Patents by Inventor Ernesto Zaccone

Ernesto Zaccone 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).

  • Systems and methods for cooling power transmission systems
    Patent number: 9871357
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a power transmission system that includes a cable configured to carry a current corresponding to a transported electric power may include: a cooling device configured to remove heat from the power transmission system; a power supply system configured to extract a power fraction from the cable and configured to supply the cooling device with the power fraction; and a control unit configured to control an amount of the extracted power fraction in response to a parameter of the electric power. When the parameter is higher than a threshold, the extracted power fraction is equal to a first value that depends on the electric power carried in the cable through a first function. When the parameter is lower than the threshold, the extracted power fraction is equal to a second value that depends on the electric power carried in the cable through a second function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Maioli, Ernesto Zaccone
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING A POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150207303
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a power transmission system that includes a cable configured to carry a current corresponding to a transported electric power may include: a cooling device configured to remove heat from the power transmission system; a power supply system configured to extract a power fraction from the cable and configured to supply the cooling device with the power fraction; and a control unit configured to control an amount of the extracted power fraction in response to a parameter of the electric power. When the parameter is higher than a threshold, the extracted power fraction is equal to a first value that depends on the electric power carried in the cable through a first function. When the parameter is lower than the threshold, the extracted power fraction is equal to a second value that depends on the electric power carried in the cable through a second function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Maioli, Ernesto Zaccone
  • Hybrid electrical-optical cable for overhead installation
    Patent number: 6859590
    Abstract: Hybrid electrical-optical cable for overhead installations for power distribution and for telecommunications, comprising three insulated phase conductors helically wound around a supporting rope. Inside the supporting rope there is at least one optical fibre element fitted in a tubular structure which resists transverse compression, a supporting structure resistant to longitudinal tension being present around the said tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ernesto Zaccone, Sergio Belli, Giuseppe Casanova, Paolo Marelli