Patents by Inventor Luca MATRÀ

Luca MATRÀ 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: 11945612
    Abstract: A device for wrapping product wrappers including a winder, the winder including a gripper mechanically connected to a tubular shaft rotatable about and translatable along an approach axis, the gripper being rotatable and translatable integrally with the tubular shaft; an actuating rod active on the gripper and movable along an actuating axis, the actuating rod being movable along the actuating axis with respect to the tubular shaft and rotationally constrained to the tubular shaft, wherein the gripper is rotatable and movable following a translation of the actuating rod along the actuating axis; a first electric motor active on the actuating rod to translate the actuating rod along the actuating axis; and a second electric motor active on the tubular shaft to translate the tubular shaft along the approach axis. The device further includes a control unit configured to drive the first electric motor and the second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marialivia Melchionda, Stefano Piazzi, Marco Zecchi, Andrea Guidetti, Luca Matrà
  • Publication number: 20230242290
    Abstract: A device for wrapping product wrappers including a winder, the winder including a gripper mechanically connected to a tubular shaft rotatable about and translatable along an approach axis, the gripper being rotatable and translatable integrally with the tubular shaft; an actuating rod active on the gripper and movable along an actuating axis, the actuating rod being movable along the actuating axis with respect to the tubular shaft and rotationally constrained to the tubular shaft, wherein the gripper is rotatable and movable following a translation of the actuating rod along the actuating axis; a first electric motor active on the actuating rod to translate the actuating rod along the actuating axis; and a second electric motor active on the tubular shaft to translate the tubular shaft along the approach axis. The device further includes a control unit configured to drive the first electric motor and the second electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Marialivia MELCHIONDA, Stefano PIAZZI, Marco ZECCHI, Andrea GUIDETTI, Luca MATRÀ
  • Publication number: 20230183011
    Abstract: Conveying equipment for holding and transporting a container, including a support base for a container and holding devices movable along respective gripping directions (D1, D2) between a retracted position and an advanced position. Each holding device includes a plurality of restraining bodies placed one above the other, wherein each restraining body of a respective holding device is separated from an underlying restraining body by a separating volume. Each restraining body includes a contact element adapted to be resiliently deformed and configured to conform at least partially to a portion of the outer surface of a container. Restraining bodies of a first holding device are at least partially received, at least in the respective advanced position, in respective separating volumes of a second holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MATRÀ, Marco RIGHETTI
  • Publication number: 20230183013
    Abstract: A movement system for container-holding devices including at least one movement mechanism configured to be associated with a respective retaining device, wherein each movement mechanism includes a slide slidingly mounted on a rail and movable along a respective radial gripping direction, an actuation body having a drive portion connected to the slide, an actuation portion configured to receive an actuation force from a linear actuator, and a transmission portion interposed between the actuation portion and the drive portion. The transmission portion is rotatably hinged about a transmission axis (X1) perpendicular to the radial gripping direction. The drive portion is connected to the slide so that a translation in the radial direction of the drive portion causes a corresponding translation of the slide in the same radial direction and a translation in the axial direction of the drive portion does not cause any translation of the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MATRÀ, Marco RIGHETTI
  • Publication number: 20230183015
    Abstract: A gripping member for container retaining and transport equipment including a plurality of gripping bodies having respective contact surfaces configured to contact a container and a connection body connected to the plurality of gripping bodies and connecting the gripping bodies to each other and is deformable between a storage configuration and a gripping configuration, in the storage configuration the connection body is in a undeformed condition and arranges the gripping bodies parallel to respective first directions and with the respective contact surfaces not facing each other; in the gripping configuration the connection body is in a reversibly deformed condition and elongated in directions contained in a single reference plane and wherein the gripping bodies are parallel to respective second directions not contained in the single reference plane, with respective contact surfaces facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MATRÀ, Marco RIGHETTI