Aktiebolaget Skf

Riccardo Nardicchia

Paolo A Re

A vehicular wheel hub unit includes a radially outer bearing ring, a radially inner bearing ring, and a plurality of rolling elements supporting the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring for relative rotation. The inner bearing ring has an axially facing metal coupling surface configured to frictionally engage a connecting surface of an element, such as a bell of a constant velocity joint, adjacent to the inner bearing ring, and the coupling surface includes at least one first region having a plurality of coupling surface ablations configured to affect an amount of friction between the coupling surface and the connecting surface. Also a method including ablating at least a first region of a coupling surface of an inner bearing ring.

Reduced noise wheel hub unit

A sealing system for a roller bearing including a first annular shield and a first sealing cover. A first face of each that includes a coupling surface that is covered with a rubbery coating made of a synthetic rubber. The coupling surface of the first annular shield is coupled to a corresponding coupling surface of a rotating ring of the roller bearing, and the coupling surface of the first sealing cover is coupled to a corresponding coupling surface of an outer ring of the roller bearing. Each of the first annular shield and the first sealing cover is pressed from a metal sheet with a first face entirely rubberized with the rubbery coating.

Sealing cap or component of a sealing device for a roller bearing, associated roller bearing, in particular for a hub bearing unit, and associated method

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Turin, Italy

Riccardo Nardicchia