Patents by Inventor Dido Boni

Dido Boni 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: 7237326
    Abstract: A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; removable locking elements the indicator in at least one direction of sliding activatable when a preset position of the indicator is reached and comprising at least one first and second gears, supported rotatable on the wheel machine which mesh with each other; transmission elements for transmitting motion of the indicator to the first gear; and motion elements for moving a third gear between an inactive configuration, in which it is disengaged from the first and second gears, and a locking configuration, in which the third gear is engaged with the teeth of the first and second gears to prevent their rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sicam S.R.L.
    Inventors: Dido Boni, Marco Montanari
  • Patent number: 7188657
    Abstract: A machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires, comprising a supporting frame for elements for coupling and rotating a rim about a rotation axis and for a working arm provided with one end on which a working head is supported for fitting and removing a tire on and from the rim, the coupling and rotation elements being movably associated with the frame by interposing elements for movement on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis, the arm being movably associated with the frame by way of the interposition of first elements for translational actuation in a direction that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the rim, second actuation elements being interposed between the arm and the first actuation elements and being adapted to allow the arm to move between a first active end configuration, in which the working head is arranged proximate to the first actuation elements, and a second active end configuration, in which the working head is substantially spaced with res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sicam S.R.L.
    Inventor: Dido Boni
  • Patent number: 7044176
    Abstract: A device for controlled activation of the pressurized supply of air for inflating tires in machines for tire dealers comprising air feeders, at least one pair of regulators for air pressure regulation to two predefined extreme values, a first regulator to a minimum value and a second regulator to a maximum value, the regulators being connected in parallel to each other to the air feeders, at least one dispenser for dispensing pressurized inflation air connectable alternately to one of the regulators, at least one selection valve, interposed between the first and second regulators and the dispenser for selecting alternate connection of the dispenser to the regulators, the selection valve being kept, by a return element, normally connected to the first regulator and forcibly temporarily connectable, in contrast with the return element, to the second regulator, interruption of direct actuation causing automatic reconnection of the selection valve to the first regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: SICAM S.r.l.
    Inventor: Dido Boni
  • Publication number: 20060027334
    Abstract: A machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires, comprising a supporting frame for elements for coupling and rotating a rim about a rotation axis and for a working arm provided with one end on which a working head is supported for fitting and removing a tire on and from the rim, the coupling and rotation elements being movably associated with the frame by interposing elements for movement on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis, the arm being movably associated with the frame by way of the interposition of first elements for translational actuation in a direction that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the rim, second actuation elements being interposed between the arm and the first actuation elements and being adapted to allow the arm to move between a first active end configuration, in which the working head is arranged proximate to the first actuation elements, and a second active end configuration, in which the working head is substantially spaced with res
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Dido Boni
  • Publication number: 20050108871
    Abstract: A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; removable locking elements the indicator in at least one direction of sliding activatable when a preset position of the indicator is reached and comprising at least one first and second gears, supported rotatable on the wheel machine which mesh with each other; transmission elements for transmitting motion of the indicator to the first gear; and motion elements for moving a third gear between an inactive configuration, in which it is disengaged from the first and second gears, and a locking configuration, in which the third gear is engaged with the teeth of the first and second gears to prevent their rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Dido Boni, Marco Montanari
  • Publication number: 20050092442
    Abstract: A tire changing machine implement for fitting and removing tires of vehicle wheels, comprising at least one element that is engaged so that it can slide along a rectilinear guiding member and can be inserted between a tire and a vehicle wheel rim that is supported so that it can rotate about at least one rotation axis on a tire changing machine, the rectilinear guiding member being associable with the tire changing machine substantially at right angles to the axis of rotation and rotatable about an oscillation axis that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Pietro Bartoli, Dido Boni
  • Publication number: 20040221917
    Abstract: A device for controlled activation of the pressurized supply of air for inflating tires in machines for tire dealers comprising air feeders, at least one pair of regulators for air pressure regulation to two predefined extreme values, a first regulator to a minimum value and a second regulator to a maximum value, the regulators being connected in parallel to each other to the air feeders, at least one dispenser for dispensing pressurized inflation air connectable alternately to one of the regulators, at least one selection valve, interposed between the first and second regulators and the dispenser for selecting alternate connection of the dispenser to the regulators, the selection valve being kept, by a return element, normally connected to the first regulator and forcibly temporarily connectable, in contrast with the return element, to the second regulator, interruption of direct actuation causing automatic reconnection of the selection valve to the first regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: SICAM S.R.L.
    Inventor: Dido Boni