Patents by Inventor Roberto Mastronardi

Roberto Mastronardi 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).

  • Forming machine for forming a hollow body, in particular a casing of a solid propellant engine, and deposit head for such a forming machine
    Patent number: 10213971
    Abstract: In a machine for forming a hollow body, for example a casing of a solid propellant engine, a tensioned and guided belt comprising a layer of adhesive material and a protective strip is fed from a deposit head, supported by a robot and comprising an unwinding device for unwinding the belt, a winding device for winding the strip, a first pressing roller for pressing the strip and the layer of adhesive material and rotatable about an axis thereof orthogonal to the feed path of the belt and a second pressing roller for pressing the adhesive material and the strip, rotatable about an axis thereof forming an angle other than 90° to the feed path and movable in opposite directions in a direction transversal to feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AVIO S.P.A
    Inventors: Roberto Mastronardi, Rosario Rocco Repole, Massimiliano Cardelli
  • Forming machine for forming a hollow body, in particular a casing of a solid propellant engine, and deposit head for such a forming machine
    Publication number: 20170044657
    Abstract: In a machine for forming a hollow body, for example a casing of a solid propellant engine, a tensioned and guided belt comprising a layer of adhesive material and a protective strip is fed from a deposit head, supported by a robot and comprising an unwinding device for unwinding the belt, a winding device for winding the strip, a first pressing roller for pressing the strip and the layer of adhesive material and rotatable about an axis thereof orthogonal to the feed path of the belt and a second pressing roller for pressing the adhesive material and the strip, rotatable about an axis thereof forming an angle other than 90° to the feed path and movable in opposite directions in a direction transversal to feed path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Roberto Mastronardi, Rosario Rocco Repole, Massimiliano Cardelli