Patents by Inventor Giovanni INGRASSIA

Giovanni INGRASSIA 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: 10458394
    Abstract: A turbine with flow diverter comprises a support frame adapted to be anchored to a fixed or movable structure, an impeller rotatably mounted about a rotation axis to the support frame and having a front inlet section for receiving the flow and adapted to move continuously upon the rotation produced by the flow between a pushing position and an advancing position in correspondence of the front section, a main flow diverter adapted to be anchored to the support frame and having a peripheral wall adapted to at least partially blind the front section with respect to the flow auxiliary diverter extending from a first section facing one or more blades in the advancing position to a second section facing one or more blades in pushing position. The auxiliary diverter comprises curvilinear conduits in reciprocal side by side position along a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MEDITERRANEAN DESIGN NETWORK S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marcello De Luca, Giovanni Ingrassia
  • Publication number: 20170292496
    Abstract: A turbine (1) with flow diverter (2) comprises a support frame (25) adapted to be anchored to a fixed or movable structure, an impeller (3) rotatably mounted about a rotation axis (R) to the support frame (25) and having a front inlet section for the flow and a plurality of blades (4, 4?, 4?, . . . ) adapted to move continuously upon the rotation produced by the flow between a pushing position and an advancing position in correspondence of the front section, a main flow diverter (2) adapted to be anchored to the support frame (25) and having a peripheral wall (7) adapted to at least partially blind the front section with respect to the flow auxiliary diverter (13) extending from a first section (14) facing one or more blades (4?) in the advancing position to a second section (15) facing one or more blades (4) in pushing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Marcello DE LUCA, Giovanni INGRASSIA