Patents by Inventor Michael Melocco

Michael Melocco 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: 7028876
    Abstract: A setting tool includes a sleeve-shaped housing (11), a piston guide (13) and an ignition unit (12) located in the housing (11), with the ignition unit (12) having a cartridge chamber bottom (19) for enclosing a propellant (25) in cartridge chamber (18), which is located between the piston guide (13) and the ignition unit (12) and a locking device (30) having a locking position (38) in which the ignition unit (12) is held in a pre-loaded position (28) against an energy accumulator (23) and in which the cartridge chamber (18) remains open, and having a release position (39) in which the ignition unit (12) is displaced to its ignition position (29) by the energy accumulator in which the cartridge chamber bottom (19) closes the cartridge chamber (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anton Hirtl, Kai-Uwe Keller, Mario Scalet, Michael Melocco, Sybille Renner
  • Publication number: 20040149801
    Abstract: A setting tool includes a sleeve-shaped housing (11), a piston guide (13) and an ignition unit (12) located in the housing (11), with the ignition unit (12) having a cartridge chamber bottom (19) for enclosing a propellant (25) in cartridge chamber (18), which is located between the piston guide (13) and the ignition unit (12) and a locking device (30) having a locking position (38) in which the ignition unit (12) is held in a pre-loaded position (28) against an energy accumulator (23) and in which the cartridge chamber (18) remains open, and having a release position (39) in which the ignition unit (12) is displaced to its ignition position (29) by the energy accumulator in which the cartridge chamber bottom (19) closes the cartridge chamber (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Anton Hirtl, Kai-Uwe Keller, Mario Scalet, Michael Melocco, Sybille Renner
  • Patent number: 5901894
    Abstract: A high-pressure gas operated setting tool including a piston guide (7), a driving piston (21) axially displaceable in the piston guide (7) and formed of a head (9) and a stem (8), and a deformable member surrounding the stem (8) and extending between a stop (17), provided in a front, in the setting direction, end portion of the piston guide (7) and a front, in the setting direction end surface of the head (9), the deformable member (11) having a substantially closed cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Melocco