Patents by Inventor Fabio Di Fonzo

Fabio Di Fonzo 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).

  • Nanocrystalline/amorphous composite coating for protecting metal components in nuclear plants cooled with liquid metal or molten salt
    Patent number: 9934877
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel cladding tube for a liquid-metal or molten-salt cooled reactor includes a tubular body of metal material and a protective coating applied on an outer surface of the tubular body, to contact the coolant. The coating includes at least one layer of coating material selected from the group consisting of ceramic materials, refractory metals, and FeCrAlY alloys, and includes a matrix composed of the coating material in amorphous phase, inside which nanodomains composed of the coating material in crystalline phase are dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Fabio Di Fonzo, Marco Beghi, Francisco Garcia Ferre
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    Publication number: 20140241485
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel cladding tube for a liquid-metal or molten-salt cooled reactor includes a tubular body of metal material and a protective coating applied on an outer surface of the tubular body, to contact the coolant. The coating includes at least one layer of coating material selected from the group consisting of ceramic materials, refractory metals, and FeCrAlY alloys, and includes a matrix composed of the coating material in amorphous phase, inside which nanodomains composed of the coating material in crystalline phase are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Fabio DI FONZO, Marco BEGHI, Francisco GARCIA FERRE
  • Method and apparatus for depositing nanostructured thin layers with controlled morphology and nanostructure
    Patent number: 8795791
    Abstract: A method for producing, by means of plasma, nanostructured thin layers particularly of the hierarchically organized type, and an apparatus for implementing the method, are described. At least a first chamber (10) is provide in which are present an injector (14) of a reagent gas, means (31, 31?) for feeding inert gases, and an antenna (16) for the creation of a plasma in said first chamber. Enclosing said first chamber is a second chamber (11) to which a pumping system is connected, containing a housing for the substrate (35) on which the nanostructured film is produced. A wall (12) separates said first chamber from said second chamber and has at least one opening (13). The injector and antenna are arranged in the first chamber with a geometry such that the distance between the outlet of said injector is at a distance of no more than 5 cm from the plane of the surface of said antenna farther from said wall, and said surface is at a distance of no more than 5 cm from said opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Claudia Riccardi, Moreno Piselli, Francesco Sirio Fumagalli, Fabio Di Fonzo, Carlo Enrico Bottani
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING NANOSTRUCTURED THIN LAYERS WITH CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY AND NANOSTRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20130017342
    Abstract: A method for producing, by means of plasma, nanostructured thin layers particularly of the hierarchically organized type, and an apparatus for implementing the method, are described. At least a first chamber (10) is provide in which are present an injector (14) of a reagent gas, means (31, 31?) for feeding inert gases, and an antenna (16) for the creation of a plasma in said first chamber. Enclosing said first chamber is a second chamber (11) to which a pumping system is connected, containing a housing for the substrate (35) on which the nanostructured film is produced. A wall (12) separates said first chamber from said second chamber and has at least one opening (13). The injector and antenna are arranged in the first chamber with a geometry such that the distance between the outlet of said injector is at a distance of no more than 5 cm from the plane of the surface of said antenna farther from said wall, and said surface is at a distance of no more than 5 cm from said opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO BICOCCA
    Inventors: Claudia Riccardi, Moreno Piselli, Francesco Sirio Fumagalli, Fabio Di Fonzo, Carlo Enrico Bottani
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC FIBERS CONTAINING SILVER NANO-PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110110999
    Abstract: There is described a method for the deposition of silver nanoparticles on the surface of natural or synthetic textile fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
    Inventors: Anna Facibeni, Carlo Enrico Bottani, David Dellasega, Fabio Di Fonzo, Matteo Paolo Bogana