Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Parodi

Fabrizio Parodi 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: 12117077
    Abstract: Machine to recover a cable, comprising at least one hydraulic pump with variable cubic capacity, provided with a system to adjust the cubic capacity, driven by a servo controller, and at least one hydraulic motor fed by said hydraulic pump by means of at least one pipe to deliver a fluid and at least one pipe to return the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi, Roberto Pedrocchi
  • Patent number: 11909184
    Abstract: Roller unit for laying cables (11, 12, 13), comprising a frame (23, 23?) where at least one pair of sliders (25, 25?) are positioned aligned parallel to a laying direction (S1, S2) of the cables (11, 12, 13) and each provided with at least one pair of wheels (28, 28a, 28b) supporting a cable (11, 12, 13) to be laid; said sliders (25, 25?) are hinged to said frame (23, 23?) and rotatable around respective axes of rotation (A, A?) so as to vary the inclination thereof with respect to said frame (23, 23?) and therefore to vary the radius of curvature of the cable (11, 12, 13) supported; said wheels (28, 28a, 28b) are provided with an annular groove (32) to support the cables, delimited by containing wings (33) and able to define a contact and sliding surface of at least one of said cables (11, 12, 13), wherein at least said annular support groove (32) is made of or covered by a technoplastic material with polyamide (PA) base reinforced with glass fiber, if the supported cable is a conductor (11, 13), or by means
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Stefano Osio, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Patent number: 11705697
    Abstract: Connection joint for cables for a cable stringing plant, comprising at least one first tubular element (18) to which a first segment (22) of a flexible member (19) is attached and positioned rotatable, at least with respect to a longitudinal axis (L) of the joint, inside a second tubular element (23) open at a first end and closed at the other end by a bottom wall (25); the bottom wall (25) comprises at least one hole (26) from which a second segment (27) of the flexible member (19) emerges; the second segment (27) is attached to a portion (32) of a third tubular element (31); the second and third tubular elements (23, 31) are provided on opposite ends with a corresponding hole (29, 35) directed substantially in a longitudinal direction and able to house a respective segment of cable (11a, 11b) to be laid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Stefano Osio, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Patent number: 11597626
    Abstract: A cable recovery machine, having at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant, and at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive the cable that is introduced into the cutting module in a direction of feed (X1); the cutting module having at least one cutting unit provided with at least one cutting blade and integral with a shaft made to rotate by corresponding drive means, so that by rotating the shaft, the cutting unit is made to rotate and cuts the cable when the latter enters the cutting module in the direction of feed (X1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Patent number: 11522349
    Abstract: Apparatus to lay cables, comprising a work unit bearing at least a pair of capstans to support the cables and provided with a safety device cooperating with the pair of capstans; a winding and unwinding unit for the cables, provided with a dynamic braking device cooperating with a reel for winding and unwinding the cables; an adjustment and safety hydraulic circuit in which a work fluid flows and with which the following are associated: a first power transmission unit to transmit power to the work unit and to pump the work fluid toward the safety device and toward said dynamic braking device, a second motorized braking unit of the work unit cooperating with a third command unit of the safety device, and a fourth regulation unit to regulate the winding and unwinding unit comprising at least a motorized counter-traction valve of the winding and unwinding unit and cooperating with said power transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Colleoni, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Publication number: 20220205533
    Abstract: Machine to recover a cable, comprising at least one hydraulic pump with variable cubic capacity, provided with a system to adjust the cubic capacity, driven by a servo controller, and at least one hydraulic motor fed by said hydraulic pump by means of at least one pipe to deliver a fluid and at least one pipe to return the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi, Roberto Pedrocchi
  • Publication number: 20220037864
    Abstract: Connection joint for cables for a cable stringing plant, comprising at least one first tubular element (18) to which a first segment (22) of a flexible member (19) is attached and positioned rotatable, at least with respect to a longitudinal axis (L) of the joint, inside a second tubular element (23) open at a first end and closed at the other end by a bottom wall (25); the bottom wall (25) comprises at least one hole (26) from which a second segment (27) of the flexible member (19) emerges; the second segment (27) is attached to a portion (32) of a third tubular element (31); the second and third tubular elements (23, 31) are provided on opposite ends with a corresponding hole (29, 35) directed substantially in a longitudinal direction and able to house a respective segment of cable (11a, 11b) to be laid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto OSCAR, Stefano OSIO, Fabrizio PARODI
  • Publication number: 20210273423
    Abstract: Roller unit for laying cables (11, 12, 13), comprising a frame (23, 23?) where at least one pair of sliders (25, 25?) are positioned aligned parallel to a laying direction (S1, S2) of the cables (11, 12, 13) and each provided with at least one pair of wheels (28, 28a, 28b) supporting a cable (11, 12, 13) to be laid; said sliders (25, 25?) are hinged to said frame (23, 23?) and rotatable around respective axes of rotation (A, A?) so as to vary the inclination thereof with respect to said frame (23, 23?) and therefore to vary the radius of curvature of the cable (11, 12, 13) supported; said wheels (28, 28a, 28b) are provided with an annular groove (32) to support the cables, delimited by containing wings (33) and able to define a contact and sliding surface of at least one of said cables (11, 12, 13), wherein at least said annular support groove (32) is made of or covered by a technoplastic material with polyamide (PA) base reinforced with glass fiber, if the supported cable is a conductor (11, 13), or by means
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alberto OSCAR, Stefano OSIO, Fabrizio PARODI
  • Patent number: 11014776
    Abstract: A cable recovery machine, comprising at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant; the traction module comprises a frame on which one or more traction wheels and one or more idle wheels are positioned; between the traction wheels and the idle wheels a space is defined for the passage and traction of the cable to be recovered; the idle wheels are provided with a support connected in a mobile manner to the frame of the traction module and provided with actuators configured to press the idle wheels against the cable that passes between them and the traction wheels, so that the space between the idle wheels and the traction wheels can be automatically adjusted on the basis of the external diameter (D1, D2) or thickness of the cable drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Publication number: 20200255256
    Abstract: A cable recovery machine, comprising at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant, and at least one cutting module located downstream of the traction module and able to receive the cable that is introduced into the cutting module in a direction of feed (X1); the cutting module comprises at least one cutting unit provided with at least one cutting blade and integral with a shaft made to rotate by means of corresponding drive means, so that by rotating the shaft, the cutting unit is made to rotate and cuts the cable when the latter enters the cutting module in the direction of feed (X1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Publication number: 20200255257
    Abstract: A cable recovery machine, comprising at least one traction module configured to hold and draw at least one cable, in particular of a cable laying plant; the traction module comprises a frame on which one or more traction wheels and one or more idle wheels are positioned; between the traction wheels and the idle wheels a space is defined for the passage and traction of the cable to be recovered; the idle wheels are provided with a support connected in a mobile manner to the frame of the traction module and provided with actuators configured to press the idle wheels against the cable that passes between them and the traction wheels, so that the space between the idle wheels and the traction wheels can be automatically adjusted on the basis of the external diameter (D1, D2) or thickness of the cable drawn
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Patent number: 10584013
    Abstract: Unit for winding and unwinding cables of a cable-laying apparatus, comprising a reel to support the cables to be wound or unwound, a support frame configured to keep said reel in a raised position with respect to the ground, and a rotation shaft solid with the reel and associated with a corresponding hydraulic drive unit; the unit also comprises at least a dynamic braking device associated with the rotation shaft and configured to allow, according to a first operating mode, the normal rotation of the shaft and therefore of the reel for winding or unwinding the cables, and to exert on the shaft and therefore on the reel, according to another operating mode, a dynamic braking condition that allows the shaft to rotate in a braked configuration for at least a certain period of time and prevents the instantaneous stoppage of the rotation of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Colleoni, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Publication number: 20180316165
    Abstract: Apparatus to lay cables, comprising a work unit bearing at least a pair of capstans to support the cables and provided with a safety device cooperating with the pair of capstans; a winding and unwinding unit for the cables, provided with a dynamic braking device cooperating with a reel for winding and unwinding the cables; an adjustment and safety hydraulic circuit in which a work fluid flows and with which the following are associated: a first power transmission unit to transmit power to the work unit and to pump the work fluid toward the safety device and toward said dynamic braking device, a second motorized braking unit of the work unit cooperating with a third command unit of the safety device, and a fourth regulation unit to regulate the winding and unwinding unit comprising at least a motorized counter-traction valve of the winding and unwinding unit and cooperating with said power transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo COLLEONI, Fabrizio PARODI
  • Publication number: 20180282109
    Abstract: Unit for winding and unwinding cables of a cable-laying apparatus, comprising a reel to support the cables to be wound or unwound, a support frame configured to keep said reel in a raised position with respect to the ground, and a rotation shaft solid with the reel and associated with a corresponding hydraulic drive unit; the unit also comprises at least a dynamic braking device associated with the rotation shaft and configured to allow, according to a first operating mode, the normal rotation of the shaft and therefore of the reel for winding or unwinding the cables, and to exert on the shaft and therefore on the reel, according to another operating mode, a dynamic braking condition that allows the shaft to rotate in a braked configuration for at least a certain period of time and prevents the instantaneous stoppage of the rotation of the reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TESMEC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo COLLEONI, Fabrizio PARODI
  • Patent number: 5650477
    Abstract: Liquid reactive thermosetting compositions comprising:A) At least one polyepoxide or a mixture of one or more polyepoxides with at least one monoepoxide, of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or mixed nature;B) at least one anhydride of a di- or polycarboxylic acid of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or mixed nature;C) at least one catalyst capable of promoting the rapid polymerization of the mixture A+B under microwave irradiation and having general formula (I):N.tbd.C--CH.sub.2 --CH(Z)--(O).sub.r --Y.sup.+ NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 R.sub.3 X.sup.-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Parodi, Renata Gerbelli, Mark DeMeuse
  • Patent number: 5489664
    Abstract: Crosslinkable liquid composition based on organic isocyanates and epoxy compounds, comprising the following components:(A) an organic polyisocyanate;(B) a polyepoxide or mixture of a polyepoxide and a monoepoxide; and(C) a catalyst constituted by at least one cyanoderivative containing a quaternary nitrogen atom,which composition can be polymerized at temperatures of 40.degree. C. or higher, by a process comprising exposure thereof to a non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation having a frequency comprised in the microwave range of frequencies, to obtain a solid material endowed with an excellent combination of physical, chemical and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignees: Enichem S.p.A., Eniricerche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Parodi, Renata Gerbelli, Mark De Meuse
  • Patent number: 5326833
    Abstract: Reactive compositions liquid at a temperature lower than 70.degree. C., comprising: A) at least one organic polyisocyanate; B) a mono- or poly-epoxide, or a mixture of different mono- and/or poly-epoxides: C) a catalyst, liquid at a temperature lower than 70.degree. C., consisting of a solution of at least one alkali metal halide in a polyoxyalkylenic compound or in a mixture of different polyoxyalkylenic compounds, said polyoxyalkylenic compound containing at least one hydroxyl group of alcoholic type. These reactive compositions are able to gel and solidify rapidly at temperatures between 0.degree. and 70.degree. C., to form a glassy polymer of high softening point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: ENICHEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Parodi, Carla Zannoni
  • Patent number: 5314983
    Abstract: Mixtures of polyisocyanates and epoxides are cured by microwave irradiation, optionally with microwave or thermal post-curing to produce cured polymer articles having good chemical, electrical and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mark T. DeMeuse, Fabrizio Parodi
  • Patent number: 5288833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quaternary .beta.-hydroxy-alkyl-ammonium halides and quaternary .beta.-hydroxy-cycloalkylammonium halides, which are liquid at temperatures lower than 60.degree. C., are easily and rapidly miscible in liquid epoxides, as well as in liquid poly-isocianates, generating liquid compositions which spontaneously polymerize, with fast polymerization rate, already at temperatures comprised within the range of from 0.degree. C. to 60.degree. C., yielding a solid, insoluble polymeric material endowed with very high values of softening temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Istituto Guido Donegani S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Parodi, Carlo Belgiovine, Carla Zannoni
  • Patent number: 5237032
    Abstract: Carbonate monomers are polymerized in the presence or absence of a polymerization initiator by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation in the absence of solvent or diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignees: Istituto Guido Donegani S.p.A., Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mark T. DeMeuse, Charles L. Ryan, Jr., Fabrizio Parodi