Patents by Inventor Manuele Bigi

Manuele Bigi 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: 8371807
    Abstract: Protection device for a stator of a turbine of the type comprising a series of annular sectors constrained to each other by means of connection means, each sector of the series of sectors comprises a first surface, suitable for contacting the stator which has at least one cavity for the cooling of the corresponding sector, and a second surface which faces a rotor of the turbine. In a rest configuration in which the turbine is not operating, the second surface of each sector has an axial section having an eccentricity with respect to the trace of the rotation axis of the turbine, whereas in an operating configuration in which the turbine is operating under regime conditions, the second surface of each sector has an axial section which is centered with the trace of the rotation axis of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Iacopetti, Vincenzo Branchetti
  • Publication number: 20120141261
    Abstract: An impeller for a turbo-machine and is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Iacopo Giovannetti, Massimo Giannozzi, Dino Bianchi, Leonardo Tognarelli, Manuele Bigi, Andrea Massini
  • Patent number: 7972106
    Abstract: Protection device (10) for a stator of a gas turbine of the type comprising a series of sectors (12) constrained to each other by connection means, each sector (12) has at least one cavity (14) having a bottom (15), in correspondence with at least one cavity (14), a corresponding sheet (20) equipped with a series of pass-through holes (21) and suitable for covering at least one cavity (14) is fixed on an outer surface of the relative sector (12), each sector (12) is cooled by means of a stream of air coming from the pass-through holes (21) of the corresponding sheet (20) which is passed on the bottom (15) and discharged from at least one outlet hole, the bottom (15) of each sector (12) comprises a series of protuberances (30) to increase the thermal exchange surface and increase the cooling efficiency of the protection device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Iacopetti, Riccardo Cini
  • Publication number: 20090180860
    Abstract: Protection device (10) for a stator of a gas turbine of the type comprising a series of sectors (12) constrained to each other by connection means, each sector (12) has at least one cavity (14) having a bottom (15), in correspondence with at least one cavity (14), a corresponding sheet (20) equipped with a series of pass-through holes (21) and suitable for covering at least one cavity (14) is fixed on an outer surface of the relative sector (12), each sector (12) is cooled by means of a stream of air coming from the pass-through holes (21) of the corresponding sheet (20) which is passed on the bottom (15) and discharged from at least one outlet hole, the bottom (15) of each sector (12) comprises a series of protuberances (30) to increase the thermal exchange surface and increase the cooling efficiency of the protection device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Lacopetti, Riccardo Cini
  • Publication number: 20090180863
    Abstract: Protection device (10) for a stator of a turbine of the type comprising a series of annular sectors (12) constrained to each other by means of connection means, each sector of said series of sectors (12) comprises a first surface (13), suitable for contacting the stator which has at least one cavity (14) for the cooling of the corresponding sector, and a second surface (17) which faces a rotor of the turbine. In a rest configuration in which the turbine is not operating, the second surface (17) of each sector (12) has an axial section having an eccentricity (40) with respect to the trace of the rotation axis of the turbine, whereas in an operating configuration in which the turbine is operating under regime conditions, the second surface (17) of each sector (12) has an axial section which is centered with the trace of the rotation axis of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Lacopetti, Vincenzo Branchetti
  • Patent number: 7559740
    Abstract: Protection device for a stator of a turbine comprising a series of annular sectors (12) which can be coupled by connection means, each sector (12) comprising a first side surface (13) which has at least one cavity (14) equipped with a bottom (15), each bottom (15) of the at least one cavity (14) is convex and each sector (12) comprises at least one stiffening rib (16) positioned inside the at least one cavity (14) and having a variable section in a longitudinal direction to modulate the rigidity of each sector (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A.
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Iacopetti, Alessandro Ciani
  • Publication number: 20070147994
    Abstract: Protection device for a stator of a turbine comprising a series of annular sectors (12) which can be coupled by connection means, each sector (12) comprising a first side surface (13) which has at least one cavity (14) equipped with a bottom (15), each bottom (15) of the at least one cavity (14) is convex and each sector (12) comprises at least one stiffening rib (16) positioned inside the at least one cavity (14) and having a variable section in a longitudinal direction to modulate the rigidity of each sector (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Manuele Bigi, Piero Iacopetti, Alessandro Ciani