Patents by Inventor Pier Luigi Tarasco

Pier Luigi Tarasco 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).

  • System for application of powder coatings to electrically non-conductive elements
    Patent number: 11179742
    Abstract: A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ITT Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pier Luigi Tarasco, Francesco Laureri
  • POWDER COATING (ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING) METHOD AND PLANT FOR NON ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS, AND IN PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS
    Publication number: 20190084001
    Abstract: A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Pier Luigi Tarasco, Francesco Laureri
  • Powder coating (electrostatic painting) method and plant for non electrically conductive elements, and in particular brake pads
    Patent number: 10124366
    Abstract: A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ITT Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pier Luigi Tarasco, Francesco Laureri
  • POWDER COATING (ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING) METHOD AND PLANT FOR NON ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS, AND IN PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS
    Publication number: 20160038967
    Abstract: A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Pier Luigi Tarasco