Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Scarpetti

Giancarlo Scarpetti 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: 5915611
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly for strip material, wherein a conveyor feeds a strip of material axially through a centering device presenting two guide elements, which are movable into respective positions contacting the strip and symmetrical in relation to a reference axis parallel to the traveling direction of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Viscardo Baldoni, Giancarlo Scarpetti
  • Patent number: 5905199
    Abstract: A method of marking a tire to indicate both the taper vector direction and the plane of the radial force first harmonic (RF1H) vector, whereby the tire, with its axis positioned vertically, is marked with a single mark in the RF1H plane and on the positive-taper side, i.e. on the taper vector out side, by a marking head fitted to a multiple-axis device for so moving the marking head as to cooperate selectively with one or other of two shoulders of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Giancarlo Scarpetti, Paolo Piacente, Roberto Matteo, Maurizio Copparoni
  • Patent number: 5755922
    Abstract: A tire building drum (1) wherein two coaxial cylindrical half-drums (5) are fitted in sliding manner to a tubular central shaft (2), are moved in opposite directions along the central shaft (2) by a central screw (3), and are connected to each other by a telescopic central body (6) defined by a central tubular element (8) fixed in relation to an intermediate point of the central shaft (2), by two tubular end elements (10) integral with respective half-drums (5), and by at least an intermediate segment (13) interposed between the central tubular element (8) and each tubular end element (10), supported in sliding manner by the central tubular element (8), and movable towards the central tubular element (8) in opposition to a number of springs (23) and by virtue of the relative tubular end element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Viscardo Baldoni, Giancarlo Scarpetti, Raffaele Muzi