Patents by Inventor Giovanni F. Savonuzzi

Giovanni F. Savonuzzi 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).

  • Bladed rotor for a centripetal turbine
    Patent number: 4221540
    Abstract: A centripetal turbine rotor has ceramic blades with integral blade roots of arcuate axial section which are clamped axially between two supporting elements mounted on a common shaft so that the ceramic blade roots are maintained in compressive stress along their arcuate, radially inwardly convex, profiles, opposing centrifugal strain in the blade roots.Cooling air may be supplied along axial channels in one hub to an internal chamber within the blade roots and may thence flow outwardly into the gases flowing through the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Inventor: Giovanni F. Savonuzzi