Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Chiappetta

Ferdinand Chiappetta 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).

  • Multi-layer, parallel lay, coreless wire rope
    Patent number: 4487010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wire rope comprising an inner layer of at least four separate wire strands and an outer layer of at least eight separate wire strands, parallel laid. The strands themselves are usually of parallel lay and are usually lubricated. A thermoplastic or an elastomer usually surrounds the inner layer strands and extends between the inner layer strands and the outer layer strands and between the outer layer strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Ferdinand Chiappetta, John H. Simpson, Neville H. Simpson
  • Multi-layer, contrahelically stranded wire rope
    Patent number: 4470249
    Abstract: A wire rope comprising an outer rope layer and an inner rope layer of wire strands is provided. The inner rope layer itself is comprised of multiple layers, usually in a parallel laid, coreless arrangement. The inner and outer rope layers are contrahelically laid and are usually lubricated. A thermoplastic or elastomer can be utilized to encapsulate the lubricant within the inner rope layer or within both the inner and outer rope layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Ferdinand Chiappetta, Neville H. Simpson, John H. Simpson
  • Lubricated plastic impregnated wire rope
    Patent number: 4120145
    Abstract: A wire rope, and method of making same, is provided wherein the wire core is lubricated with a heavy viscous lubricant and impregnated with thermoplastic material. The wire rope strands are embedded in the thermoplastic material which holds these strands in a spaced relationship from the core and from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Ferdinand Chiappetta, Fred Edgar Dykeman, Paul Allen Turner