Patents by Inventor Daniele Brogna

Daniele Brogna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11618280
    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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Maurizio Bertoia, Daniele Brogna, Domenico Bruno
  • Patent number: 11230143
    Abstract: A hub-bearing assembly for rotatably mounting a motor vehicle wheel on a suspension strut having a wheel hub to support the wheel of the vehicle and having an axial shoulder, a bearing unit providing a radially outer stationary ring constrained to the strut; a first radially inner rotating ring mounted on the hub, and a second radially inner rotating ring defined by the hub, two rows of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer stationary ring and the two radially inner rotating rings inside a first raceway and a second raceway formed, respectively, the first inner ring providing a substantially non-deformable Hertzian portion, on which is formed the second raceway, and an accumulation portion integral with the Hertzian portion and interposed between the Hertzian portion and the axial shoulder for accumulating elastic energy during cold deformation to obtain the rolled edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Francesco Lamboglia, Daniele Brogna, Fausto Morello, Fulvio Nicastri
  • Publication number: 20210387474
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Maurizio Bertola, Daniele Brogna, Domenico Bruno
  • Patent number: 10871192
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Daniele Brogna, Domenico Bruno, Fulvio Nicastri, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Publication number: 20200158177
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Daniele Brogna, Domenico Bruno, Fulvio Nicastri, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Publication number: 20190023068
    Abstract: A hub-bearing assembly for rotatably mounting a motor vehicle wheel on a suspension strut having a wheel hub to support the wheel of the vehicle and having an axial shoulder, a bearing unit providing a radially outer stationary ring constrained to the strut; a first radially inner rotating ring mounted on the hub, and a second radially inner rotating ring defined by the hub, two rows of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer stationary ring and the two radially inner rotating rings inside a first raceway and a second raceway formed, respectively, the first inner ring providing a substantially non-deformable Hertzian portion, on which is formed the second raceway, and an accumulation portion integral with the Hertzian portion and interposed between the Hertzian portion and the axial shoulder for accumulating elastic energy during cold deformation to obtain the rolled edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Francesco Lamboglia, Daniele Brogna, Fausto Morello, Fulvio Nicastri