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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Fabio Picatto, Turin, IT;
Alberto Visconti, Varese, IT;
Inventors:
Fabio Picatto, Turin, IT;
Alberto Visconti, Varese, IT;
Assignee:
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/32 (2006.01); F16C 33/78 (2006.01); F16C 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/7856 (2013.01); F16C 19/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sealing unit adapted to be coupled to a rolling-element bearing to seal off the annular space between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing, the sealing unit having a stiffening core, and an elastomeric annular element that is rigidly secured to the stiffening core and provided with a sealing lip and a root portion, which is positioned radially on the opposite side of the sealing lip, and which can be snap-fitted into a groove of the outer ring in order to abut the root portion on a front wall of the groove with the core facing toward the outside of bearing.