Patents by Inventor Fabio FALASCHI

Fabio FALASCHI 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: 11401969
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 11378128
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Ettore Bertelloni, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20220204219
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Patent number: 11300158
    Abstract: Small cross-section bearing unit having a flanged outer ring, an inner ring coaxial with the outer ring and an axis of rotation, a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring so as to allow the relative rotation thereof about the axis, and a sealing device for preventing the entry of contaminants and, at the same, time, for preventing the leakage of a lubricating grease from the inside of the bearing unit; the sealing device being provided, on each side of the bearing unit, with a shaped sealing screen that is supported rotatably about the axis by the outer ring, and a labyrinth seal extending along a respective complex winding path defined by an associated sealing screen and by the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Patent number: 11292639
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Patent number: 11235964
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210404911
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Fabio Cavacece, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210364090
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210348653
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring, a radially inner ring rotatable around a central rotation axis (Y) of the bearing unit, at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, an eccentric collar for clamping the radially inner ring on a rotating shaft (S), and a first pressure screw on the eccentric collar, wherein the eccentric collar is provided with a second pressure screw which increases the gripping capacity of the bearing unit on the rotating shaft (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Ettore Bertelloni, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210332853
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210285497
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a radially outer ring which is stationary, a radially inner ring, rotatable around a central rotation axis (X) of the bearing unit, provided, in an end portion thereof, with at least two segments of circular sectors separated by at least two grooves, a row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, and a collar for clamping the radially inner ring on to a shaft; each circular sector segment is provided with a lip having a thickness (s) and a step having a thickness (s+s1), wherein the thickness (s+s1) of the step is greater than the thickness (s) of the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210285496
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Ettore Bertelloni, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210222735
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20210062868
    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 (?) 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20210009318
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertollini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20210010540
    Abstract: Small cross-section bearing unit having a flanged outer ring, an inner ring coaxial with the outer ring and an axis of rotation, a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring so as to allow the relative rotation thereof about the axis, and a sealing device for preventing the entry of contaminants and, at the same, time, for preventing the leakage of a lubricating grease from the inside of the bearing unit; the sealing device being provided, on each side of the bearing unit, with a shaped sealing screen that is supported rotatably about the axis by the outer ring, and a labyrinth seal extending along a respective complex winding path defined by an associated sealing screen and by the inner ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Patent number: 10774877
    Abstract: A bearing unit for agricultural use, the bearing unit comprising: a rolling bearing, a housing body for the rolling bearing, and a sealing device for preventing the entry into the rolling bearing of contaminants. The sealing device in turn having, at least on one side of the rolling bearing, a first sealing level defined by at least one sliding-contact sealing lip and a second sealing level arranged in series with the first sealing level along an axis of symmetry of the rolling bearing. The sealing device defining a labyrinth for preventing the entry of contaminants into the first sealing level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi
  • Patent number: 10527100
    Abstract: A sealing device for a rolling bearing having two annular screens constrained to the rings of the rolling bearing. Each annular screen having a respective seal made of an elastomer and provided with a respective first and second number of non-contacting annular sealing lips arranged obliquely with respect to an axis of symmetry of the sealing device that extend away from the axis of symmetry and define between them a winding path to hinder any entry of washing liquids or other impurities into the rolling bearing and facilitate at the same time the expulsion of washing liquids or other impurities which may have infiltrated along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventors: Fabio Falaschi, Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20190330035
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 10385923
    Abstract: Bearing housing including a housing element designed to be adapted to receive internally a bearing, and a fastening base or flange to a frame of machinery provided with through holes for screws or bolts and having a shoulder face intended to go into use in contact against the frame of the machine equipment, the face of the shoulder being traversed by through holes. The housing element is made of a synthetic molded plastic material and the base or flange has its shoulder face covered by a layer of elastomeric material which has been molded integrally fixed in one piece with the base or flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Fabio Falaschi, Fausto Baracca