Patents by Inventor Roberto Galante

Roberto Galante 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).

  • Low-friction sealing assembly for a wheel-hub unit and wheel-hub unit equipped with such a sealing assembly
    Patent number: 10591060
    Abstract: Low-friction sealing assembly for a vehicle wheel-hub unit inserted inside an annular interspace defined between a flanged rotating element and a stationary element, coaxial with each other, of the wheel-hub unit to protect at least one ring of revolving bodies arranged between the stationary element and the rotating element, and having a first annular screen and a second annular screen during use integral with the rotating element and with the stationary element; and an annular seal having lips that extend axially and radially projecting from the first screen towards the second screen inside an annular chamber defined by the first and second screens; the sealing assembly being a multi-stage sealing assembly provided with a first inner collecting stage designed to collect and expel some of the contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Héctor Villalobos, Daniele Duch, Roberto Galante, Michel Organisciak, Paolo A Re, Andrea Serafini
  • LOW-FRICTION SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEEL-HUB UNIT AND WHEEL-HUB UNIT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SEALING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190049014
    Abstract: Low-friction sealing assembly for a vehicle wheel-hub unit inserted inside an annular interspace defined between a flanged rotating element and a stationary element, coaxial with each other, of the wheel-hub unit to protect at least one ring of revolving bodies arranged between the stationary element and the rotating element, and having a first annular screen and a second annular screen during use integral with the rotating element and with the stationary element; and an annular seal having lips that extend axially and radially projecting from the first screen towards the second screen inside an annular chamber defined by the first and second screens; the sealing assembly being a multi-stage sealing assembly provided with a first inner collecting stage designed to collect and expel some of the contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Héctor Villalobos, Daniele Duch, Roberto Galante, Michel Organisciak, Paolo A Re, Andrea Serafini