Patents by Inventor Dino Piccolo

Dino Piccolo 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).

  • Electric current-generating and/or electric power-plant device on-board a sailing structure
    Patent number: 8353733
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an electric current-generating and/or electric power-plant device (50) in a sailing structure comprising at least one power plant and at least one battery pool, whereby said power plant comprises at least one heat engine (18), a reducer/inverter assembly, and particularly a shaft line (22) equipped with at least one propeller at its end, with the current-generating device (50) being inserted between the flange (66) of the engine cover (68) of said engine (18) and the flange (70) of the reducer/inverter assembly (20), where said device (50) is characterized in that it takes the form of a closed module (64) that can be inserted directly between the flange (66) of the engine cover (68) and the flange (70) of the reducer/inverter assembly without disassembly, total or partial, of its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nanni Industries
    Inventor: Dino Piccolo
  • ELECTRIC CURRENT-GENERATING AND/OR ELECTRIC POWER-PLANT DEVICE ON-BOARD A SAILING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20110057459
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an electric current-generating and/or electric power-plant device (50) in a sailing structure comprising at least one power plant and at least one battery pool, whereby said power plant comprises at least one heat engine (18), a reducer/inverter assembly, and particularly a shaft line (22) equipped with at least one propeller at its end, with the current-generating device (50) being inserted between the flange (66) of the engine cover (68) of said engine (18) and the flange (70) of the reducer/inverter assembly (20), where said device (50) is characterized in that it takes the form of a closed module (64) that can be inserted directly between the flange (66) of the engine cover (68) and the flange (70) of the reducer/inverter assembly without disassembly, total or partial, of its components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NANNI INDUSTRIES, SAS
    Inventor: Dino PICCOLO