Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Castrignano

Gianfranco Castrignano 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).

  • Crawler vehicle with oscillating track carriages
    Patent number: 6823953
    Abstract: A crawler vehicle has a frame extending along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and two lateral track carriages oscillating with respect to the frame about a rear transverse axis. Each carriage is connected to a front cross member by a respective connecting assembly having a pin, which permits relative oscillation of the cross member and the carriage about a hinge axis perpendicular to the rear transverse axis, and has an eccentric portion for varying the effective length of the cross member between two given values as the carriages oscillate about the rear transverse axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Gianfranco Castrignano
  • Crawler vehicle with oscillating track carriages
    Publication number: 20020166675
    Abstract: A crawler vehicle has a frame extending along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and two lateral track carriages oscillating with respect to the frame about a rear transverse axis. Each carriage is connected to a front cross member by a respective connecting assembly having a pin, which permits relative oscillation of the cross member and the carriage about a hinge axis perpendicular to the rear transverse axis, and has an eccentric portion for varying the size of the cross member between two given values as the carriages oscillate about the rear transverse axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Gianfranco Castrignano