Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Pacchioni

Lorenzo Pacchioni 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: 6142729
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbomachine bearing chamber in which a bearing is mounted between a sleeve secured to a rotary shaft and a casing defining said bearing chamber, said sealing device comprising a labyrinth seal disposed on the sleeve at the junction with an adjacent air chamber, a static carbon ring which is not in contact with the shaft and is retained axially in position in a fixed annular support, and a rotary ring which is driven by the sleeve and which is centred without clamping on the sleeve by means of a ring seal and is retained axially in position by a flat annular spring, the rotary ring having a radial surface which faces and co-operates with a radial surface of the carbon ring and which is formed with lift grooves such that, during operation, a substantially frictionless sealing is effected between the two radial surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Techspace Aero
    Inventors: Hung Quac Tran, Lorenzo Pacchioni