Patents by Inventor Michele Clemente

Michele Clemente 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).

  • Mounting of the bearing unit for a wheel hub in a suspension system of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6955474
    Abstract: The outer ring (3) of a motor-vehicle wheel-hub bearing (1) is housed in a cylindrical seat (9) of a strut (10) and is locked axially, on one side of the strut (10), by means of a radially inwardly-projecting rim (18) formed by cold deformation of a tubular portion (17) of the seat (9) and, on the other side, by means of a shoulder (11). A resiliently compressible ring (19) is inserted into the seat (9) of the strut (10) so as to be compressed axially between a lateral surface (12, 13) of the outer ring (3) of the bearing and the shoulder (11) or the deformed rim (18) of the seat (9), respectively, to compensate for any relative thermal expansion between the bearing and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Barbiero, Michele Clemente
  • Mounting of the bearing unit for a wheel hub in a suspension system of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20040165803
    Abstract: The outer ring (3) of a motor-vehicle wheel-hub bearing (1) is housed in a cylindrical seat (9) of a strut (10) and is locked axially, on one side of the strut (10), by means of a radially inwardly-projecting rim (18) formed by cold deformation of a tubular portion (17) of the seat (9) and, on the other side, by means of a shoulder (11). A resiliently compressible ring (19) is inserted into the seat (9) of the strut (10) so as to be compressed axially between a lateral surface (12, 13) of the outer ring (3) of the bearing and the shoulder (11) or the deformed rim (18) of the seat (9), respectively, to compensate for any relative thermal expansion between the bearing and the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Davide Barbiero, Michele Clemente