Patents by Inventor Furio ROZZA

Furio ROZZA 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: 10591007
    Abstract: A brake disc made of fiber-reinforced material includes a braking band having a predetermined thickness. The method for making the brake discs includes setting up a winding mandrel and forming at least one layer of fibers having a predetermined width. The layer of fibers is impregnated with a binder resin. The impregnated layer is wound about the mandrel, forming a hollow cylindrical body having a predefined outer diameter and an inner diameter substantially equivalent to the mandrel diameter. The layer of fibers is wound about the mandrel in a winding direction substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the layer. The cylindrical body is heated to at least partly cross-link the binder resin and obtain a solid semi-finished cylindrical body. The cylindrical body is cut in slices transversely to the cylindrical body axis according to predetermined thicknesses. Each slice is a disc-shaped body defining the disc's braking band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PETROCERAMICS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Valle, Mirco Chiodi, Furio Rozza, Marco Orlandi, Roberto Vavassori
  • Publication number: 20160236658
    Abstract: A disc for a disc brake of a vehicle, the disc including: a drum and a radially external band that is extended around a symmetry axis (X-X), said radially external band having side braking surfaces adapted to cooperate with brake calipers in order to exert a braking action on a vehicle; and rotor elements of a rotary electrical machine adapted to cooperate with stator elements of said rotary electrical machine mounted on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Furio ROZZA
  • Publication number: 20160116010
    Abstract: A brake disc made of fiber-reinforced material includes a braking band having a predetermined thickness. The method for making the brake discs includes setting up a winding mandrel and forming at least one layer of fibers having a predetermined width. The layer of fibers is impregnated with a binder resin. The impregnated layer is wound about the mandrel, forming a hollow cylindrical body having a predefined outer diameter and an inner diameter substantially equivalent to the mandrel diameter. The layer of fibers is wound about the mandrel in a winding direction substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the layer. The cylindrical body is heated to at least partly cross-link the binder resin and obtain a solid semi-finished cylindrical body. The cylindrical body is cut in slices transversely to the cylindrical body axis according to predetermined thicknesses. Each slice is a disc-shaped body defining the disc's braking band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Petroceramics S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimiliano VALLE, Mirco CHIODI, Furio ROZZA, Marco ORLANDI, Roberto VAVASSORI