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Adriano Valsania

Claudio Foti

Gianni Cognolato

Marco Bresso

Paolo Giraudo

Massimo Forno

A sealing system including an annular support, an annular sealing element and an annular shielding element; a first and a second lip of the sealing element interact slidingly with an abutment surface of the shielding element and each include: a root portion which extends perpendicularly in cantilever fashion from a flange portion of the annular support; a flexing portion, which extends in cantilever fashion from the root portion in an oblique direction with a thinner radial thickness, delimited by an annular internal surface facing the abutment surface and by an annular external surface facing towards the support, consisting of surfaces of revolution generated by segments of circumference; and a contact portion including a wedge-shaped overhang and a step portion flanking the overhang, which forms with the abutment surface a first and a second angle (α, β), the first angle facing the annular support and being smaller than the second angle.

Dynamic interference sealing device and system with improved contact behaviour

Sealing device including a first seal and a second seal each having an annular support formed in the manner of a sleeve and delimited by a first and second face which are situated opposite each other and a first and second annular sealing elements; wherein the first and second annular sealing elements are independent and separate from each other and are fixed integral with a first portion and a second portion of the annular support which are different from each other and are made of a first and second elastomer mix, the second elastomer mix being different from the first mix and having a greater hardness and higher elastic modulus; at least one annular sealing element being provided radially on the inside with at least one annular lip which extends radially and axially in cantilever fashion from a first end of the annular support.

Sealing device in particular for shock-absorber stems

A sealing system including an annular support, an annular sealing element and an annular shielding element; a first and a second lip of the sealing element interact slidingly with an abutment surface of the shielding element and each include: a root portion which extends perpendicularly in cantilever fashion from a flange portion of the annular support; a flexing portion, which extends in cantilever fashion from the root portion in an oblique direction with a thinner radial thickness, delimited by an annular internal surface facing the abutment surface and by an annular external surface facing towards the support, consisting of surfaces of revolution generated by segments of circumference; and a contact portion including a wedge-shaped overhang and a step portion flanking the overhang, which forms with the abutment surface a first and a second angle (&#x3b1;,&#x3b2;), the first angle facing the annular support and being smaller than the second angle.

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