Patents by Inventor Augusto Carusi

Augusto Carusi 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).

  • Automated finishing station for a brake pad
    Patent number: 10309474
    Abstract: An automated station (1) for the finishing of brake pads (4) comprises at least one rotary finishing tool (2) for finishing a friction layer (22) of the brake pad (4), a workhead (3) to pick, retain and release the brake pad (4), a handling unit (6) to move the workhead (3) along a programmable path comprising a pass over the rotary finishing tool (2) and a guide (5) having a mouth (27) which is passed through by the workhead (3) in order to start the finishing pass along the length of the programmable route, the guide (5) contacting the workhead (3) to define, along at least one direction (A; C), the relative position between the workhead (3) and the brake pad (4) during the finishing carried out by the rotary finishing tool (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ITT Italian S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carlo Radice, Augusto Carusi
  • AUTOMATED FINISHING STATION FOR A BRAKE PAD
    Publication number: 20170138428
    Abstract: An automated station (1) for the finishing of brake pads (4) comprises at least one rotary finishing tool (2) for finishing a friction layer (22) of the brake pad (4), a workhead (3) to pick, retain and release the brake pad (4), a handling unit (6) to move the workhead (3) along a programmable path comprising a pass over the rotary finishing tool (2) and a guide (5) having a mouth (27) which is passed through by the workhead (3) in order to start the finishing pass along the length of the programmable route, the guide (5) contacting the workhead (3) to define, along at least one direction (A; C), the relative position between the workhead (3) and the brake pad (4) during the finishing carried out by the rotary finishing tool (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: ITT ltalia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carlo RADICE, Augusto Carusi