Patents by Inventor Renato Galfre?

Renato Galfre? 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).

  • Patent number: 10400742
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine comprising: an outer casing comprising a first front plate and a second front plate, a shaft rotatable about a main axis, a first rotor comprising a first rotor body rotatable with said shaft around said main axis, and a plurality of first pistons with respective spherical ring heads fixed to said first rotor body, a second rotor comprising a second rotor body and a plurality of second pistons with respective spherical ring heads, wherein the second rotor is rotatable about a secondary axis, inclined with respect to said main axis, a plurality of sleeves that are separate and independent from each other, each having a cylinder open at opposite ends and engaged on opposite sides by a first piston and by a second piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventors: Renato Galfre, Amilcare Merlo, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 10267444
    Abstract: A rapid engagement/release coupling having a female connector, a male connector, and a retaining ring. The female connector having an insertion end, a cylindrical sealing portion, and an annular groove having a first stop surface. The male connector carrying a sealing ring configured to cooperate with the cylindrical sealing portion and having a recessed annular portion having a second stop surface. The retaining ring having a collar and a tubular portion equipped with a plurality of longitudinal splits which divide the tubular portion into a plurality of sectors. The sectors having teeth configured to engage the annular groove, wherein the teeth have outer conical surfaces and inner conical surfaces. The inner and outer conical surfaces of the teeth having different inclination angles with respect to a longitudinal axis. The inclination angle of the outer conical surfaces is greater than the inclination angle of the inner conical surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MERLO GALFRÉ INNOVATION LAB S.R.L.
    Inventor: Renato Galfre'
  • Publication number: 20170152832
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine comprising: an outer casing comprising a first front plate and a second front plate, a shaft rotatable about a main axis, a first rotor comprising a first rotor body rotatable with said shaft around said main axis, and a plurality of first pistons with respective spherical ring heads fixed to said first rotor body, a second rotor comprising a second rotor body and a plurality of second pistons with respective spherical ring heads, wherein the second rotor is rotatable about a secondary axis, inclined with respect to said main axis, a plurality of sleeves that are separate and independent from each other, each having a cylinder open at opposite ends and engaged on opposite sides by a first piston and by a second piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Renato GALFRE', Amilcare MERLO, Stefano NEGRINI
  • Publication number: 20160238171
    Abstract: Rapid engagement/release coupling, comprising: a female connector having a hole with an insertion end, a cylindrical sealing portion and an annular groove located between the insertion end and the cylindrical sealing portion, the annular groove having a first stop surface, —a male connector carrying a sealing ring configured to cooperate with said cylindrical sealing portion of the female connector and having a recessed annular portion having a second stop surface, —a retaining ring having a collar and a tubular portion equipped with a plurality of longitudinal splits which divide the tubular portion into a plurality of elastically deformable sectors, said sectors having respective teeth configured to engage the annular groove of the female connector, wherein said teeth have respective outer conical surfaces and respective inner conical surfaces, said inner and outer conical surfaces having different inclination angles with respect to a longitudinal axis, wherein the inclination angle of said outer conical su
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Renato GALFRE'
  • Patent number: 9248731
    Abstract: A hybrid work vehicle having a direct-current electric power bus for connecting at least an electric power controller, an electric machine for driving the vehicle, a reversible electric machine, and a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MERLO PROJECT S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Aurelio Soma′, Renato Galfre′, Amilcare Merlo
  • Publication number: 20140332294
    Abstract: A hybrid work vehicle having a direct-current electric power bus for connecting at least an electric power controller, an electric machine for driving the vehicle, a reversible electric machine, and a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: MERLO PROJECT S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Aurelio Soma', Renato Galfre', Amilcare Merlo
  • Patent number: 6390764
    Abstract: A vehicle designed to be operated either as a lifting machine or as an agricultural tractor, comprising a bearing structure with motor-driven wheels, a control and driving cab, a telescopically extendable and retractable lifting boom arranged on one side of the control and driving cab and swingable relative to the bearing structure around a transverse axis located at the front end of the lifting boom, whose rear end carries a three-point hitch for agricultural implements to be operated by a rear power take-off. The lifting boom itself provides a power-lift for agricultural implements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Merlo SpA Industria Metalmeccanica
    Inventors: Amilcare Merlo, Renato Galfre′, Adriano Brondetta
  • Patent number: 6048161
    Abstract: A vehicle having a lifting boom, comprising a load-carrying frame (12) having a front section (12a) and a rear section (12b), a lifting boom (18) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and articulated to the frame (12) in the rear section (12b), an operating and driving cab (28) placed on a side of the vehicle (18) and an internal combustion engine placed on the opposite side of the boom (18) with respect to the operating cab (28). The rear section (12b) of the frame has a platform on which a lifting device is mounted, in particular operatively associated to a three-point hitch, whereby the vehicle can be used also as an agricultural machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Merlo Spa Industria Metalmeccanica
    Inventors: Amilcare Merlo, Renato Galfre'
  • Patent number: 5199861
    Abstract: In a lifting truck of the type comprising a wheeled structure carrying a lifting arm articulated to the rear of the structure and a cab situated on one side of the structure at one side of the longitudinal axis of the structure, the internal combustion engine which propels the truck and operates the arm is disposed in a housing which is situated on the opposite side of the longitudinal axis to the cab and is spaced from the cab so as to form therewith a space at least as wide as the lifting arm. The arm is articulated to the structure of the truck in such a position that, in its completely lowered position, it is partly housed in the space so as not to interfere with the view of the operator working in the driving cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Merlo S.p.A. Industria Metalmeccanica
    Inventors: Amilcare Merlo, Renato Galfre'