Aktiebolaget Skf

Alberto Fea

Angelo Vignotto

Claudio Savarese

Alfredo Monetti

Sealing device () for a wheel hub unit () which is connected to a differential () of a vehicle, and which is provided with a contact rolling bearing (), the sealing device () being mounted in order to protect the bearing () from a lubricating fluid which is used to lubricate the differential (), and presenting a first shield () which is integral with an outer race () of the bearing (), a second shield () which is arranged inside the first shield () and which is integral with an inner race () of the bearing () and which counter-faces the first shield () itself, and a dynamic sealing element () which is interposed between the first and the second shield (); a first static sealing element () being associated with a terminal border () of the shrink-fit portion (), and being arranged inside an external relief () in order to create a static seal with a box () which extends from the differential () to the unit ().

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Pecetto Torinese, Italy

Alberto Fea