Patents by Inventor Aldo Sciacca

Aldo Sciacca 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: 6784392
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear device which has a first bushing which accommodates a first terminal, a second bushing which accommodates a second terminal, a first enclosure which contains an interruption unit, and at least one first disconnection unit which has a first fixed contact electrically connected to the interruption unit and a second fixed contact at ground voltage, a first moving contact which is electrically connected to the first terminal and can be coupled to the first and second fixed contacts, the moving contact being fixed to a rotary operating element and rotating rigidly therewith, the fixed contacts that can be coupled to the moving contact lying on the rotation plane of the moving contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.
    Inventors: Costante Piazza, Libero Sfondrini, Aldo Sciacca
  • Publication number: 20030230336
    Abstract: A TPV conversion module for generating electric power comprising an emitter body, which emits IR radiation, when said emitter body is heated by the hot gases generated by a burner device and a receiver body, which is associated to said emitter body. The receiver body comprises one or more TPV cells, which include a multi-layered structure, provided with at least a layer of organic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: AAB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Enrico Malfa, Aldo Sciacca
  • Patent number: 6392331
    Abstract: A bistable actuator for residual-current devices, including a lamina having at least one face, a first end, and a second end, and configured to actuate from a first stable position to a second stable position; at least one layer of piezoelectric material provided on the at least one face of the lamina at the first end of the lamina, and configured to stimulate the lamina to shift from the first stable position to the second stable position in response to an electrical activation signal; and a support element including an interlock coupling, and configured to support the first end and the second end of the lamina, wherein the interlock coupling is configured to interlock the first end of the lamina to the support element, and the second end of the lamina is rigidly coupled to the support element in order to keep the lamina in the first stable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: ABB Ricerca SpA
    Inventors: Aldo Sciacca, Pietro Mandurino, Donato Colonna, Franco Moriconi