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).

  • Publication number: 20220325754
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Pasquale Frezza
  • Publication number: 20220325755
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Falaschi
  • Publication number: 20220243770
    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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220145935
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring provided with a raceway, a radially inner ring rotatable about a central rotation axis (X) of the bearing unit and provided with a raceway, a row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, at least one sealing device mounted by means of interference on the radially outer ring and in sliding contact with the radially inner ring, wherein both the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring are made of low carbon steel with a minimum percentage by weight of carbon equal to 0.42%, and a central portion of the radially outer ring situated along the raceway and a central portion of the radially inner ring situated along the raceway are heat treated by means of induction hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Ettore Bertelloni, Fabio Cavacece
  • 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: 20220018389
    Abstract: Bearing unit suitable for a marble cutting machine having a radially outer ring rotatable about a central rotation axis (Y) of the bearing unit and provided with a radially inner raceway a stationary radially inner ring provided with a radially outer raceway, a row of rolling elements arranged between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, wherein the corresponding raceways allow rolling of the rolling elements and wherein the radially outer raceway of the radially inner ring is composed of two sections separated from each other and specular with respect to an axis (X) of symmetry of the bearing unit, having a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Ettore Bertelloni, Andrea A. Bertolini
  • 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: 20210317876
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a stationary radially outer ring; a radially inner ring rotatable around a central rotation axis (X) of the bearing unit and provided with at least one raceway and, in a terminal portion thereof, with at least one through hole; at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring; and at least one clamping element, which is accommodated in the through hole, to lock the radially inner ring on to a rotating shaft. A first radially outer cylindrical surface of the terminal portion of the radially inner ring has a diameter smaller than the diameter of a second radially outer cylindrical surface of a second terminal portion of the radially inner ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A. Bertolini, Antonino Calderone, Giacomo Conti
  • 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
  • Patent number: D937331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Baracca, Andrea A Bertolini, Pasquale Frezza, Alessio Nebbia Colomba