Patents by Inventor Lucio Lopparelli

Lucio Lopparelli 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: 7441391
    Abstract: A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective closed path having at least one active segment parallel to the direction of advance (A). The carriage (8a) supports a sealing base (11) able to be associated to a first lateral face (2a) of the tubular wrapper (3) at a sealing region (Z) of the wrapper (3). A contrasting element (14) is removably associated to the support carriage (8a) and movable between a first closed position in which it is approached to the base (11) and abuts against a second lateral face (2b) of the tubular wrapper (3) opposite to the first lateral face (2a) at the sealing region (Z), and a second position in which it is movable away from the base (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: IPI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Lucio Lopparelli, Umberto Gatti
  • Patent number: 7441390
    Abstract: A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective closed path having at least one active segment parallel to the direction of advance (A). The carriage (8a) supports a sealing base (11) able to be associated to a first lateral face of the tubular wrapper (3) at a sealing region (Z) of the wrapper (3). A contrasting element (14) is removably associated to the support carriage (8a) and movable between a first closed position in which it approaches the base (11) and abuts against a second lateral face of the tubular wrapper (3) opposite to the first lateral face at the sealing region (Z), and a second position in which it is movable away from the base (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: IPI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Lucio Lopparelli, Umberto Gatti
  • Publication number: 20080041024
    Abstract: A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective closed path (P) having at least one active segment (P?) parallel the direction of advance (A). The carriage (8a) supports a sealing base (11) able to be associated to a first lateral face (2a) of said tubular wrapper (3) at a sealing region (Z) of the wrapper (3) itself. A contrasting element (14) is removably associated to the support carriage (8a) and movable between first closed position in which it is approached to the base (11) and abuts against a second lateral face (2b) of the tubular wrapper (3) opposite to the first lateral face (2a) at the sealing region (Z), and a second position in which it is movable way from the base (11). The device also has means (10) for actuating the support carriage (8a) and means (38) for cutting said tubular wrapper (3) to obtain the containers (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Lucio Lopparelli, Umberto Gatti
  • Publication number: 20070220837
    Abstract: A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device ahs at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective closed pathe (P) having at least one active segment (P?) parallel to the direction of advance (A). The carriage (8a) supports a sealing base (11) able to be associated to a first lateral face (2a) of said tubular wrapper (3) at a sealing region (Z) of the wrapper (3) itself. A contrasting element (14) is removably associated to the support carriage (8a) and movable between a first closed position in which it is approached to the base (11) and abuts against a second lateral face (2b) or the tubular wrapper (3) opposite to the first latoral face (2a) at the sealing region (Z), and a second position in which it is movably away from the base (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Lucio Lopparelli, Umberto Gatti
  • Patent number: 7240764
    Abstract: A steering unit of an electric vehicle is equipped with an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own longitudinal axis, and a steering rod assembled through the output shaft and connected to the same output shaft by means of a screw-nut screw coupling so as to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle; the steering rod being equipped with a sleeve extending around the output shaft and having an internal thread connected to an external thread of the same output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Umbra Cuscinetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Federico Perni, Luciano Pizzoni, Lucio Lopparelli
  • Patent number: 7121379
    Abstract: A steering unit of an electric vehicle is equipped with an electric motor having a tubular output shaft, through which a steering rod is assembled connected to the same output shaft by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling so as to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle; the screw-nut screw coupling being defined by a train of balls engaged in a recirculating track made up of a first section made between the output shaft and the steering rod, of a second section made through the steering rod, and of two third sections connecting the first and the second section with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Umbra Cuscinetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Federico Perni, Luciano Pizzoni, Lucio Lopparelli
  • Publication number: 20050206110
    Abstract: A steering unit of an electric vehicle is equipped with an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own longitudinal axis, and a steering rod assembled through the output shaft and connected to the same output shaft by means of a screw-nut screw coupling so as to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle; the steering rod being equipped with a sleeve extending around the output shaft and having an internal thread connected to an external thread of the same output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Federico Perni, Luciano Pizzoni, Lucio Lopparelli
  • Publication number: 20050199435
    Abstract: A steering unit of an electric vehicle is equipped with an electric motor having a tubular output shaft, through which a steering rod is assembled connected to the same output shaft by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling so as to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle; the screw-nut screw coupling being defined by a train of balls engaged in a recirculating track made up of a first section made between the output shaft and the steering rod, of a second section made through the steering rod, and of two third sections connecting the first and the second section with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Federico Perni, Luciano Pizzoni, Lucio Lopparelli