Patents by Inventor Massimo Altamore

Massimo Altamore 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).

  • Publication number: 20110072964
    Abstract: The invention describes a validation system for a reciprocating fluid machine. The system comprises a base plate or foundation on which at least one frame of the reciprocating fluid machine is removably applied; a first shaft, rotatably coupled with the base plate, to activate the components of the frame; at least one system for generating loads, placed in operative connection with such components and put in rotation by a transmission system through at least one second shaft. The system for generating loads is able to simulate the loads generated by the working fluid on a cylinder of the reciprocating fluid machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Filippo Gerbi, Massimo Altamore, Marco Lazzeri, Francesco Grifoni
  • Patent number: 5673728
    Abstract: A dobby lever which is insertable into a main lever of a textile loom includes a sliding nut to set and adjust its position along the main lever. The dobby lever has a pair of parallel flat sides, separate but fixed to each other. The sliding nut has a body which can be inserted between the sides of the main lever. The body of the sliding nut has a hole at one end for receiving a joint which can be connected to a driving bar and a blocking device at its other end for the sides of the main lever. The body at the other end has sloping surfaces, and wedge-shaped elements are provided having complimentary slanting surfaces which are insertable into a box-shaped container and act upon the sides of the main lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A
    Inventors: Francesco Grifoni, Massimo Altamore
  • Patent number: 5259419
    Abstract: A high-speed rotary dobby key mover mechanism having a main crank arm in which two keying levers that have the same arm ratio are mounted for pivotal movement on a cam in opposing positions. The adjacent ends of the keying levers cooperate with a key, while the free other ends of the key levers, which are diametrically opposite about and at the same distance from the axis of the dobby drive shaft for the dobby cooperate alternately with a single control device which is located on only one side of the main crank arm. The control device is regulated, moreover, by a logic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Nuovopignone Industrie Meccaniche e Fonderia SpA
    Inventors: Costantino Vinciguerra, Massimo Altamore, Massimiliano Boni, Massimo Coppini, Francesco Grifoni
  • Patent number: 5001831
    Abstract: A method for forming a roller bearing of very small axial dimension and high load-carrying capacity, and applicable also to a large-diameter roller bearing, comprising inserting the rollers into the circumferential guide and rolling track of the outer race and holding the rollers in position by two opposing lateral shoulder-forming spring rings of small thickness which are snap-inserted into corresponding inwardly flared grooves provided in the opposing faces of the bearing outer race. The rings being locked in position by using suitable dies to axially press annular appendices which define the mouth of the annular grooves. Modifications to this method are provided, and the roller bearings obtained in accordance with the invention are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Nuovopignone-Industrie Meccaniche E Fonderia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Costantino Vinciguerra, Massimo Altamore