Patents by Inventor A. Mario Cudini

A. Mario Cudini 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).

  • Dual spindle vertical axis CNC piston turning and grooving machine
    Patent number: 5182974
    Abstract: A linear motor piston turning and grooving machine (10) for turning non-round diameters and complex shaped pistons (W) in which a pair of oppositely facing CNC turning modules (14, 16) each are aligned with one of a pair of a vertical axis spindles (30, 32) having chucks (26, 28) for each piston (W). An overhead tailstock assembly (34, 36) is centered over each spindle (30, 32). A grooving mechanism (106, 108) is located to the rear of each tailstock assembly (34, 36) and includes a rocking support shaft (110, 112) for bringing tooling (114, 116) into engagement with the piston (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Cross Company
    Inventors: A. Mario Cudini, Horst Roman, Kenneth A. Drew