Patents by Inventor Roberto Fant

Roberto Fant 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: 7896312
    Abstract: A ball valve comprising: a valve body with a seat for housing a ball provided with a coaxial through-opening and able to be rotationally operated from a closed valve position into an open valve position and vice versa; two opposite end flanges which are constrained to the valve body on opposite sides of the ball and provided with a respective, coaxial, internal hole and are suitable for connection to respective pipe sections; sealing means arranged between the valve body and the ball and comprising an annular member which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis (X-X) and carries an axial seal housed inside an associated axial seat inside which it is partially inserted in order to interfere with the outer surface of the ball, comprising a coaxial ring axially constrained to the annular seal-carrying member and interfering in the transverse direction (Y-Y) with a front surface portion of the seal in order to retain the latter in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cesare Bonetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Dalmasso, Roberto Fant
  • Publication number: 20080230731
    Abstract: A ball valve comprising: a valve body with a seat for housing a ball provided with a coaxial through-opening and able to be rotationally operated from a closed valve position into an open valve position and vice versa; two opposite end flanges which are constrained to the valve body on opposite sides of the ball and provided with a respective, coaxial, internal hole and are suitable for connection to respective pipe sections; sealing means arranged between the valve body and the ball and comprising an annular member which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis (X-X) and carries an axial seal housed inside an associated axial seat inside which it is partially inserted in order to interfere with the outer surface of the ball, comprising a coaxial ring axially constrained to the annular seal-carrying member and interfering in the transverse direction (Y-Y) with a front surface portion of the seal in order to retain the latter in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Cesare Bonetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Dalmasso, Roberto Fant