Patents by Inventor Marcello Colombo

Marcello Colombo 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: 11021206
    Abstract: The actuator device for a hydraulic actuation system for a brake/clutch for a motorcycle is described. The actuator device may have a support structure associable with a handlebar of the motorcycle. The actuator device may also have an actuation assembly having a push rod operatively connectable to at least one braking device. The actuator device may also have an actuation lever connected to the support structure so as to be rotatable about an actuation axis, where the actuation lever is provided with a pusher adapted to interface with the push rod. The actuator device may also have an adjustment device adapted to modify both the angular position, in a rest condition, of the pusher and of the actuation lever with respect to the handlebar and to modify a pitch between the actuation axis of the actuation lever and a contact and thrust point of the pusher on the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Colombo, Roberto Lavezzi
  • Publication number: 20200283088
    Abstract: The actuator device for a hydraulic actuation system for a brake/clutch for a motorcycle is described. The actuator device may have a support structure associable with a handlebar of the motorcycle. The actuator device may also have an actuation assembly having a push rod operatively connectable to at least one braking device. The actuator device may also have an actuation lever connected to the support structure so as to be rotatable about an actuation axis, where the actuation lever is provided with a pusher adapted to interface with the push rod. The actuator device may also have an adjustment device adapted to modify both the angular position, in a rest condition, of the pusher and of the actuation lever with respect to the handlebar and to modify a pitch between the actuation axis of the actuation lever and a contact and thrust point of the pusher on the push rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: MARCELLO COLOMBO, ROBERTO LAVEZZI
  • Patent number: 9815440
    Abstract: A brake or clutch actuating lever is rotatably connected to a support structure. An adjustment lever, mechanically distinct from the actuating lever, transmits the angular actuation stroke of the actuating lever to a brake or clutch actuation unit. The adjustment lever comprises a mechanism for adjusting the rest position of the adjustment lever, mechanically separate from the actuating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FRENI BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Colombo, Roberto Lavezzi
  • Patent number: 8322248
    Abstract: An adjusting screw (15) for a control lever device (1) for vehicles, wherein said adjusting screw (15) comprises a screw body (18) with a threaded shank (19) that can be screwed in a corresponding threaded hole (16) of the lever device (1) and a locking body (26) pivotally connected to the screw body (18). The locking body (26) comprises contact means (27) interacting with the screw body (28, 18) such as to counteract the rotation of the locking body (26) relative to the screw body (18) to a certain extent and anchoring means (29) engaging an anchoring seat (17) of the lever device (1) such as to prevent that the locking body (26) may rotate relative to the threaded hole (16) of the lever device (1). There are also provided means (25) for preventing that the locking body (26) may be displaced along the shank (19) of the screw body (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Esposito, Gianangelo Pezzotta, Marcello Colombo
  • Patent number: 8276477
    Abstract: A control device such as a handlebar-mounted brake includes a support structure containing a hydraulic piston, a lever pivotally connected to the support structure by a pin, and a transmission element for transmitting force from the lever to the piston during a normal actuation stroke of the lever. The lever may pivot outward substantially beyond its normal rest position. A torsion spring biases the lever in the actuation direction so that the lever and the transmission element are normally in contact. However, in the event of a fall, the lever can pivot outward from its normal rest position, out of contact with the transmission element. The hydraulic components are thereby protected from damage, as the pin and support structure bear the entire impact force applied to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Lavezzi, Gianangelo Pezzotta, Marcello Colombo
  • Publication number: 20110271789
    Abstract: An actuating device with lever for vehicles, comprising a support structure, an actuation unit, an actuating lever connected rotatably to the support structure and an adjustment lever, mechanically distinct from the actuating lever and set in such a way as to transmit the angular actuation stroke of the actuating lever to the actuation unit in order to actuate the latter. The adjustment lever comprises adjustment means suitable for adjusting the rest position of the adjustment lever; the said adjustment means are mechanically separate from the actuating lever. The actuating lever comprises elastic preload means suitable for elastically influencing the actuating lever in abutment against the adjustment lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Colombo, Roberto Lavezzi
  • Publication number: 20080044253
    Abstract: An adjusting screw (15) for a control lever device (1) for vehicles, wherein said adjusting screw (15) comprises a screw body (18) with a threaded shank (19) that can be screwed in a corresponding threaded hole (16) of the lever device (1) and a locking body (26) pivotally connected to the screw body (18). The locking body (26) comprises contact means (27) interacting with the screw body (28, 18) such as to counteract the rotation of the locking body (26) relative to the screw body (18) to a certain extent and anchoring means (29) engaging an anchoring seat (17) of the lever device (1) such as to prevent that the locking body (26) may rotate relative to the threaded hole (16) of the lever device (1). There are also provided means (25) for preventing that the locking body (26) may be displaced along the shank (19) of the screw body (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Esposito, Gianangelo Pezzotta, Marcello Colombo
  • Publication number: 20070283774
    Abstract: A control lever device (1) for vehicles, comprising: a support structure (2) with means (3.4, 4) for connecting the device (1) to a handlebar; a cylinder-piston unit (5, 6) connected to the support structure (2); a lever (7) being pivotally connected to the support structure (2) along an angular actuation stroke (A) extending from an angular rest position (R) of the lever (7) in a first direction of rotation and along an angular collapse stroke (C) extending from said angular rest position (R) in a second direction of rotation, opposite the first direction; a transmission portion (8) being associated to the device (1) such as to transmit an actuation movement from the lever (7) along the angular actuation stroke (A) to the cylinder-piston unit (5, 6); The transmission portion (8) is arranged relative to the lever (7) such that, when the lever (7) is in the angular collapse stroke (C), it is separated from the transmission portion (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Lavezzi, Gianangelo Pezzotta, Marcello Colombo