Patents by Inventor Barry Pellichino

Barry Pellichino 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).

  • Contoured integrated seat for ball valve
    Patent number: 11274751
    Abstract: Valves having seats and counterseats with various contours are provided. In one embodiment, a valve includes a body and a flow control assembly inside the body. The flow control assembly includes a ball, a seat installed on the ball, and a counterseat. The ball is rotatable between open and closed positions to control flow through the body and the seat and counterseat include mating surfaces that engage when the ball is in the closed position such that the seat seals against the counterseat along the mating surfaces. Further, the mating surface of the counterseat can be a concave surface, the mating surface of the seat can be a convex surface, and at least one of the mating surfaces can have a toroidal contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Roppolo, Alberto Daglio, Barry Pellichino, Clayton Schenk
  • CONTOURED INTEGRATED SEAT FOR BALL VALVE
    Publication number: 20210222779
    Abstract: Valves having seats and counterseats with various contours are provided. In one embodiment, a valve includes a body and a flow control assembly inside the body. The flow control assembly includes a ball, a seat installed on the ball, and a counterseat. The ball is rotatable between open and closed positions to control flow through the body and the seat and counterseat include mating surfaces that engage when the ball is in the closed position such that the seat seals against the counterseat along the mating surfaces. Further, the mating surface of the counterseat can be a concave surface, the mating surface of the seat can be a convex surface, and at least one of the mating surfaces can have a toroidal contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Roppolo, Alberto Daglio, Barry Pellichino, Clayton Schenk