Patents by Inventor Fausto BARACCA

Fausto BARACCA 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: 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: 11933361
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, rotatable with respect to a rotation axis (X) and steadily connected to a rotating shaft, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, a casing, inside which the rings of the bearing unit are housed, a sealing device, and a protection disk. The protection disk may be mounted in an axially external position to the sealing device and fixed to the radially inner ring. Additionally, the protection disk may have a shaped metallic screen, and an elastomer coating over-molded on part of the screen. The protection disk may further be in contact with an axially external surface of the radially outer ring through the elastomer coating, which is provided with two lips, a first lip, non-contacting or contacting and radially external, and a second lip, contacting and radially internal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi
  • Patent number: 11920635
    Abstract: A bearing unit including a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, a containment cage for keeping the rolling bodies in position defined by a plurality of arched bridges and a plurality of flattened connecting elements interposed between the bridges, a sealing screen interposed between the radially inner ring and the radially outer ring made of composite material provided with an annular central portion having a toroidal surface, a radially inner lug, and a radially outer deflector projecting towards the cage, and a channel between the cage and the sealing screen, axially defined by the lug, the toroidal surface, and the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Fabio Falaschi
  • Patent number: 11898605
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Andrea A Bertolini
  • Publication number: 20240044372
    Abstract: A sealing system includes a casing with an internal seat, a front edge, an opening, and a radially external lateral surface defining an annular seat. The annular seat includes an annular groove axially spaced from the front edge, itself including one or more mechanical stops, and a plurality of axial grooves connected to the annular groove and interrupting radially at least part of the front edge. The annular groove defines a bottom wall provided with projections spaced from one another and defining depressions, the projections circumferentially offset from the axial grooves. The sealing system further includes a cover with a bottom wall and an annular coupling portion. A radially inner surface of the annular coupling portion includes teeth projecting radially inward and spaced circumferentially from each other. The annular seat is configured to receive the at least one pair of teeth of the annular coupling portion of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi, Fabio Cavacece
  • Publication number: 20240044371
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprising rolling elements, housed in a radially inner mounting seat of a casing. The bearing unit includes a radially outer and stationary coated ring provided with a metal ring and a liner of elastomeric material integral with a radially outer surface of the metal ring, a radially inner ring, which is rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation (X), and a row of rolling elements interposed between the coated ring and the radially inner ring. The elastomeric material of the liner is a vulcanized thermoplastic material. The liner is co-molded onto the radially outer surface of the metal ring and may include a cylindrical body and at least two annular protuberances which fit inside corresponding anchoring grooves formed on the surface of the metal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20240019001
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radially outer ring having seats formed in a radially inner surface thereof, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling bodies, and at least one sealing device interposed between the rings. Each sealing device includes a shaped shield, an elastomer coating overmolded on the shaped shield, and an anchorage formed on the elastomer coating. The anchorage includes a radially external anchoring lip received by the seat of the radially outer ring that includes a root portion and a projection distal to the root portion. The anchorage also includes an annular cavity formed on a radially internal side thereof, where an axial length of the annular cavity is greater than an axial length of the projection and the anchoring lip is flexed radially inward and at least partially fills the annular cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece
  • Patent number: 11867233
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi
  • Publication number: 20240003387
    Abstract: A bearing unit with rolling bodies for use in the food and beverage industry, for example, is disclosed herein. The example embodiments disclosed herein provide that of a bearing unit comprising a radially inner ring including a stainless steel collar with a raceway, on which two sleeves made of reinforced polymeric material are co-molded on opposite sides. Such example embodiments incorporate corrosion resistance properties of a polymeric material without losing the surface hardness properties. As such, the radially inner ring of the bearing unit offers same nominal load values as inner rings are made entirely of metal, but with better corrosion resistance without losing the surface hardness properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece
  • Publication number: 20240003388
    Abstract: A bearing unit with rolling bodies for use in the food and beverage industry, for example. The bearing unit may have a high resistance to wear and to corrosion and may have a radially outer ring, stationary, a radially inner ring, rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation (X), and a sealing and protection device mounted on the radially inner ring and on opposite sides of the radially outer ring, both to protect the radially outer ring from the action of external contaminants and to prevent any such external contaminants from getting into a gap between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring. The bearing unit may further have protective layer being arranged in contact with the radially inner ring, and being made of composite polymeric material to isolate and protect the radially inner ring from external contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 11841052
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 11834227
    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: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Patent number: 11828330
    Abstract: Support assembly for movable, rotating or sliding shafts, having a bearing unit, a casing and a cover for fluid sealing an opening of an internal seat of the casing; the cover having an annular coupling portion towards a radially outer lateral surface of the casing, the annular coupling portion being provided radially on the inside with at least one pair of teeth projecting radially towards the inside of the cover and spaced circumferentially from each other; the radially outer lateral surface of the casing being provided with an annular groove for receiving the teeth of the cover, which in turn is provided circumferentially with an alternating plurality of depressions and projections; 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi, Fabio Cavacece
  • Patent number: 11808298
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20230340997
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece
  • Patent number: 11781597
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20230265890
    Abstract: A bearing unit configured to be clamped on a machine shaft includes a stationary radially outer ring, a rotatable radially inner ring having a radially inner surface, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, and a clamping device that includes a clamping sleeve between the radially inner ring and the machine shaft, the clamping sleeve including a threaded flange portion and a circumferential slit configured to deform and tighten around the machine shaft, and a ring nut to screw onto the threaded flange portion and exert an axial force on the radially inner ring, the radially inner surface of the radially inner ring engages the radially outer surface of the clamping sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20230265888
    Abstract: A bearing unit is disclosed, which includes a new labyrinth sealing device designed for use in the ventilation industry that prevents entry of contaminants therein. The sealing device according to the present disclosure provides a “contactless” sealing device, i.e. one without contacting elements (for example elastomer lips); and a bearing unit with a low frictional torque, due only to the internal geometry and the efficiency of the lubricant, but certainly without any contribution from the sealing devices. The sealing devices comprises a plurality of shields, and wherein the combination and structural orientation of these shields creates a long, narrow labyrinth L with many changes in direction, and therefore a path for external contaminants with significant head loss. Consequently, any contaminants that make into the bearing unit, passing through the entire labyrinth L, will be negligible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea A Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba
  • Publication number: 20230265887
    Abstract: A support assembly for moving shafts, comprising a bearing unit positioned in a casing, and a cover for fluid sealing the casing. The support assembly comprises double level of protection provided by two distinct sealing devices that keep the bearing unit protected from washing liquid even in the most demanding conditions of use. The better sealing configuration aids in overall better sealing of the bearing unit; greater resistance to contaminants; and improving the sealing performance of the whole support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece
  • Patent number: 11732756
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Andrea A Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece