Patents by Inventor ALBERTO PENDESINI

ALBERTO PENDESINI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240110603
    Abstract: A band spring arranged straddling a brake disc to apply an elastic action on a brake pad to bias the brake pad away from the brake disc is provided. The brake pad has a backing plate supporting friction material and having a plate edge forming at least one thrust portion and at least one striker portion. The band spring has a band-shaped spring body and three portions, at least two of which mutually distinct, namely a first coupling portion coupling the band spring to a caliper body, a second thrust portion applying an elastic action on the at least one thrust portion and a third abutment portion forming a support that prevents sliding of the second thrust portion when the band spring is subject to external actions, the third abutment portion, when abutting against the striker portion being biased by a peak or buckling load, avoiding that the band spring permanently couples with the brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto PENDESINI, Stefano ZAGHI, Davide D'ALESSIO
  • Publication number: 20240077121
    Abstract: A band spring arranged straddling a brake disc to apply an elastic action on a brake pad to bias the brake pad away from the brake disc is provided. The brake pad has a backing plate supporting friction material and having a plate edge forming at least one thrust portion and a distinct striker portion. The band spring has a band-shaped spring body and at least three portions mutually distinct, namely a first coupling portion coupling the band spring to a caliper body, a second thrust portion applying an elastic action on the at least one thrust portion, and a third abutment portion abutting against the striker portion forming a support that prevents sliding of the second thrust portion when the band spring is subject to external actions, preventing the band spring from permanently coupling with the brake pad, avoiding bilateral constraint in the second thrust portion and third abutment portion between the band spring and the brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto PENDESINI, Stefano ZAGHI, Davide D'ALESSIO
  • Patent number: 11852207
    Abstract: An assembly has two pads having a support plate and a friction material coating, each pad being accommodated in a pocket of a caliper and positionable on a side of a brake disc. At least one spring applies an elastic bias on the pads so as to elastically bias the pads away from the brake disc. The support plate has a plate coupling portion having an inner lower edge, facing the brake disc in a radially inward direction or towards the rotation axis, an inner upper edge, facing the brake disc in a radially outward direction or opposite to the rotation axis, the inner upper edge continuing on a direct upper surface according to the axial direction (A-A), forming an upper spring-coupling plate portion edge. The spring is always in contact exclusively with the inner lower edge and the upper spring-coupling plate portion edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mauro Mambretti, Andrea Mecocci, Alberto Pendesini, Giuseppe Spigapiena, Alberto Bosis
  • Patent number: 11802601
    Abstract: A spring for friction pads which can be associated with a caliper of a disc brake to bias the friction pads elastically away from a brake disc may have a central stretch and two opposite transverse stretches, extending from the central stretch in two opposite transverse directions and each forming a supporting stretch, a resting stretch and a wing stretch extending between the supporting stretch and the resting stretch. The supporting stretches lie on the same supporting plane and the wing stretch may have an ascending wing stretch and a descending wing stretch. The spring may also have one or more fixing stretches connected to the central stretch and forming at least two opposite fixing stretches for elastic snap fixing to corresponding fixing seats of the caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide D'Alessio, Alberto Pendesini, Andrea Mecocci, Mauro Mambretti
  • Patent number: 11773932
    Abstract: A pad return spring for a caliper body. The caliper body has an elongated element connecting bridge connecting a first elongated wheel-side element to a second elongated wheel-side element and having a middle connecting bridge defining an outer middle bridge side, an inner middle bridge side, a middle bridge disc inlet side, and an opposite middle bridge disc outlet side. The pad return spring has a first and a second pad retraction elements, each defining a middle stretch, a first side stretch influencing the first pad, and an opposite second side stretch influencing the second pad to move the first and second pads away from the first and second braking surfaces at the end of a braking action, and an elongated connecting element connecting the first and second pad retraction elements to each other, and an anchoring device to removably restrain the pad return spring to the middle connecting bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Fumagalli, Mauro Mambretti, Andrea Mecocci, Alberto Pendesini
  • Publication number: 20230073353
    Abstract: A brake pad may have at least one plate and at least one friction material supported by the plate. The friction material surface may have a barycenter. The plate may have a first slot and a second slot. The first slot may have a first slot edge adapted to accommodate a first pin mounted on the caliper body. The second slot may have a second slot edge adapted to accommodate a second pin mounted on the caliper body. In a forward braking condition, the brake pad rests on the first pin with a first slot first portion, and the brake pad rests on the second pin with a second slot first portion. The first slot is arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the barycenter and the second slot is arranged in a radially inner position with respect to the barycenter. The first slot and the second slot may be radially external with respect to a barycenter circumference centered on a rotation axis and passing through a barycenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea MECOCCI, Stefano ZAGHI, Nicolas MINUCCI, Alberto PENDESINI
  • Publication number: 20230076059
    Abstract: A brake pad may have at least one plate. The plate may be provided with a first slot. The first slot may have a first slot edge adapted to accommodate a first pin. The first slot edge may have a first portion and a second portion, in which the brake pad has a tangential center-of-gravity plane. The first and second portions may be crossed by the tangential center-of-gravity plane so that under a reverse braking condition the brake pad rests against the first pin in at least a first contact point of the first slot. Under a forward braking condition the brake pad rests against the first pin in at least a second contact point of the first slot in which the second contact point of first slot lies in the tangential center-of-gravity plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea MECOCCI, Stefano ZAGHI, Nicolas MINUCCI, Alberto PENDESINI
  • Publication number: 20220056969
    Abstract: A pad return spring for a caliper body. The caliper body has an elongated element connecting bridge connecting a first elongated wheel-side element to a second elongated wheel-side element and having a middle connecting bridge defining an outer middle bridge side, an inner middle bridge side, a middle bridge disc inlet side, and an opposite middle bridge disc outlet side. The pad return spring has a first and a second pad retraction elements, each defining a middle stretch, a first side stretch influencing the first pad, and an opposite second side stretch influencing the second pad to move the first and second pads away from the first and second braking surfaces at the end of a braking action, and an elongated connecting element connecting the first and second pad retraction elements to each other, and an anchoring device to removably restrain the pad return spring to the middle connecting bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: MARCO FUMAGALLI, MAURO MAMBRETTI, ANDREA MECOCCI, ALBERTO PENDESINI
  • Publication number: 20220056970
    Abstract: An assembly has two pads having a support plate and a friction material coating, each pad being accommodated in a pocket of a caliper and positionable on a side of a brake disc. At least one spring applies an elastic bias on the pads so as to elastically bias the pads away from the brake disc. The support plate has a plate coupling portion having an inner lower edge, facing the brake disc in a radially inward direction or towards the rotation axis, an inner upper edge, facing the brake disc in a radially outward direction or opposite to the rotation axis, the inner upper edge continuing on a direct upper surface according to the axial direction (A-A), forming an upper spring-coupling plate portion edge. The spring is always in contact exclusively with the inner lower edge and the upper spring-coupling plate portion edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: MAURO MAMBRETTI, ANDREA MECOCCI, ALBERTO PENDESINI, GIUSEPPE SPIGAPIENA, ALBERTO BOSIS
  • Publication number: 20210270335
    Abstract: A spring for friction pads which can be associated with a caliper of a disc brake to bias the friction pads elastically away from a brake disc may have a central stretch and two opposite transverse stretches, extending from the central stretch in two opposite transverse directions and each forming a supporting stretch, a resting stretch and a wing stretch extending between the supporting stretch and the resting stretch. The supporting stretches lie on the same supporting plane and the wing stretch may have an ascending wing stretch and a descending wing stretch. The spring may also have one or more fixing stretches connected to the central stretch and forming at least two opposite fixing stretches for elastic snap fixing to corresponding fixing seats of the caliper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: DAVIDE D'ALESSIO, ALBERTO PENDESINI, ANDREA MECOCCI, MAURO MAMBRETTI