Patents by Inventor Alessandro DEL VACCHIO

Alessandro DEL VACCHIO 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).

  • Wheel drive cart for an item transporting and sorting system
    Patent number: 10549767
    Abstract: A wheel drive cart for a transporting and/or sorting system configured to tow a plurality of loading carts movable along a closed path, constituted by a first and a second rail parallel to each other, between a loading and unloading stations. The cart includes a pair of direct drive wheels without reducers, with each wheel including an electric motor having a stator, integral with a bracket hinged to a frame of the cart, and a rotor, a peripheral outward facing portion of which forms a cylindrical surface of the wheel designed to roll on a resting surface of a respective rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Carlo Luigi Parodi, Riccardo Cerutti, Alessandro Del Vacchio
  • WHEEL DRIVE CART FOR AN ITEM TRANSPORTING AND SORTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170291617
    Abstract: A wheel drive cart for a transporting and/or sorting system configured to tow a plurality of loading carts movable along a closed path, constituted by a first and a second rail parallel to each other, between a loading and unloading stations. The cart includes a pair of direct drive wheels without reducers, with each wheel including an electric motor having a stator, integral with a bracket hinged to a frame of the cart, and a rotor, a peripheral outward facing portion of which forms a cylindrical surface of the wheel designed to roll on a resting surface of a respective rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LEONARDO S.p.A
    Inventors: Carlo Luigi PARODI, Riccardo CERUTTI, Alessandro DEL VACCHIO