Patents by Inventor Achille Brunazzi
Achille Brunazzi 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).
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Patent number: 9410582Abstract: A protective device for universal joint transmissions has at least two coaxial tubular protective elements, with the two tubular protective elements each having, at their opposite ends, a protective hood, The two tubular protective elements each having a locator flange associated rigidly with the tubular protective element. The protective hood has a coupling flange that is coaxial to the locator flange and is adapted to abut against the locator flange. The protective hood has a cylindrical accordion portion supported by the coupling flange. The protective hood also has at least one fastening element adapted to fasten the coupling flange on the locator flange. The protective device has at least one supporting ring, which has engagement elements for the engagement of the supporting ring with the locator flange, which is accommodatable rotatably in an annular seat provided at the outer surface of the hub of the fork of the joint.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: COMER INDUSTRIES S.P.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Massimo Tondelli
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Patent number: 9217475Abstract: An uncoupling device, particularly for universal joint transmissions, is provided. The device includes a cylindrical casing, which is integral with a fork of a universal joint, having a plurality of radial slots provided on the inner circumferential surface of the casing. A pawl supporting cage is integral with a rotation shaft and includes a plurality of radial seats. The pawl is accommodated rotatably within the casing. A plurality of pawls is adapted to be accommodated in the radial seats of the cage. The pawls are adapted to pass from a coupling configuration to an uncoupling configuration. The device further includes an annular element which can move axially between a retracted position and an advanced position. The annular element includes a plurality of tongues.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: COMER INDUSTRIES S.P.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Massimo Tondelli
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Publication number: 20150098756Abstract: A device for mutual retention and disengagement between a shaft and a hub of an articulation fork is provided. The device includes a sleeve that is fitted slidingly on the hub and a spring that is also fitted on the hub. The hub includes at least one radial seat that accommodates a respective locking ball, which can move along the radial seat to exert a force for retaining the shaft in the hub. The sleeve can slide, in contrast to the axial thrust force exerted by the spring on the sleeve, from a configuration for retention of the shaft, in which the annular collar prevents the radial outward movement of the locking ball in order to exert the force for retention of the shaft in the hub, to a disengagement configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Achille BRUNAZZI, Massimo TONDELLI
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Patent number: 8992332Abstract: A torque limiting device, particularly for power transmission elements, is provided. The torque limiting device includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member, which is connected rotatably to a driven element. The first connecting member includes a motor driving disk and the second connecting member includes a sliding disk, and further includes a pin supporting body which comprises a drum that is assembled on the second connecting member and includes a plurality of radial holes, each one of which accommodates a pin that is pressed, toward the center of the drum, by elastic means, and abuts, with at least one of its faces which is inclined with respect to the central rotation axis of the second connecting member, against at least one corresponding abutment face.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Comer Industries S.p.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Gabriele Gualdi, Gianni Tenca
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Publication number: 20150034446Abstract: An uncoupling device, particularly for universal joint transmissions, is provided. The device includes a cylindrical casing, which is integral with a fork of a universal joint, having a plurality of radial slots provided on the inner circumferential surface of the casing. A pawl supporting cage is integral with a rotation shaft and includes a plurality of radial seats. The pawl is accommodated rotatably within the casing. A plurality of pawls is adapted to be accommodated in the radial seats of the cage. The pawls are adapted to pass from a coupling configuration to an uncoupling configuration. The device further includes an annular element which can move axially between a retracted position and an advanced position. The annular element includes a plurality of tongues.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Achille BRUNAZZI, Massimo TONDELLI
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Publication number: 20150038245Abstract: A protective device for universal joint transmissions has at least two coaxial tubular protective elements, with the two tubular protective elements each having, at their opposite ends, a protective hood, The two tubular protective elements each having a locator flange associated rigidly with the tubular protective element. The protective hood has a coupling flange that is coaxial to the locator flange and is adapted to abut against the locator flange. The protective hood has a cylindrical accordion portion supported by the coupling flange. The protective hood also has at least one fastening element adapted to fasten the coupling flange on the locator flange. The protective device has at least one supporting ring, which has engagement elements for the engagement of the supporting ring with the locator flange, which is accommodatable rotatably in an annular seat provided at the outer surface of the hub of the fork of the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Achille BRUNAZZI, Massimo TONDELLI
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Publication number: 20150007690Abstract: A gearbox is provided. The gearbox includes two mutually opposite walls and at least one shaft that supports at least one gear, the shaft passing through the gearbox from one of the two mutually opposite walls to the other. Each one of the ends of the shaft is coupled rotatably to a respective wall by a respective bearing. The gearbox also includes at least one rigid tension member, which is internal to the gearbox and acts between the two mutually opposite walls to perform their traction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Achille BRUNAZZI, Gianni TENCA, Paolo FONTANA, Matteo NEGRELLI
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Publication number: 20140073440Abstract: A torque limiting device, particularly for power transmission elements, is provided. The torque limiting device includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member, which is connected rotatably to a driven element. The first connecting member includes a motor driving disk and the second connecting member includes a sliding disk, and further includes a pin supporting body which comprises a drum that is assembled on the second connecting member and includes a plurality of radial holes, each one of which accommodates a pin that is pressed, toward the center of the drum, by elastic means, and abuts, with at least one of its faces which is inclined with respect to the central rotation axis of the second connecting member, against at least one corresponding abutment face.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Comer Industries S.P.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Gabriele Gualdi, Gianni Tenca
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Patent number: 7484437Abstract: A transmission unit particularly for driving screw feeders and auxiliary user devices of mixing trucks, comprising an off-center distribution device, which can be associated with an external power take-off and forms couplings for the connection of auxiliary user devices; a reduction unit, which is functionally connected to the off-center distribution device and can be associated with the screw feeders of a mixing truck; and a main friction clutch device, which is interposed between the off-center distribution device and the reduction unit, a device for reversing the direction of rotation of the screw feeders and an auxiliary friction clutch device for the reversing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Comer Industries S.p.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Andrea Gallo, Fausto Mora
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Publication number: 20060050604Abstract: A transmission unit particularly for driving screw feeders and auxiliary user devices of mixing trucks, comprising an off-center distribution device, which can be associated with an external power take-off and forms couplings for the connection of auxiliary user devices; a reduction unit, which is functionally connected to the off-center distribution device and can be associated with the screw feeders of a mixing truck; and a main friction clutch device, which is interposed between the off-center distribution device and the reduction unit, a device for reversing the direction of rotation of the screw feeders and an auxiliary friction clutch device for the reversing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Andrea Gallo, Fausto Mora
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Patent number: 6460672Abstract: A safety device for a torque limiter composed of an external body, which is rigidly coupled to the driving shaft for transmitting motion to a working implement and inside which there is a seat for accommodating an internal body which is rigidly coupled to the driven motion transmission shaft and is provided with a series of radial sliding seats for corresponding tabs which can move, in contrast with elastic elements, alternatively between a centrifugal position providing engagement and transmission in corresponding slots formed in the external body and a centripetal position for disengagement from the slots and for stopping the transmission; the movement is activated by means of a corresponding centered plate which forms a protruding ring for wedging and centrifugally pushing the tabs and provides for the in-line interposition, between the internal body and the plate, of pushers for axially pushing the plate into the configuration for forced disengagement from the tabs.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Comer Group S.P.A.Inventors: Achille Brunazzi, Roberto Prospero
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Patent number: 5447081Abstract: The gearcase for transmitting motion with different speeds to at least two driving shafts in self-propelled farm machines forms two contiguous chambers and has a driving shaft. A main driving shaft enters a first chamber, and has a head which extends into a second chamber for transmission meshing with a driven shaft. Another driven shaft is provided with a set of speed-shifting gears, is arranged below and parallel to the main driving shaft and transmits motion to a third driven shaft accommodated in a housing lying below the first chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Comer S.P.A.Inventor: Achille Brunazzi