Patents Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET
  • Patent number: 11994168
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprising a stationary radially outer ring with a spherical radially outer surface with a convex shape; a radially inner ring that is rotary about a central rotation axis of the bearing unit and is mounted on a rotating or oscillating shaft in which a diametrical through-hole formed in a first cylindrical portion is used to receive an elastic element for locking the radially inner ring on the shaft; a plurality of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring to enable the relative rotation of the two rings; and at least one element for locking the radially inner ring on the shaft in which a pair of threaded through-holes formed in either the first cylindrical portion or the second cylindrical portion of the radially inner ring is used to receive respective grub screws for locking the radially inner ring on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Pasquale Frezza, Andrea A Bertolini
  • Patent number: 11994167
    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-molded inside the casing and accommodated around the spherical seat of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Andrea A Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece
  • Publication number: 20240164604
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner system comprising a robotic vacuum cleaner configured for autonomous travel along a surface to be cleaned, and a stationary base station. The robotic vacuum cleaner comprises: a first brush arranged to rotate about a horizontal axis, a second brush arranged to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, and a control arrangement. The second brush is detachably connected to a main body of the robotic vacuum cleaner and the stationary base station is configured for receiving the second brush. The second brush is a side brush comprising bristles extending laterally outside a first brush width. The control arrangement is configured to disengage the second brush from the main body in the stationary base station when a surface portion of the surface to be cleaned is a carpeted surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Magnus Wennerström, Andreas Klintemyr
  • Patent number: 11982317
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational characteristics of the impulse ring. The sensor device includes a sensor housing secured to the second ring and at least one sensor element supported by the sensor housing and configured to cooperate with the impulse ring. The sensor housing is secured to a groove, having side walls, on a cylindrical surface of the second ring of the bearing, and the groove is located on a side of the second ring radially opposite the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Maruti Vitthal Khaire, Manoj M Babu
  • Patent number: 11982401
    Abstract: An adjustable levelling pad includes a first component having first screw threads, a second component having second screw threads cooperating with the first screw threads of the first component, a bearing element having a bearing surface cooperating with the first component and a protection cap fastened to the first component and extending towards the second component. The protection cap at least partially surrounds the second component and is configured to cooperate in a sealing manner with the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Rene Vermeulen, Abraham Hendrik Hooghart
  • Patent number: 11982356
    Abstract: A seal assembly is for sealing a rotating device and includes a dynamic seal component frictionally engageable with a device rotor and a static seal component frictionally engageable with a device stator. The two seal components are formed therebetween with a contact seal based on a sealing lip and a non-contact seal based on a labyrinth gap. The labyrinth gap is located upstream of the sealing lip on the path of foreign matter entering the seal assembly. A thrust bumper is formed in the labyrinth gap and defines a gap width by its own height during the assembly process. The rotating device may be a hub unit of a vehicle or any rotating machine with a rotor and a stator as core components. The rotating equipment adopting the present seal assembly can obtain significantly improved sealing performance, and thus is fully adapted to severely polluted or extremely humid working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Zongbin Wu, John Arthur Wilkins
  • Patent number: 11980930
    Abstract: A support unit for a roll shaft of a continuous casting guide roll includes a housing having first axial end face, a second axial end face and a through-opening extending from the first axial end face to the second axial end face, a first cover connected to the first axial end face, a first primary isolator arranged radially between the first cover and the roll shaft, and a bearing in the through opening. On a first side of the bearing, a first closed space is partially defined by the bearing, the first cover and the first primary isolator, and the first closed space is pre-filled with a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Weiguang Cao, Jiakai Liu, Zongkang Xu, Weifei Geng
  • Patent number: 11980931
    Abstract: A guide roller for a continuous casting machine includes a roller seat having bearings, a roller shaft mounted for rotation in the roller seat and at least one roller body mounted on the roller shaft and configured to support a billet. A passive optical sensor is mounted to the roller seat and configured to output optical signals, and an optical fiber extends from the passive optical sensor and is configured to convey the optical signals to a processor configured to determine one or more physical parameters of an installation position of the passive optical sensor based on the optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Xing Yi, Liang Weng, Jiakai Liu, Weifei Geng, Zongkang Xu
  • Patent number: 11976691
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprising a stationary radially outer ring with a spherical radially outer surface with a convex shape, a radially inner ring that is rotary about a central rotation axis (X) of the bearing unit and is mounted on a rotating or oscillating shaft. A diametrical through-hole is formed in a first cylindrical portion that is used to receive an elastic element for locking the radially inner ring on the shaft, a plurality of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring to enable the relative rotation of the two rings, and a locking element locking the radially inner ring on the shaft. The radially inner ring is provided with two threaded through-holes from opposite sides with respect to the radially outer ring and to the rolling bodies, for housing respective grub screws for locking the radially inner ring on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Pasquale Frezza, Fabio Falaschi
  • Patent number: 11975567
    Abstract: A clamping system for a hub bearing assembly includes a screw element configured to engage with a threaded section formed on a flanged hub of a bearing unit. The screw element includes a flange-shaped head configured to cooperate with an annular element of the bearing unit and axially constrain the flanged hub and the annular element, an elastic ring, and at least one annular seat for the elastic ring. The at least one annular seat is formed radially on the inside of the annular element or on the outside of the flange-shaped head along a radially outer peripheral edge of the flange-shaped head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Marco Falossi, Francesco Lamboglia, Fabio Marchetti, Marco Romanetto
  • Patent number: 11971254
    Abstract: A mechanical system includes a sensor bearing unit and a fixed support part. The sensor bearing unit includes a bearing including a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The sensor device has a sensor housing secured to the second ring of the bearing and a cable output that extends radially and is located circumferentially two spaced protrusions of the fixed support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Maruti Vitthal Khaire, Manoj M Babu
  • Patent number: 11971071
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the inner ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring including a sensor housing secured to the outer ring of the bearing and at least one sensor element supported by the sensor housing and cooperating with the impulse ring. The impulse ring is provided with an orientation lug extending axially on the side opposite to the inner ring of the bearing and intended to be located into a groove formed on the shaft of an associated apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Maruti Vitthal Khaire, Vignesh Dharmalingam, Sayali Madhav Apte
  • Patent number: 11965908
    Abstract: A device for determining the rotation frequency of at least one wheel of a vehicle provides a first measuring device for measuring an acceleration value of the at least one wheel, a second measuring means for measuring vibrations of the at least one wheel, and a processing unit configured to determine a first rotation frequency of the at least one wheel from the measured acceleration value of the at least one wheel, compare the determined first rotation frequency of the at least one wheel to a first threshold, define a frequency analysis interval from the determined first rotation frequency greater than the first threshold, process a frequency analysis of a signal indicative of vibrations of the at least one wheel for the frequencies inside the frequency analysis interval, and select a second rotation frequency in the frequency analysis interval having the higher amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Damien Joucgnoux, Charlotte Vu
  • Patent number: 11965547
    Abstract: A bearing bush configured to support a journal of a journal cross of a cardan shaft includes a cylindrical circumferential wall that radially delimits an interior for receiving rolling elements and the journal and includes a base axially delimiting the interior. The base has a central holder configured to receive a slip disk for contacting the journal. The base may include a conical portion extending from the cylindrical circumferential wall and a flat central portion, and the holder may be formed as a depression in the flat central portion. Also a journal bearing assembly including the bearing bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Manfred Mattes
  • Patent number: 11965560
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a bearing unit configured to support a rotating component relative to a stationary component and having a first stationary bearing ring configured to be connected to the stationary component in a rotationally fixed manner by a bearing carrier and a second rotatable bearing ring configured to be connected to the rotating component. The bearing carrier includes at least one electrical conductor configured to make electrical contact with the bearing unit and to make electrical contact with the stationary component or to be electrically connected to the stationary component when the bearing carrier is mounted to the stationary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Juergen Barthelme, Helmut Hauck, Stefanie Seufert, Hubert Herbst
  • Patent number: 11958325
    Abstract: A device includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, at least one bearing disposed between the caps and at least one annular seal. The seal provides a claw secured by mechanical connection to the upper support cap, a sealing lip extending obliquely from the claw in the direction of the upper bearing cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Baptiste Vidil, Thomas Lepine, Christophe Houdayer
  • Publication number: 20240115096
    Abstract: A stand for a vacuum cleaner having a hand-held main unit with a first locking arrangement for releasable locking to a second locking arrangement of a tube arrangement. The stand comprises a manually operated actuation mechanism adapted to actuate a release button or release mechanism to unlock the hand-held main unit from the tube arrangement while the vacuum cleaner is placed in the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Josef Isaksson, Dawid Dawod
  • Patent number: 11953058
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing off external contaminants from a bearing unit between a stationary radially outer ring and a rotatable radially inner ring, the sealing device including a first, metallic and rotatable annular screen having a first mounting area for assembly with interference on the radially inner ring, a second, metallic and stationary annular screen having a second mounting area for assembly with interference on the radially outer ring, an annular sealing element made of elastomeric material, integrally supported by the second annular screen, and equipped with at least one contacting annular sealing lip projecting axially and radially from the second screen towards the first screen, and a non-contacting annular lip extending axially and facing a first flange portion of the first annular screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Daniele Duch
  • Patent number: 11940009
    Abstract: A bearing seal including an anchoring portion fixed on an inner ring of the bearing, and a sealing portion capable of forming a sealing fit with an outer ring of the bearing, the seal providing rigid slinger of substantially circular shape, the slinger having a root portion formed at a position corresponding to the anchoring portion for stabilization and support, and a radial portion formed in the section corresponding to the area between the anchoring portion and the sealing portion for radial support, wherein the radial portion is formed with at least one slot with the opening direction facing the radial periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Meng Zhang, Keqiang Cao, Yi Zhang, He Zhu
  • Patent number: D1026958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventor: Johan Hedberg