Patents by Inventor Mauro Pascolini

Mauro Pascolini 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).

  • Process for making a fluid-tight connection between a tube and a plate-shaped part
    Patent number: 6434824
    Abstract: A process for making a fluid-tight connection between a tube and a plate-shaped member. The process entails inserting one end of a tube into a correspondingly-sized hole in a plate-shaped member so that the tube end contacts the plate-shaped member and extends beyond a surface of the plate-shaped member. A mandrel is then inserted and pressed into the tube end while heating the mandrel to a temperature sufficient to soften and deform the tube end and increase contact between the tube end and the plate-shaped member, such that the tube is secured to the plate-shaped member and a fluid-tight seal is formed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Norsk Hydro A.S.
    Inventors: Mauro Pascolini, Bjorn Vestergaard, Edward James Morley