Patents by Inventor Michele TRONCA

Michele TRONCA 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).

  • Vacuum valve for closing a flow path with a two-part valve disk
    Patent number: 10683942
    Abstract: A vacuum valve including a valve housing with seat surrounding a first opening with a sealing surface is disclosed. A valve disk having a first disk section and a second disk section tightly mounted inside an outer boundary of the first disk that is movable parallel to an opening axis. A drive is connected to the first disk section. The first disk section includes a first bearing surface configured to contact the sealing surface in the closed position. The outer boundary has a radially inwardly oriented inner surface. The second disk section has a radially outwardly oriented outer surface configured to contact the inner surface sealing a second contact area. At least for determined radial angles about a center of the valve disk, a first radial distance from the center to the first bearing surface is shorter than a second radial distance from the center to the second contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: VAT HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Christoph Böhm, Michele Tronca, Wolfgang Weiss
  • VACUUM VALVE FOR CLOSING A FLOW PATH WITH A TWO-PART VALVE DISK
    Publication number: 20190056035
    Abstract: A vacuum valve including a valve housing with seat surrounding a first opening with a sealing surface is disclosed. A valve disk having a first disk section and a second disk section tightly mounted inside an outer boundary of the first disk that is movable parallel to an opening axis. A drive is connected to the first disk section. The first disk section includes a first bearing surface configured to contact the sealing surface in the closed position. The outer boundary has a radially inwardly oriented inner surface. The second disk section has a radially outwardly oriented outer surface configured to contact the inner surface sealing a second contact area. At least for determined radial angles about a center of the valve disk, a first radial distance from the center to the first bearing surface is shorter than a second radial distance from the center to the second contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph BÖHM, Michele TRONCA, Wolfgang WEISS