, Andrea
  • Vana, Riccardo

Abstract

An axle box-bearing unit for an axle including a housing element and a sensor unit having a sensor module, a connection piece for connecting to a processing unit and a flexible electrical cable joining the sensor module and the connection piece into a single part. The housing element is delimited by an annular lateral wall provided with a transversal through hole engaged by a plug fitted in a fluid-tight manner to the flexible electrical cable between the sensor module and the connection piece. A first plate provided with a second through hole is rigidly connected to the lateral wall of the housing element, with the second hole aligned with the first hole and crossed through by the plug, a second U-shaped plate is fitted astride of the plug to connect with one end of same that projects radially from the holes and is rigidly connected to the first plate.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B61F 15/20 - Axle-boxes - Details
  • B61F 5/20 - Centre bearings or other swivel connections between underframes and bolsters or bogies with springs allowing transverse movements
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings

91.

Systems and methods for securing remote configuration

      
Application Number 14693687
Grant Number 09641543
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-04-22
First Publication Date 2016-10-27
Grant Date 2017-05-02
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET AKF (Sweden)
Inventor Pinkerton, Alexander

Abstract

A system and method for securing remote configurations. The system and method can include, at a monitoring device, connecting to a messaging service for at most a determined connection period. The system and method can also include receiving one or more configuration payloads during the connection period. During the connection, if a single configuration payload is received from the messaging service, the configuration payload can be implemented by the monitoring device after disconnecting from the messaging service. If multiple configuration payloads are received during the connection, then the monitoring device can disconnect from the messaging service and may not implement either configuration payload.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/00 - Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
  • H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
  • H04L 12/26 - Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
  • H04L 12/24 - Arrangements for maintenance or administration

92.

Pair of radial flanged bearings with rolling bodies

      
Application Number 14743329
Grant Number 09476458
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-06-18
First Publication Date 2015-12-24
Grant Date 2016-10-25
Owner AKTIEBOLAGE SKF (Sweden)
Inventor
  • Mola, Roberto
  • Restivo, Riccardo
  • Scaltriti, Gianpiero

Abstract

A pair of radial flanged bearings with rolling bodies, each of the bearings comprising a radially outer ring, radially confined by an external surface, a radially inner ring, co-axially and internally assembled, with respect to the outer ring, a row of rolling bodies, which is interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, to allow the relative rotation of the two rings and a flange steadily fixed to the outer rings. The correspondent outer rings are provided with an assembly groove, which is obtained along said external surface. The flange is not in one piece with the outer rings, but is detachable from the outer rings in correspondence of the assembly grooves.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 43/04 - Assembling rolling contact bearings
  • F16C 35/06 - Mounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 35/077 - Fixing them on the shaft or housing with interposition of an element between housing and outer race ring
  • F16C 19/54 - Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
  • F16H 57/021 - Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings

93.

Landing bearing and magnetic bearing assembly

      
Application Number 14276286
Grant Number 09291198
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-05-13
First Publication Date 2014-11-13
Grant Date 2016-03-22
Owner AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (USA)
Inventor
  • Krebs, Philipp
  • Zhou, Xiaobo

Abstract

A landing bearing for use in a magnetic bearing assembly is provided. The landing bearing includes a first landing surface configured to be mounted on a shaft and a bushing having a second landing surface configured to be mounted in a housing or in a stator coaxially with the landing sleeve. The second landing surface is arranged so as to face the first landing surface. It is proposed that at least one of the first landing surface and the second landing surface is provided with at least one recess for receiving lubricant.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/10 - Construction relative to lubrication
  • F16C 32/04 - Bearings not otherwise provided for using magnetic or electric supporting means
  • F16C 39/02 - Relieving load on bearings using mechanical means

94.

Suspension thrust bearing device and suspension strut equipped with such a thrust bearing

      
Application Number 14243234
Grant Number 09194431
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-04-02
First Publication Date 2014-10-09
Grant Date 2015-11-24
Owner AKTIEBOGAGET SKF (Sweden)
Inventor
  • Brouty, Cedric
  • Bussit, Sylvain
  • Houdayer, Christophe
  • Kumar, Hemanth G N
  • Quenardelle, Pascal
  • Soudee, Jean-Marc

Abstract

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IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • F16C 27/06 - Elastic or yielding bearings or bearing supports, for exclusively rotary movement by means of parts of rubber or like materials
  • F16C 19/10 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for axial load mainly
  • B60G 15/06 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or type of combined spring and vibration- damper, e.g. telescopic type having mechanical spring and fluid damper
  • F16C 27/08 - Elastic or yielding bearings or bearing supports, for exclusively rotary movement primarily for axial load, e.g. for vertically-arranged shafts

95.

Axially restraining torsional spring utilizing a tapered housing

      
Application Number 13712757
Grant Number 08925910
Status In Force
Filing Date 2012-12-12
First Publication Date 2014-06-12
Grant Date 2015-01-06
Owner Antiebolaget SKF (Sweden)
Inventor George, Jeffrey L.

Abstract

A rotational and axial control spring includes a tubular casing, a shaft, and a plurality of elongated elastomeric members. The casing comprises a first end, a second end, and a plurality of interior surfaces extending therebetween defining a casing interior. The first end is smaller than the second end, forming a frustum shaped tubular casing. The cross sectional shape of the casing can include three (3) or more sides. The shaft is fabricated having a series of exterior surfaces, wherein a cross sectional shape of the shaft is similar to the cross sectional shape of the casing. The elastomeric members are formed as cylindrical frustums. The shaft is inserted within the casing interior. Each elastomeric member is positioned contacting a respective shaft exterior surface and a pair of adjacent casing interior surfaces. The elastomeric members each provide a rotational spring with adjustable resistant force and dampening functions. The tapered features provide an axial retention function.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23Q 17/00 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools
  • B21D 53/60 - Making other particular articles garden tools or the like
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • F16F 1/54 - Springs made of material having high internal friction characterised by the mode of stressing loaded in combined stresses loaded in compression and shear

96.

Roller bearing with at least two rows of rolling elements, in particular for a tunneler

      
Application Number 14051899
Grant Number 08931959
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-10-11
First Publication Date 2014-04-17
Grant Date 2015-01-13
Owner Aktiebolaget SK (Sweden)
Inventor
  • Noirot, Jean-Baptiste
  • Bouron, Cyril
  • Capoldi, Bruno
  • Magny, Jean-Baptiste
  • Ovize, Pascal

Abstract

The roller bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one row of rolling elements which are arranged between the rings in order to form an axial thrust which can transmit axial forces, and a row of rolling elements arranged between the rings in order to form a radial thrust which can transmit radial forces. The inner ring comprises an annular groove which extends towards the interior from an outer surface of the ring, and forms a raceway for the rolling elements of the radial thrust.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 19/34 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
  • F16C 33/58 - Raceways; Race rings
  • E21D 9/10 - Making by using boring or cutting machines
  • F16C 19/18 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
  • F16C 19/38 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
  • F16C 19/40 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings with loose spacing bodies between the rollers
  • F16C 19/49 - Bearings with both balls and rollers
  • F16C 19/54 - Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction

97.

Temporary support member for a sensor unit of a bearing, sensing sub-assembly and bearing assembly comprising such a support member

      
Application Number 13894318
Grant Number 08920036
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-05-14
First Publication Date 2013-11-14
Grant Date 2014-12-30
Owner Aktie Bolaget SKF (Sweden)
Inventor
  • Abgrall, Loic
  • Taillepied, Alexandre
  • Verbe, Olivier

Abstract

This temporary support member for a sensor unit of a bearing assembly is stackable with a similar support member when a sensor unit is mounted on each one of the support member and the similar support member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 32/00 - Bearings not otherwise provided for
  • F16C 41/04 - Preventing damage to bearings during storage or transport thereof or when otherwise out of use
  • F16C 41/00 - Other accessories for bearings
  • G01P 1/02 - Housings
  • F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
  • F16C 19/00 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
  • G01P 1/00 - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT;  INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT  - Details of instruments
  • G01P 3/44 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed

98.

Grease composition and methods for manufacturing the grease composition

      
Application Number 13387069
Grant Number 09506005
Status In Force
Filing Date 2010-08-03
First Publication Date 2012-06-14
Grant Date 2016-11-29
Owner AKTOEBOLAGET SKF (Sweden)
Inventor
  • David, Sébastien
  • Fiddelaers, Franciscus Catherina Martinus

Abstract

2/g and wherein the amount of the metal salt(s) is 4-25% by weight, based on the total weight of the grease composition. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing said grease composition and the use of said grease composition for lubricating a bearing and in couplings and gearings.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C10M 169/06 - Mixtures of thickeners and additives
  • C10M 113/02 - Carbon; Graphite
  • C10M 115/04 - Lubricating compositions characterised by the thickener being a non-macromolecular organic compound other than a carboxylic acid or salt thereof containing oxygen
  • C10M 123/02 - Lubricating compositions characterised by the thickener being a mixture of two or more compounds covered by more than one of the main groups , each of these compounds being essential at least one of them being a non-macromolecular compound