Patents by Inventor Michele Imponente

Michele Imponente 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).

  • Disk-brake
    Patent number: 5263555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disk-brake having a caliper (12) mounted slidably on a stationary support (10), comprising two friction elements (16, 18) received in an anchored and sliding member in the stationary support (10) and capable of coming into frictional engagement with the opposite faces of a rotating disk (14) during the actuation of a brake motor (14), an axial column (28 ) fixed to the stationary support (10) and received in a sliding manner in a corresponding bore formed in a caliper (12), and a mechanism (32) for locking the caliper (12) to the stationary support (10) in terms of rotation about the column (28). According to the invention, the mechanism (32) for locking the caliper (12) to the stationary support (10) comprises a self-locking mechanism (58, 78, 88).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Bendiz Altecna S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michele Imponente, Giovanni Lacalamita