Abstract: A device enabling the revolutionary speed to be measured between two parts in relative rotation such as the supports of a vehicle wheel and in particular between rings of a rolling bearing for the support of a vehicle wheel, including a first shield integral with the rotating ring of the rolling bearing carrying a magnetized ring with a pair of alternate poles, which is placed in front of, in operation, a passive sensor borne by a second shield attached to the fixed ring of the bearing; the sensor is inductive and has n polar pieces in a number proportional to the pairs of alternate poles of the magnetized ring; the configurations of shields and sensor are such that the elements measuring the relative speed are integral with the shields and protected outwards.

Abstract: Bearing assembly comprising inner and outer rings and a plurality of rolling elements in the annular space between the rings means having a seat on the inner peripheral surface of one of the rings facing the annular space including a throat section having a saw tooth shaped axial profile, a seal system at least at one axial end of the annular space and having at least one generally rigid shield member, a cover member of resilient material covering at least a portion of the shield member, the shield member having a separate sleeve-shaped portion and with interposition of at least part of the elastomeric covering, in the annular with the sleeve portion of the armature being placed coaxially with the rings and presenting a separate rim, facing towards the outside of the annular cavity, folded over so as to engage in the sawtooth-shaped throat to immobilize the shield axially in the annular seat.

Abstract: A spacer designed for fitment between pairs of oblique rolling bearings (taper roller, ball bearings or similar) for enabling adjustable axial positioning of the same inside a support assembly, e.g. the hub-axle assembly of a vehicle suspension, the outer element of which presents a through hole for enabling adjustment of the spacer; which spacer consists of a pair of coaxial annular elements, the first engaged partially in sliding manner inside the second; a third annular element mounted externally and in axially mobile manner on the first element and designed to act as a shoulder for the second element; and locking mechanism for selectively securing the third element in a number of predetermined axial positions on and integral with the first element.

Abstract: Bearing assembly comprising inner and outer rings and a plurality of rolling elements in the annular space between the rings means having a seat on the inner peripheral surface of one of the rings facing the annular space incuding a throat section having a saw-toot shaped axial profile, a seal system at least at one axial end of the annular space and having at least one general rigid shield member, a cover member of resilient material covering at least a portion of the shield member, the shield member having a separate sleeve-shaped portion and with interposition of at least part of the elastomeric covering, in the annular seat with the sleeve portion of the armature being placed coaxially with the rings and presenting a separate rim, facing towards the outside of the annular cavity, folded over so as to engage in the sawtooth-shaped throat to immobilize the shield axially in the annular seat.

Abstract: A sealing shield assembly for a rolling bearing has at least one ring with a seat comprising at least one essentially reinforcing member and an anchoring device made of an elastomeric material for securing the enforcing member in the bearing seat. The reinforcing member includes a peripheral annular sleeve portion shaped like a cylindrical sleeve, and an anchoring device which includes a radially elastically compressible sleeve section made of an elastomeric material. It is secured as a unit to the sleeve portion on a lateral coupling surface thereof, and is adapted to be interposed between the annular sleeve portion and the bearing seat. A plurality of axial grooves are on a separate lateral surface opposite the said coupling surface of the annular sleeve portion. The grooves extend from a continuous annular end portion of the elastomeric sleeve section to a point corresponding to a terminal rim of the annular sleeve portion interrupted by the grooves.

Abstract: There is described a support element for a vehicle wheel, particularly adapted to be used in a suspension for connection of the wheel to the strut thereof; the support element is substantially constituted by a bearing the respective inner and outer rings of which are both provided with respective facing radially outer flanges by means of which they are connectable on one side to the wheel and on the opposite side to the suspension strut, and the rolling bodies of which are constituted by conical rollers disposed adjacent one another to form a single ring with their axes alternately disposed at 90.degree. to one another.

Abstract: A tight bearing suitable for exceptionally heavy duty conditions is supplied with side screens (14) made of a plate composition (16) which is restrained to the external ring (10) of the bearing and forms a labyrinth seal against the internal ring (11), and of plastic and elastomer materials (15) supplied with a lip (17) which creates friction on the internal ring (11); other plates (18) are assembled externally with respect to the screens (14) and are integral on the internal ring (11) and form a labyrinth seal (23) with the external ring (10) of the bearing; the internal face of the external plates (28) is lined with a layer of plastic and elastomer material (19) from which at least one lip (20) extends and forms an essentially axial seal against the external face of the plate (16) of the internal adjacent screen (14); the lip (20) of the layer (19) which lines the internal face of the external plates (18 ) slips and seals along a certain length (21) of bent conical converging internal plate (16) towards the

Abstract: A taper roller bearing is described which has the particular feature of having the track of the inner ring capable of being inspected, such characteristic is obtained by means of a spacer cage the bridges of which extend both above and below the roller pitch circle identified by the axes of the rollers in such a way as to retain these latter in the pockets of the cage both on the outer ring side and on the inner ring side of the bearing; the cage in the pockets of which the rollers are snap-engageable, is removable together with the rollers of the track of the inner ring, being axially fixed to this latter by snap-engagement.

Abstract: Bearing ball spacing retainer made of elastically-deformable, synthetic material comprising a ring, a number of parts projecting in the direction of the bearing axis and on one side of the said ring, and a number of seats for balls is described; each of the said projecting parts comprises a pair of elastically-deformable tabs projecting in the said direction, a tooth also projecting in the said direction, and a notch designed to separate the said tabs from the said tooth.

Abstract: A rolling bearing has a pair of sealing rings, each of which presents at least one radial lip designed to rest and slide on a corresponding surface of the bearing inner ring and is inserted in an annular groove formed on the bearing outer ring, the aforementioned groove presenting, on the side facing the row of rolling bodies, a first tapered shoulder surface for the sealing ring and, on the opposite side, a second shoulder surface for the ring itself; each of the aforementioned sealing rings being made of deformable material and having a metal annular strengthening member and a layer of the aforementioned material arranged over the strengthening member, on the side facing the first shoulder surface, and designed to rest on the first shoulder surface.

Abstract: A sealing assembly comprising a rigid sleeve-shaped baffle carrying at one end a removable cover which is also rigid, for closure of the end of the baffle, which internally is also provided with a deformably sealing element provided with radial ribs operable to define a labyrinth seal; an axial lip extends from this element and sealingly cooperates with a seat of the cover, respective axial shoulder means of this latter being simultaneously pressed under pressure against respective bayonet coupling means of the baffle.

Abstract: A sealing unit comprises two rigid, face-to-face shields, one of which is provided with an annular elastomeric member exerting sliding radial sealing pressure on a track of the other shield. The other shield is provided with a radially-outer edge bent in such a manner as to define, on a front outer surface of the shield, a concavity, and, on an inner surface, a corresponding convexity cooperating with an axial annular rib on the elastomeric member, for defining a further seal.

Abstract: A steering box for a motor vehicle comprises a rotatable toothed pinion, an axially movable rack within a casing, and a support unit to support the thrust which the pinion applies to the rack during operation. The support unit comprises a rotatable roller operable to support the rack. The roller is provided with an axial hold in which is formed a pair of rolling tracks for rolling bodies. A pair of rings are disposed within the hole in contact with one another, each forming with the roller the rolling tracks for the rolling bodies. Two rings of the rolling bodies are disposed between the roller and the rings. A pin supports the rings. The pin is mounted in a cylindrical body provided with a central cavity operable to house the roller, at least patially. The cylindrical body is provided with a pair of slots each of which is able to receive one end of the pin.

Abstract: The hydraulic tappet comprises a cup-shaped body having a cylindrical side wall and a flat bottom wall, a piston element moving axially inside a cavity, formed in the said bottom wall and defining a first pressure chamber, an annular element of deformable material located on the outside of the said piston element and inside the said cylindrical wall, ducts for hydraulically connecting the said second chamber to the said first chamber and on which is fitted an on-off member, and a guide element moving axially inside the said cylindrical wall on the said cup-shaped body and having a side surface and a bottom wall.

Abstract: A transmission unit for a vehicle with a transverse engine and gearbox, beneath the gearbox there being carried a differential to which are connected half-shafts of equal length; a first half-shaft is connected to the differential by means of an intermediate shaft supported by a fixed support beneath the motor provided with a rolling element bearing housed in a casing, constituted by at least one sheet of pressed steel, and a resilient sleeve which connects together the outer ring of the bearing and the casing, having been directly adhered in a vulcanization phase onto both these.

Abstract: Hydraulic tappet comprising a cup member, the latter sliding in a seat and housing a second cup member sliding in relation to the first in such a manner as to form a first chamber, and a flexible annular member located essentially inside the said second cup member in such a manner as to form a fluidtight second chamber connected hydraulically to the said first chamber; the said two chambers being filled with activating fluid the flow of which from the said second to the said first chamber being controlled by an on-off member.

Abstract: Hydraulic tappet essentially comprising a first cup member sliding in a seat; a second member sliding axially in relation to the first; a third annular member located inside the said first cup member and having a sleeve, inside the inner bore of which the said second member slides axially, and a ring projecting radially from the said sleeve and connected in fluidtight manner to the side wall on the said first cup member in such a manner as to form a first chamber for fluid under pressure; and a fourth annular member made of flexible material and located essentially inside the said first cup member and outside the said sleeve on the said third annular member in such a manner as to form a second activating fluid chamber connected hydraulically to the said first chamber over a duct with an on-off member.

Abstract: A ball bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring with respective rolling tracks for a set of balls, the ball bearing being of the so-called "oblique" type in which the rolling tracks, in section, constitute arcs of a curve the normal to which at the mid point of the curve is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of the rings. Adjacent the rolling track on the inner ring is a groove the minimum diameter of which is less than that of the rolling track and adjacent the rolling track of the outer ring is a cylindrical surface the diameter of which is less than the maximum diameter of the rolling track. The difference in diameters between the cylindrical surface and the minimum diameter of the groove is such that half this difference is equal to the diameter of a ball.

Abstract: The resilient block serves to connect a stem of a shock absorber of a suspension of a vehicle to the body thereof and is provided with a rolling element bearing keyed to the stem and provided with an outer ring having an annular groove on its outer cylindrical surface, engaged by an inner rim of a first frusto-conical support sleeve, a second frusto-conical support sleeve which can be fitted to the body, and an elastomeric sleeve directly vulcanized onto the outer lateral surfaces of the outer ring of the bearing and the associated frusto-conical sleeve and to the inner surface of the second sleeve to form a single indivisible unit.

Abstract: The belt stretcher unit is designed for assembly on a drive provided with a flexible member, e.g. for motor vehicles and consists of a pin, pivoting round a first axis, and of a pulley turning on the pin round a second axis eccentric with the first; the pulley is supported on the pin by at least one rolling bearing, and between the pin and the bearing, provision is made for an annular element made of elastic material.