Patents by Inventor Flavio Goffi

Flavio Goffi 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).

  • System for welding motor-vehicle bodies
    Patent number: 7296726
    Abstract: A system for the welding of motor-vehicle bodies comprises a conveying line, for carrying the motor-vehicle bodies to be welded through a welding station, and a plurality of pairs of side gates mobile on guide means, the gates of each pair being adapted to the configuration of a corresponding type of body to be welded. According to the invention there is provided a plurality of tractors, which are independent with respect to said side gates, each tractor being selectively coupleable in an automatic way to side gates of different pairs, for the purposes of displacement of the latter between an active position, close to the welding station, and at least one parking position, remote from the welding station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Comau, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore Caputo, Flavio Goffi
  • System for welding motor-vehicle bodies
    Publication number: 20050269382
    Abstract: A system for the welding of motor-vehicle bodies comprises a conveying line, for carrying the motor-vehicle bodies to be welded through a welding station, and a plurality of pairs of side gates mobile on guide means, the gates of each pair being adapted to the configuration of a corresponding type of body to be welded. According to the invention there is provided a plurality of tractors, which are independent with respect to said side gates, each tractor being selectively coupleable in an automatic way to side gates of different pairs, for the purposes of displacement of the latter between an active position, close to the welding station, and at least one parking position, remote from the welding station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Salvatore Caputo, Flavio Goffi