Patents by Inventor Francesco Sinico

Francesco Sinico 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: 11898574
    Abstract: An electric pump for moving a liquid having an electric motor contained in a shell enclosed by a monolithically provided containment jacket. The pump includes a mechanical section having an assembly for moving liquid via impellers and diffusers, an electromechanical section, which includes an electric motor in a shell that includes a rotor and a stator and first and second covers at the ends of the containment jacket having an intake port and a delivery port which are fluidically connected to the mechanical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Pietro Cailotto, Michele Cappocchin, Mattia Casagrande, Luca Calore
  • Publication number: 20240035673
    Abstract: Disclosed is an expansion vessel for containing and delivering a liquid through compression by a gas, comprising a main body, a membrane, an inlet for the entry of the liquid and a valve for the inlet of the gas. The first edge has a substantially ā€œLā€ shape. Dislcosed also is a pump for systems which comprises the expansion vessel and a method for making the above-mentioned expansion vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Fabiano PUCCIONI, Luca CALORE
  • Patent number: 11867190
    Abstract: A vertical electric pump for moving a liquid, that includes a containment jacket a mechanical section, which includes an intake port and a delivery port, an assembly for the movement of the liquid which includes one or more impellers, spaced out by diffusers and keyed on a driving shaft, an electromechanical section, which includes an electric motor having a rotor and a stator that surrounds the rotor, the rotor being keyed on the driving shaft, and a set of instruments for the control and monitoring of its operation accessible from a single side of the electric pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Stefano Tazioli, Sara Lucia
  • Patent number: 11708834
    Abstract: An electric immersion pump having a containment shell containing a wet section, an electromechanical section, and an electronic section, having a compartment inside which an assembly for the control and actuation of the electric pump is contained, wherein the control and actuation assembly is connected to a user interface, a wireless Near Field Communication (NFC), and an electronic management and control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Sergio Sportoletti, Francesco Ciuchi, Stefano Tazioli
  • Patent number: 11560896
    Abstract: A device for protecting an electric pump against overpressures, which comprises a main body which forms a cavity with an axis of extension which is substantially parallel to an axis of extension of the main body and a flow control element which can slide in the cavity along the axis of extension of the cavity between a closed position, in which the flow control element affects an inlet of the cavity which can be connected fluidically to a delivery port of an electric pump, and an open position, in which the flow control element clears at least partially the inlet so as to place it in fluidic connection with an outlet of said cavity, elastic means designed to push the flow control element in response to the pressure that is present in the delivery port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Luca Casalini
  • Patent number: 11499565
    Abstract: An impeller for centrifugal pump comprising: a disc, a succession of vanes which extend from the disc around the rotation axis, a central body, adapted for connection to a rotating shaft, the vanes having a profile with a double curvature: a first curvature with respect to a sectional plane that is parallel to the disc, a second curvature with respect to a sectional plane that is perpendicular to the plane of the disc, each one of the vanes comprising an inside curve and an outside curve with different curvatures: the inside curve having an angle of curvature chosen between zero and one quarter of a round angle, and/or the outside curve has an angle of curvature chosen between zero and one quarter of a round angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Lorenzo Gobbi
  • Patent number: 11378091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an impeller for a centrifugal pump including a recessed impeller pump which provides improved pumping efficiency, is less subject to wear and tear and provides maximal vortex generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Lorenzo Gobbi, Alessandro Porcari
  • Patent number: 11255331
    Abstract: A centrifugal electric pump assembly, comprising a wet section, which comprises inside it a liquid and/or solid scale remover substance in a position that at least potentially communicates with the wet section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Pietro Cailotto, Enrico Trentin, Michele Cappocchin
  • Patent number: 11137096
    Abstract: A device for connecting a pump body to a pipe of a hydraulic system, characterized in that it comprises a planar flange having a thread on the inside diameter for its coupling to a tubular intake portion or delivery portion of said pump body, which is threaded complementarily on its outside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Enrico Trentin
  • Publication number: 20210277912
    Abstract: An electric pump for moving a liquid, comprising a containment jacket which encloses: a mechanical section, which comprises an assembly for moving the liquid which comprises one or more impellers, interleaved by diffusers, keyed on a driving shaft, an electromechanical section, comprising an electric motor, contained in a shell and comprising in turn a rotor and a stator that surrounds the rotor, the rotor being keyed on the driving shaft, the electric pump comprising, at the ends of the jacket, a first cover and a second cover, the second cover having an intake port and a delivery port which are fluidically connected to the mechanical section. The jacket is provided monolithically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Pietro CAILOTTO, Michele CAPPOCCHIN, Mattia CASAGRANDE, Luca CALORE
  • Publication number: 20210277907
    Abstract: A vertical electric pump for moving a liquid, comprising a containment jacket which encloses inside it: a mechanical section, which comprises an intake port and a delivery port, the mechanical section containing an assembly for the movement of the liquid which comprises one or more impellers, spaced out by diffusers and keyed on a driving shaft, an electromechanical section, comprising an electric motor, which in turn comprises a rotor and a stator that surrounds the rotor, the rotor being keyed on the driving shaft, the electric pump comprising a set of instruments for the control and monitoring of its operation. The set of instruments for the control and monitoring of the operation of the electric pump is accessible entirely from a single side of the electric pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Stefano TAZIOLI, Sara LUCIA
  • Publication number: 20210180606
    Abstract: An impeller for centrifugal pump comprising: a disc, a succession of vanes which extend from the disc around the rotation axis, a central body, adapted for connection to a rotating shaft, the vanes having a profile with a double curvature: a first curvature with respect to a sectional plane that is parallel to the disc, a second curvature with respect to a sectional plane that is perpendicular to the plane of the disc, each one of the vanes comprising an inside curve and an outside curve with different curvatures: the inside curve having an angle of curvature chosen between zero and one quarter of a round angle, and/or the outside curve has an angle of curvature chosen between zero and one quarter of a round angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Lorenzo GOBBI
  • Patent number: 11035365
    Abstract: An electric pump assembly includes in sequence: a wet section, an air gap sleeve containing the rotor of an electric motor, and a casing which contains the stator of an electric motor. The electric pump assembly further includes a box, which contains an electronic board- and has a tubular body for the insertion of a plug for access to the wet section. The casing is substantially concentric to the air gap sleeve. The box is constituted by a tray which is closed hermetically by a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Pietro Cailotto, Enrico Trentin, Michele Cappocchin, Stefano Tazioli
  • Patent number: 10938267
    Abstract: A centrifugal electric pump assembly includes a pump body formed by a volute and an intake duct and a delivery duct. The pump also includes an electric motor, contained in an accommodation casing, the casing facing with one of its ends the pump body and being fixed to the pump body by means of a plurality of fixing elements; and an electrical box, the electrical box facing the other end of the casing. The casing and the electrical box are contained at least partially within a single shell. The pump further includes a terminal strip, connected to the electrical box and arranged in a compartment which extends from the shell, the compartment being axially offset with respect to the direction of extension of the electric pump. The assembly has at least one hole which passes at least partially through the compartment and/or the shell, the hole being extended in the same direction as a corresponding element for fixing the casing to the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Stefano Tazioli
  • Publication number: 20210025398
    Abstract: A device for detecting the level of a well/tank, which comprises: a management and control element, of the electronic type, a first portion, comprising an air pressure sensor, physically/electrically connected to the management and control element, a second portion, which comprises a pressure transducer and is connected to the management and control element by means of a wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Sergio SPORTOLETTI, Francesco CIUCHI, Stefano TAZIOLI
  • Publication number: 20210029520
    Abstract: A device for the control and management of at least one electric pump, comprising: an element for the actuation of the device, a user interface, connected to the actuation element. The device comprises PLC data link means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Sergio SPORTOLETTI, Francesco CIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210025400
    Abstract: A device for protecting an electric pump against overpressures, which comprises a main body which forms a cavity with an axis of extension which is substantially parallel to an axis of extension of the main body and a flow control element which can slide in the cavity along the axis of extension of the cavity between a closed position, in which the flow control element affects an inlet of the cavity which can be connected fluidically to a delivery port of an electric pump, and an open position, in which the flow control element clears at least partially the inlet so as to place it in fluidic connection with an outlet of said cavity, elastic means designed to push the flow control element in response to the pressure that is present in the delivery port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco SINICO, Luca CASALINI
  • Patent number: D928845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Sinico
  • Patent number: D976285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Sinico
  • Patent number: D1014565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Sinico