Patents Assigned to Carraro S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 11788452
    Abstract: Tank for a liquid solution based on water and urea which is suitable for being combined with a selective catalytic reduction system. The tank comprises: a container including an upper wall; a filling pipe union which is positioned on the upper wall of the container and which is suitable for introducing the liquid solution; a lower opening, from which the liquid solution being introduced passes into the container and which protrudes with respect to the upper wall towards the interior of the container; a closure float which is positioned in the container and which is connected to the lower opening and which is configured so as to raise and close the lower opening once the liquid solution in the container reaches a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Spazio
  • Patent number: 11390155
    Abstract: A transmission for vehicles with hybrid propulsion systems. In particular agricultural or industrial vehicles, wherein the propulsion system comprises a motor of the non-regenerative type, a motor of the regenerative type which is associated with an energy accumulator and with a generator. The transmission includes an input shaft which is connected to the motor of the non-regenerative type and to which the generator is connected, a low-speed shaft and a high-speed shaft which can be selectively coupled to the input shaft by respective clutches, a movement combination device, an output shaft which is connected to the movement combination mechanism, and a blocking element which is configured to block the low-speed shaft or the high-speed shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Mangiaracina
  • Publication number: 20220205379
    Abstract: Tank for a liquid solution based on water and urea which is suitable for being combined with a selective catalytic reduction system. The tank comprises: a container including an upper wall; a filling pipe union which is positioned on the upper wall of the container and which is suitable for introducing the liquid solution; a lower opening, from which the liquid solution being introduced passes into the container and which protrudes with respect to the upper wall towards the interior of the container; a closure float which is positioned in the container and which is connected to the lower opening and which is configured so as to raise and close the lower opening once the liquid solution in the container reaches a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea SPAZIO
  • Patent number: 11298998
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a vehicle axle. The assembly comprises a support structure, a housing element rotatably connected, about a transverse axis, to a support element in which the support structure is configured in a such a manner that it can rotate in relation to the support element about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and is secured to the main chassis of the vehicle by a pair of hydraulic cylinders. The support structure comprises a pair of main guides, which can be fixed to the main chassis and a rolling element which slides between the pair of main guides and a contact element with a pair of further guides, the contact element operatively associated with the pair of further guides so as to come into contact with one of the further guides following a rotation about the rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Spazio
  • Publication number: 20210364085
    Abstract: A transmission assembly for a hydrostatically or electrically propelled vehicle, comprising an input shaft, an output shaft, a first pair of gears and a second pair of gears, a synchroniser, a hydraulically operated actuator of the synchroniser which comprises a rod, and a hydraulic circuit for moving the rod, wherein the rod comprises an enlarged portion that is slidingly and sealingly housed in a respective portion of the seat so as to define two intermediate chambers. The actuator further comprises a contact element that is slidingly and sealingly housed in a relevant seat that is adjacent to the portion of the sliding seat so as to define a first end chamber, the contact element being able to move independently of the rod and defining an end point of the rod. A second end chamber is defined in an end of the rod that is opposite the enlarged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano FILIPPIN, Stefano FACCHIN, Alberto RAMPAZZO
  • Patent number: 10655707
    Abstract: A gearbox (1) for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles comprises an input shaft (2) and an output shaft (3), a first clutch (12) and a second clutch (13) arranged in a position between the first and second transmission shafts (16, 17), the first and second transmission shafts both being hollow. The gearbox further comprises a first intermediate shaft (20) and a second intermediate shaft (21), the first intermediate shaft extending coaxially inside the second intermediate shaft. A first engaging device (22) is capable of selectively connecting the first intermediate shaft to the output shaft, a second engaging device (23) is capable of selectively connecting the second intermediate shaft to the output shaft and a third engaging device (24) alternately connects the second intermediate shaft to the first intermediate shaft or to the output shaft. The first engaging device and second engaging device are coaxial with the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Enrico Mangiaracina
  • Patent number: 10654359
    Abstract: A final transmission for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles. The transmission includes a differential unit having a support structure and a differential that transmits an input motion to an intermediate transmission shaft and a transfer unit with a final shaft that transmits the motion to the driving wheel. The final transmission also has a toothed output wheel integral to the intermediate transmission shaft which engages respectively with an internally toothed crown wheel and with an intermediate toothed wheel, and also at least one toothed support wheel which engages with the internally toothed crown wheel and with the intermediate toothed wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: CARRARO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Negri, Fiorenzo Fasolo
  • Publication number: 20180178646
    Abstract: A final transmission for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles. The transmission includes a differential unit having a support structure and a differential that transmits an input motion to an intermediate transmission shaft and a transfer unit with a final shaft that transmits the motion to the driving wheel. The final transmission also has a toothed output wheel integral to the intermediate transmission shaft which engages respectively with an internally toothed crown wheel and with an intermediate toothed wheel, and also at least one toothed support wheel which engages with the internally toothed crown wheel and with the intermediate toothed wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: CARRARO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto NEGRI, Florenzo FASOLO
  • Patent number: 8365885
    Abstract: An emergency brake. The emergency brake includes a pack of disks and counter-disks. A resilient actuator acts on the pack to push the disks and counter-disks into a braking condition. A piston acts on the pack in opposition to the resilient actuator in order to disable braking. A hydraulic circuit has a pressurized hydraulic fluid controlling the piston, which can be activated to actuate the piston in a condition releasing braking of the pack. The hydraulic circuit also has a branch delivering actuator fluid to the braking pack to lubricate and cool the braking pack when the circuit is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucio Pinturi, Giorgio Pilati
  • Publication number: 20100206672
    Abstract: An emergency brake. The emergency brake includes a pack of disks and counter-disks. A resilient actuator acts on the pack to push the disks and counter-disks into a braking condition. A piston acts on the pack in opposition to the resilient actuator in order to disable braking. A hydraulic circuit has a pressurized hydraulic fluid controlling the piston, which can be activated to actuate the piston in a condition releasing braking of the pack. The hydraulic circuit also has a branch delivering actuator fluid to the braking pack to lubricate and cool the braking pack when the circuit is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: CARRARO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Lucio Pinturi, Giorgio Pilati
  • Patent number: 7467683
    Abstract: A steering axle for vehicles includes means for angularly displacing the axle body about a steering axis as a consequence of the relative displacement between the wheel hubs and the axle body, and vertical securing means are provided between the axle body and the bearing structure in order to hold the axle body secured vertically to the bearing structure during the lateral displacement, wherein the vertical securing means comprise an extensible member, the extension of which is correlated to the position of the axle body with respect to the second steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Malvestio
  • Patent number: 6782681
    Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting the height of a tool particularly for gardening vehicles, comprising front wheels whose height can be adjusted on corresponding supports that are rigidly coupled, at the front, to a housing suitable to form the chassis of the tool, the apparatus comprising: a rear linkage, which is articulated in a lower region with respect to the protective housing of the tool, a crank arranged above the housing along the tool advancement direction, with a front end articulated above the housing and a rear end articulated to the upper end of the linkage, which is rigidly coupled to a support articulated to the chassis of the vehicle, the articulation points of the linkage and the crank and the common axis of rotation of the wheels providing the joints of an articulated quadrilateral constituted by the housing, the linkage, the crank and the wheel supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6698174
    Abstract: A tool lifting apparatus for gardening vehicles such as lawn mowers or the like, of the type that comprises a lever-type frame, which supports the tool and is associated with hydraulic-cylinder lifting actuators, coupled between the frame and the vehicle chassis. The lever-type frame is coupled to the vehicle chassis to perform oscillations with respect to a longitudinal axis. The lever-type frame defines a third-class lever in which the lever fulcrum is arranged to the rear of, and parallel to, the front axle of the vehicle and to the rear of the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6675566
    Abstract: A tool such as a lawnmower, particularly for gardening vehicles, of the type that comprises a protective housing, suitable to provide a supporting chassis for front wheels and cutting blades arranged substantially within its dimensions of the chassis, the housing being provided, in an upper region and at the front of the central region, with two mutually adjacent blades and with an opening on which there is a fan/aspirator from which a connection for a discharge duct to be connected to a collection container branches out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6604346
    Abstract: A gardening vehicle, more particularly a lawn-mower, comprising two sections and a composite duct across them: a first section, which comprises a front axle, a driver's scat and a couplings for a tool; and a second section, which comprises an engine with a corresponding transmission, a rear axle and a dump box; the first and the second section, together with the duct elements, being mutually articulated about a common vertical axis so as to perform a steering action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6557683
    Abstract: A face clutch coupling device between rotating members comprises a first clutch element and a second clutch element which have face teeth and are movable relative to one another between a disengagement position and an engagement position in which the rotating members are coupled for rotation with one another. The device also comprises braking members which are associated with the clutch elements and by virtue of which, when there is relative motion between the rotating members, a preliminary driving interaction of the rotating members is brought about in the engagement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Geremia, Luciano Malvestio, Lucio Pinturi
  • Publication number: 20030024226
    Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting the height of a tool particularly for gardening vehicles, comprising front wheels whose height can be adjusted on corresponding supports that are rigidly coupled, at the front, to a housing suitable to form the chassis of the tool, the apparatus comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: ANTONIO CARRARO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Publication number: 20030024222
    Abstract: A tool such as a lawnmower, particularly for gardening vehicles, of the type that comprises a protective housing, suitable to provide a supporting chassis for front wheels and cutting blades arranged substantially within its dimensions of the chassis, the housing being provided, in an upper region and at the front of the central region, with two mutually adjacent blades and with an opening on which there is a fan/aspirator from which a connection for a discharge duct to be connected to a collection container branches out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: ANTONIO CARRARO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Publication number: 20030005676
    Abstract: A tool lifting apparatus for gardening vehicles such as lawn mowers or the like, of the type that comprises a lever-type frame, which supports the tool and is associated with hydraulic-cylinder lifting actuators, coupled between the frame and the vehicle chassis. The lever-type frame is coupled to the vehicle chassis to perform oscillations with respect to a longitudinal axis. The lever-type frame defines a third-class lever in which the lever fulcrum is arranged to the rear of, and parallel to, the front axle of the vehicle and to the rear of the actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: ANTONIO CARRARO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon
  • Patent number: 6443036
    Abstract: A mechanical-hydrostatic transmission particularly for tools and vehicles suitable for gardening, such as lawn-mowers or the like, comprising a reduction unit, a clutch unit, an oil pump and a hydraulic motor which are integrated and contained within a single casing, the pump and the clutch unit being arranged coaxially on a first shaft which is connected externally, by means of a coupling, to motor means, the pump being hydraulically connected to the hydraulic motor and the hydraulic motor being in turn axially associated with a second shaft from which a power take-off extends. The casing contains kinematic connections for transmitting motion to the driving wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Antonio Carraro S.p.A.
    Inventor: Girolamo Martignon