Patents by Inventor Franco Biamino

Franco Biamino 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: 4785918
    Abstract: Pneumo-hydraulic converter for disc brake callipers, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a body intended for application directly to a brake calliper or in the immediate vicinity thereof and having a central axis cavity in which there is sealingly slidable a first piston to which is fixed a second piston sealingly slidable in a pneumatic chamber formed at one end of the body and connected at one end to a pressurized air supply and containing a biassing spring for the first and second pistons at its opposite end. The first piston is operatively associated with a hydraulic chamber formed at the other end of the body and defined by a hollow slider guided axially within the body and intended to operate the brake calliper, and the hydraulic chamber is connected to a hydraulic fluid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Iveco Fiat S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Biamino