Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Zuliani

Gianfranco Zuliani 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: 9217585
    Abstract: A movement mechanism for moving an interception element of a solar plant. The mechanism is mounted on a support frame and is constrained to the interception element to allow the movement thereof with respect to the support frame. The mechanism comprises a drive member which generates a motion, and a transmission kinematism which transmits the motion to a rotation shaft constrained to the interception element. The transmission kinematism comprises a first mechanical member with gears mounted rotatable on a first support and mechanically connected to the drive member, and a second mechanical member with gears engaged on the first mechanical member, mounted on a second support, and keyed to the rotation shaft. The first and the second support are pivoted to each other with respect to a determinate pivoting axis, in order to rotate around the pivoting axis, so as to bring together/distance the first and the second mechanical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: D.D. SRL
    Inventors: Luigi De Cillia, Giordano Duri', Gianfranco Zuliani
  • Publication number: 20120192666
    Abstract: A movement mechanism for moving an interception element of a solar plant. The mechanism is mounted on a support frame and is constrained to the interception element to allow the movement thereof with respect to the support frame. The mechanism comprises a drive member which generates a motion, and a transmission kinematism which transmits the motion to a rotation shaft constrained to the interception element. The transmission kinematism comprises a first mechanical member with gears mounted rotatable on a first support and mechanically connected to the drive member, and a second mechanical member with gears engaged on the first mechanical member, mounted on a second support, and keyed to the rotation shaft. The first and the second support are pivoted to each other with respect to a determinate pivoting axis, in order to rotate around the pivoting axis, so as to bring together/distance the first and the second mechanical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Luigi De Cillia, Giordano Duri', Gianfranco Zuliani
  • Publication number: 20120097150
    Abstract: Movement mechanism for at least an interception element assembled mobile on a support frame to assume an optimized interception condition. The movement mechanism is suitable to be assembled on the support frame and to be constrained to the interception element, in order to allow the movement thereof with respect to the support frame, and comprises a fixed body suitable to be assembled on the support frame, a rotating body assembled rotatable inside the fixed body around an axis of rotation and suitable to be constrained to the interception element, and a plurality of rolling members disposed rotating between relative sliding tracks made both on the fixed body and also on the rotating body. The mechanism movement comprises at least a compensation seating made on the fixed body and/or on the rotating body which extends with respect to said sliding tracks in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, to define a controlled play of axial displacement controlled by the rolling members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: D.D.SRL
    Inventors: Luigi De Cillia, Giordano DurĂ­, Gianfranco Zuliani