Patents by Inventor Piero Santangelo

Piero Santangelo 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: 20240077110
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring and a cage for retaining the rolling bodies, where the cage includes a rib with a circular base and a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers defining a plurality of pockets for holding the respective rolling bodies of the row of rolling bodies. Also, a plurality of inserts formed separately from the cage, each of the plurality of inserts being inserted inside seats of corresponding adjacent pairs of fingers of the plurality of fingers to limit circumferential deformation of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Piero Santangelo
  • Patent number: 11835091
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring and a cage for retaining the rolling bodies, where the cage includes a rib with a circular base and a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers defining a plurality of pockets for holding the respective rolling bodies of the row of rolling bodies. Also, a plurality of inserts formed separately from the cage, each of the plurality of inserts being inserted inside seats of corresponding adjacent pairs of fingers of the plurality of fingers to limit circumferential deformation of the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Piero Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20230160426
    Abstract: A cage for retaining one or more rolling bodies of a bearing unit, the cage including a rib having a plurality of spherical concave surfaces, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced tenons extending from a first axial side of the rib, each tenon of the plurality of tenons including a plurality of spherical concave surfaces and an armature defining a box shape, the armature including a plurality of first portions resting on a first plane and a plurality of second portions resting on a second plane, each first portion of the plurality of first portions alternating circumferentially with each second portion, and the spherical concave surfaces of the rib defining, with the spherical concave surfaces of the tenons, a plurality of spherical cavities to hold each rolling body of the row of rolling bodies in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Riccardo Restivo, Piero Santangelo, Gianpiero Scaltriti, Flora Rosso
  • Publication number: 20220120318
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring and a cage for retaining the rolling bodies, where the cage includes a rib with a circular base and a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers defining a plurality of pockets for holding the respective rolling bodies of the row of rolling bodies. Also, a plurality of inserts formed separately from the cage, each of the plurality of inserts being inserted inside seats of corresponding adjacent pairs of fingers of the plurality of fingers to limit circumferential deformation of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Piero Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20200182300
    Abstract: A cage for a ball bearing having a meandering wire which, extending around an axis of rotation (X) of the bearing of the ball type, defines a plurality of seats for receiving respective balls of the ball-type bearing. Further, the cage being also provided with a separating element between each pair of adjacent seats and, for each seat, with three points (P) of contact between balls and meandering wire for retaining the balls inside the associated seat. The separating element being formed by the same meandering wire and the points (P) of contact lying on the same meandering wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ezio Artero, Piero Santangelo
  • Patent number: 9422983
    Abstract: A rolling bearing is provided that includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rollers disposed between the outer and inner rings to engage a radially outer lateral surface of the inner ring and a radially inner lateral surface of the outer ring and being laterally held, in a direction parallel to a relative rotation axis (A) between the rings, by respective axial shoulders. The axial shoulders each consist of an annular element made of synthetic plastic material as an independent element from the rings that engages in a snapping manner either the inner ring or the outer ring; the inner and outer rings being provided, at their respective radially outer and inner lateral surfaces and at opposite axial ends thereof, with snapping locking seats for the annular elements made of synthetic plastic material each including a continuous annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Roberto Mola, Riccardo Restivo, Piero Santangelo, Gianpiero Scaltriti
  • Publication number: 20150285307
    Abstract: A rolling bearing is provided that includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rollers disposed between the outer and inner rings to engage a radially outer lateral surface of the inner ring and a radially inner lateral surface of the outer ring and being laterally held, in a direction parallel to a relative rotation axis (A) between the rings, by respective axial shoulders. The axial shoulders each consist of an annular element made of synthetic plastic material as an independent element from the rings that engages in a snapping manner either the inner ring or the outer ring; the inner and outer rings being provided, at their respective radially outer and inner lateral surfaces and at opposite axial ends thereof, with snapping locking seats for the annular elements made of synthetic plastic material each including a continuous annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Roberto Mola, Riccardo Restivo, Piero Santangelo, Gianpiero Scaltriti