Patents by Inventor Andrea Torcelli

Andrea Torcelli 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).

  • Wind power generator
    Patent number: 9091247
    Abstract: A wind power generator having a nacelle, which is mounted to an upper end of a support tower, supports in rotary manner a rotor, and is oriented around a rotation axis by an orienting device provided with at least one gearmotor. The gearmotor presents an output gear coupled with a crown gear fixed to the support tower and is hinged to the nacelle so as to rotate around a fulcrum axis, which is substantially parallel to the rotation axis under the thrust of an actuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Torcelli, Giovanni Zinzani, Gustavo Casamenti
  • WIND POWER GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20130039763
    Abstract: A wind power generator having a nacelle, which is mounted to an upper end of a support tower, supports in rotary manner a rotor, and is oriented around a rotation axis by an orienting device provided with at least one gearmotor. The gearmotor presents an output gear coupled with a crown gear fixed to the support tower and is hinged to the nacelle so as to rotate around a fulcrum axis, which is substantially parallel to the rotation axis under the thrust of an actuation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Andrea Torcelli, Giovanni Zinzani, Gustavo Casamenti