Patents by Inventor Massimo Cardi

Massimo Cardi 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: 20220403858
    Abstract: An integrated multi-connection hydraulic group for connecting the hydraulic circuit on-board an operating machine to a plurality of hydraulic, electrical, and/or pneumatic lines for the connection of corresponding lines of a user includes a block or manifold having connection elements for connecting the block to the circuit of the machine, and a plurality of fast female couplings housed in the block that face outwardly from a plate-shaped surface of the block and connect with a corresponding number of male couplings of the user. A plurality of hydraulic elements is provided within the block or manifold for adjusting the flow that feeds the lines and is in fluid connection with the fast female couplings via respective channels defined inside the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Massimo Cardi, Mauro Rambaldini
  • Patent number: 11384884
    Abstract: A coupling/uncoupling device for a plate-like multi-coupling device for the simultaneous connection of a plurality of hydraulic, electrical, and/or pneumatic lines includes quick couplings. In particular, the coupling/uncoupling device is provided with a safety device configured to prevent an accidental uncoupling and to be operated by the operator with one hand only. A plate-like multi-coupling device the includes such coupling/uncoupling device is also an object of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Mauro Rambaldini, Massimo Cardi
  • Patent number: 11181218
    Abstract: A hydraulic and/or pneumatic connector, said connector comprising a fixed part adapted to constitute the end part of a first hydraulic circuit of a main operating machine and to be fixed to said main operating machine, said fixed part comprising at least one first male or female hydraulic coupling, said connector comprising a movable part intended to constitute the end part of a second hydraulic circuit of a piece of equipment, said movable part comprising at least one second hydraulic coupling, respectively either female or male, where said at least one first hydraulic coupling of said fixed part and at least one second hydraulic coupling of said movable part are adapted to be hydraulically connected so as to achieve the hydraulic connection between said first and second hydraulic circuits of said male operating machine and said equipment, respectively, said connector comprising mechanical constraint means which can be switched between a first configuration or position and a second configuration or position,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FASTER S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Danelli, Massimo Cardi, Marco Neri
  • Publication number: 20200049293
    Abstract: A coupling/uncoupling device for a plate-like multi-coupling device for the simultaneous connection of a plurality of hydraulic, electrical, and/or pneumatic lines includes quick couplings. In particular, the coupling/uncoupling device is provided with a safety device configured to prevent an accidental uncoupling and to be operated by the operator with one hand only. A plate-like multi-coupling device the includes such coupling/uncoupling device is also an object of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mauro Rambaldini, Massimo Cardi
  • Patent number: 10359135
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a gasket for quick couplers, in particular for the fluid tightness of the first valve of a male coupler. It is characterised in that it must be a composite gasket, having a toroidal shape and circumferentially comprising an O-Ring at its outer surface. The gasket according to the present invention allows a number of advantages to be achieved in terms of the stability and greater reliability of the gasket, which is not subject to extrusion and crushing phenomena during the coupling and decoupling steps of the pressurised coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Faster S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Cardi, Mauro Rambaldini, Giampiero Boffelli, Igor Polgati, Paolo Rusconi
  • Publication number: 20190093808
    Abstract: A hydraulic and/or pneumatic connector, said connector comprising a fixed part adapted to constitute the end part of a first hydraulic circuit of a main operating machine and to be fixed to said main operating machine, said fixed part comprising at least one first male or female hydraulic coupling, said connector comprising a movable part intended to constitute the end part of a second hydraulic circuit of a piece of equipment, said movable part comprising at least one second hydraulic coupling, respectively either female or male, where said at least one first hydraulic coupling of said fixed part and at least one second hydraulic coupling of said movable part are adapted to be hydraulically connected so as to achieve the hydraulic connection between said first and second hydraulic circuits of said male operating machine and said equipment, respectively, said connector comprising mechanical constraint means which can be switched between a first configuration or position and a second configuration or position,
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Alessandro Danelli, Massimo Cardi, Marco Neri
  • Publication number: 20170023160
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a gasket for quick couplers, in particular for the fluid tightness of the first valve of a male coupler. It is characterised in that it must be a composite gasket, having a toroidal shape and circumferentially comprising an O-Ring at its outer surface. The gasket according to the present invention allows a number of advantages to be achieved in terms of the stability and greater reliability of the gasket, which is not subject to extrusion and crushing phenomena during the coupling and decoupling steps of the pressurised coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Massimo Cardi, Mauro Rambaldini, Giampiero Boffelli, Igor Polgati, Paolo Rusconi
  • Patent number: 8707993
    Abstract: A coaxial quick coupling suitable for being employed in very high pressure applications in the field of emergency tools, such as shears, retractors, cylinder lifters and the like, and/or in the construction field. The coupling according to the present invention is characterized in that it has a high standardization of the internal components, different components being used both in the male coupling and in the female coupling, and in that it has a greater structural and constructional simplicity, also having few points of elastomeric sealing, which results in longer duration and greater reliability of the coupling itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Faster S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Cardi, Mauro Rambaldini
  • Publication number: 20120234415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial quick coupling suitable for being employed in very high pressure applications in the field of emergency tools, such as shears, retractors, cylinder lifters and the like, and/or in the construction field. The coupling according to the present invention is characterized in that it has a high standardization of the internal components, different components being used both in the male coupling and in the female coupling, and in that it has a greater structural and constructional simplicity, also having few points of elastomeric sealing, which results in longer duration and greater reliability of the coupling itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Massimo Cardi, Mauro Rambaldini