Patents by Inventor Giovanni Paolo Zanon

Giovanni Paolo Zanon 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: 9517535
    Abstract: A material is deposited on the surface of a piece to be repaired, by means of two steps of electro-spark deposition alternated with an intermediate compaction step, which reduces the surface asperity of a layer of material deposited before another material is deposited; the compaction phase is defined by shot peening, performed by means of shots supported by at least one flexible element supported projecting from a rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.r.L.
    Inventors: Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Agostino Scialpi
  • Publication number: 20140127400
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for the repair of an aluminium alloy component, in particular a precipitation-hardened aluminium alloy component, comprising the steps of: a) depositing by cold spray on said component to be repaired a portion of supplied material, thus obtaining a partially repaired component; b) subjecting said partially repaired component to a thermal treatment, thus obtaining a repaired component, the conditions of performance of said thermal treatment being selected according to the composition and dimensional tolerances of said component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GE AVIO S.r.L.
    Inventors: Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Simone Vezzu
  • Publication number: 20130333180
    Abstract: A material is deposited on the surface of a piece to be repaired, by means of two steps of electro-spark deposition alternated with an intermediate compaction step, which reduces the surface asperity of a layer of material deposited before another material is deposited; the compaction phase is defined by shot peening, performed by means of shots supported by at least one flexible element supported projecting from a rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Agostino Scialpi
  • Patent number: 8524017
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a component with a base of Co—Cr—Mo alloys having values of average ultimate elongation at 800° C. greater than 10% and of average yielding load at 800° C. greater than 400 MPa, comprising: obtaining a sintered component by additive sintering of powders of Co—Cr—Mo alloys containing carbides irregularly dispersed in the molten matrix; Conducting a first heat treatment on the sintered component for solubilization of the carbides at a temperature of between 1100° C. and 1300° C. for at least 2 hours to form a solubilization intermediate; and cooling the solubilization intermediate at a cooling rate at least equal to that of cooling in air to form a cooled intermediate; and conducting a second heat treatment on the cooled intermediate at a temperature of between 700° C. and 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: AVIO S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Paolo Zanon
  • Patent number: 8309013
    Abstract: A method for the production of components made of ceramic-matrix composite material, in the fields of aerospace engines and turbines and turbine systems and plants; according to the method, a preform of ceramic fibers is shaped and set in a draining mold, for example made of plaster; the fibers of the preform are impregnated with a suspension of ceramic powders, the liquid of which is drained by capillarity from the draining mold; simultaneously to draining, a suspension of ceramic powders is infiltrated between the fibers of the preform so as to fill the empty space left by the drained liquid; at the end of the steps of draining/infiltration a body is obtained with a solidified or compacted porous matrix, which is removed from the draining mold and is sintered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Avio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Pasquero, Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Maria Rita Petrachi, Antonio Licciulli, Antonio Chiechi, Maurizio Fersini
  • Patent number: 8292982
    Abstract: A filter, in particular for a rotary separator, is produced using an energy beam melting process, for example an electron beam, starting from powder made from the same material as a porous filtering portion to be formed, for example from a titanium alloy; on the basis of a three-dimensional model comprising a cell structure defining the porous filtering portion, subsequent layers of powder are applied and locally melted, so as to form successive sections of the porous filtering portion; at the end of the forming process, the residual powder is evacuated from the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Avio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Gennaro, Maurizio Romeo, Giuseppe Bene, Franco Tortarolo, Giovanni Paolo Zanon
  • Publication number: 20110129379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a massive component substantially wholly made of intermetallic material, comprising the steps of: a) preparing a mixture of powders of at, least two metallic elements, the powders being present in the mixture in a proportion by weight corresponding to the atomic percentage in which the at least two metallic elements are present in a corresponding intermetallic compound which may be formed from these metallic elements; b) applying a plurality of layers of such a mixture of powders by cold spraying on a substrate so as to obtain, on the substrate, a preform of metallic mixture of predetermined thickness; c) thermally treating at least the preform of metallic mixture so as to cause the reaction between the at least two metallic elements to form the corresponding intermetallic compound; and d) removing the substrate, thus obtaining the massive component made of intermetallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Simone Vezzu', Silvano Rech, Andrea Trentin, Diego Basset
  • Publication number: 20110127213
    Abstract: A filter, in particular for a rotary separator, is produced using an energy beam melting process, for example an electron beam, starting from powder made from the same material as a porous filtering portion to be formed, for example from a titanium alloy; on the basis of a three-dimensional model comprising a cell structure defining the porous filtering portion, subsequent layers of powder are applied and locally melted, so as to form successive sections of the porous filtering portion; at the end of the forming process, the residual powder is evacuated from the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: AVIO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Gennaro, Maurizio Romeo, Giuseppe Bene, Franco Tortarolo, Giovanni Paolo Zanon
  • Publication number: 20110036468
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a component with a base of Co—Cr—Mo alloys having values of average ultimate elongation at 800° C. greater than 10% and of average yielding load at 800° C. greater than 400 MPa, comprising: obtaining a sintered component by additive sintering of powders of Co—Cr—Mo alloys containing carbides irregularly dispersed in the molten matrix; Conducting a first heat treatment on the sintered component for solubilization of the carbides at a temperature of between 1100° C. and 1300° C. for at least 2 hours to form a solubilization intermediate; and cooling the solubilization intermediate at a cooling rate at least equal to that of cooling in air to form a cooled intermediate; and conducting a second heat treatment on the cooled intermediate at a temperature of between 700° C. and 1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: AVIO S.p.A
    Inventor: Giovanni Paolo Zanon
  • Patent number: 7815847
    Abstract: A process for mass production of three-dimensional articles made of intermetallic compounds based on titanium and aluminium by an electron beam melting technology. The articles are produced in successive sections from powders of the intermetallic compound with which the articles are to be produced. For each section, melting of the powders preceded by a preheating step is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: Avio Investments S.p.A., Avioprop S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Gennaro, Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Giuseppe Pasquero
  • Publication number: 20100109209
    Abstract: A method for the production of components made of ceramic-matrix composite material, in the fields of aerospace engines and turbines and turbine systems and plants; according to the method, a preform of ceramic fibres is shaped and set in a draining mould, for example made of plaster; the fibres of the preform are impregnated with a suspension of ceramic powders, the liquid of which is drained by capillarity from the draining mould; simultaneously to draining, a suspension of ceramic powders is infiltrated between the fibres of the preform so as to fill the empty space left by the drained liquid; at the end of the steps of draining/infiltration a body is obtained with a solidified or compacted porous matrix, which is removed from the draining mould and is sintered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: AVIO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Pasquero, Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Maria Rita Petrachi, Antonio Licciulli, Antonio Chiechi, Maurizio Fersini
  • Publication number: 20080014457
    Abstract: A process for mass production of three-dimensional articles made of intermetallic compounds based on titanium and aluminium by an electron beam melting technology. The articles are produced in successive sections from powders of the intermetallic compound with which the articles are to be produced. For each section, melting of the powders preceded by a preheating step is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Paolo Gennaro, Giovanni Paolo Zanon, Giuseppe Pasquero