Patents by Inventor Alessandro Bacci

Alessandro Bacci has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bearing device, oil distribution mechanism and method
    Patent number: 8657501
    Abstract: Method, pad and bearing device for oil redistribution. The bearing device includes a ring having at least one retaining head, at least one pad disposed inside the ring and having a bottom recess portion configured to receive the at least one retaining head, an oil distribution mechanism configured to inject oil at a leading edge of the at least one pad to flow towards a trailing edge of the at least one pad, and an oil redistribution mechanism on the at least one pad configured to redistribute the oil from the trailing edge of the at least one pad to the leading edge of the at least one pad. The leading edge is a first edge and the trailing edge is a second edge of the at least one pad encountered when traveling along a circumference of the ring in a direction of rotation of a rotor supported by the at least one pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Silvio Giachetti, Alessandro Bacci
  • BEARING DEVICE, OIL DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110069915
    Abstract: Method, pad and bearing device for oil redistribution. The bearing device includes a ring having at least one retaining head, at least one pad disposed inside the ring and having a bottom recess portion configured to receive the at least one retaining head, an oil distribution mechanism configured to inject oil at a leading edge of the at least one pad to flow towards a trailing edge of the at least one pad, and an oil redistribution mechanism on the at least one pad configured to redistribute the oil from the trailing edge of the at least one pad to the leading edge of the at least one pad. The leading edge is a first edge and the trailing edge is a second edge of the at least one pad encountered when traveling along a circumference of the ring in a direction of rotation of a rotor supported by the at least one pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Sergio Palomba, Silvio Giachetti, Alessandro Bacci