Patents by Inventor Mirko Castellana
Mirko Castellana 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).
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Patent number: 11904822Abstract: A caliper body having first and second braking surfaces, a bracket connecting to a caliper support provided in a vehicle and a floating element supported by the bracket to move along the axial direction. The floating element has a first floating element portion facing the first braking surface. The first floating element portion has a biasing device housing to accommodate a biasing device. The floating element has a first floating element bridge protruding straddling the brake disc and a plate-shaped portion extending on a plane along circumferential and radial directions. The plate-shaped portion has end portions protruding from opposite sides with respect to the first floating element bridge, a second inner plate-shape portion side facing the biasing device, two plate-shaped portion projections protruding from the plate-shaped portion side and having thrust surfaces biasing a second pad against the second braking surface and forming with the plate-shaped portion a ventilation channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana, Sara Arragoni, Andrea Pirino
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Publication number: 20210276524Abstract: A caliper body having first and second braking surfaces, a bracket connecting to a caliper support provided in a vehicle and a floating element supported by the bracket to move along the axial direction. The floating element has a first floating element portion facing the first braking surface. The first floating element portion has a biasing device housing to accommodate a biasing device. The floating element has a first floating element bridge protruding straddling the brake disc and a plate-shaped portion extending on a plane along circumferential and radial directions. The plate-shaped portion has end portions protruding from opposite sides with respect to the first floating element bridge, a second inner plate-shape portion side facing the biasing device, two plate-shaped portion projections protruding from the plate-shaped portion side and having thrust surfaces biasing a second pad against the second braking surface and forming with the plate-shaped portion a ventilation channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.Inventors: CRISTIAN CRIPPA, MIRKO CASTELLANA, SARA ARRAGONI, ANDREA PIRINO
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Patent number: 10731719Abstract: A pad assembly adapted to be mounted in a caliper body for a disc brake has a pad-housing pocket. The disc brake defines an axial direction, either coinciding or parallel with the direction of the rotation axis of the brake disc associable with the caliper body, a radial direction (R-R), orthogonal to the axial direction, and a tangential (T-T) or circumferential (T-T) direction, orthogonal both to the axial direction and to the radial direction (R-R). The pad-housing pocket has at least one pocket wall to form a tangential abutment for a brake pad associable with the caliper body. The pad assembly has a brake pad having a support plate, adapted to form a support for at least one associable friction material, where the support plate has a main extension along the radial (R-R) and tangential (T-T) directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Freni Brembo, S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Massimo Raffaeli, Andrea Milanesi, Mirko Castellana, Daniel Longhi
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Patent number: 10520053Abstract: A heat shield element for a brake caliper of a disc brake, capable of providing complete radial and axial protection for the brake caliper, which is arranged straddling a disc brake disc and having a vehicle-side elongated portion and an opposite wheel-side elongated portion connected to each other by at least one caliper bridge. The element has a heat shield element body having at least two opposite snap engagement tongues adapted to snap-engage a portion of the brake caliper to interpose the heat shield element body between the brake caliper and the disc brake disc and support the heat shield element engaged with the brake caliper.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana
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Patent number: 10316912Abstract: The invention relates to a brake pad (12,13) of a disc brake (2) comprising a support plate (15) having a thrust surface (18) to receive the thrust of at least one piston, and a friction surface (19) to which a friction portion (16) is associated, associated to said support plate (15) to rest on a friction surface (4,5) of said brake disc (2), said pad comprising a support plate edge (17) which delimits said thrust surface (18) and friction surface (19), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising an upper edge portion (28), substantially facing or directed outwards in the outward sense (RE) of said radial direction (R-R), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising an upper edge portion (20), substantially facing or directed in the inward sense (RI) of said radial direction (R-R), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising two lateral edge portions (21, 22) opposite each other and substantially facing or directed in the tangential direction (T-T), said lateral edge portions (21, 22) each comprising a lower lateral edge suType: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Freni Brembo S.P.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Fabio Scotti, Mirko Castellana
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Publication number: 20190011003Abstract: A pad assembly adapted to be mounted in a caliper body for a disc brake has a pad-housing pocket. The disc brake defines an axial direction, either coinciding or parallel with the direction of the rotation axis of the brake disc associable with the caliper body, a radial direction (R-R), orthogonal to the axial direction, and a tangential (T-T) or circumferential (T-T) direction, orthogonal both to the axial direction and to the radial direction (R-R). The pad-housing pocket has at least one pocket wall to form a tangential abutment for a brake pad associable with the caliper body. The pad assembly has a brake pad having a support plate, adapted to form a support for at least one associable friction material, where the support plate has a main extension along the radial (R-R) and tangential (T-T) directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: FRENI BREMBO, S.P.A.Inventors: CRISTIAN CRIPPA, MASSIMO RAFFAELI, ANDREA MILANESI, MIRKO CASTELLANA, DANIEL LONGHI
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Publication number: 20180231083Abstract: A heat shield element for a brake caliper of a disc brake, capable of providing complete radial and axial protection for the brake caliper, which is arranged straddling a disc brake disc and having a vehicle-side elongated portion and an opposite wheel-side elongated portion connected to each other by at least one caliper bridge. The element has a heat shield element body having at least two opposite snap engagement tongues adapted to snap-engage a portion of the brake caliper to interpose the heat shield element body between the brake caliper and the disc brake disc and support the heat shield element engaged with the brake caliper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: CRISTIAN CRIPPA, MIRKO CASTELLANA
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Patent number: 9657789Abstract: A disc brake caliper, has a caliper body having a pair of half-calipers which define a housing compartment for a portion of an associable brake disc. The half-calipers being placed on opposite sides to the housing compartment in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the associable brake disc. At least one half-caliper is fitted with at least one housing seat for a piston suitable to press a pad against the associable brake disc, in the axial direction. The housing seat passes through the respective half-caliper so as to extend between an inner wall facing the housing compartment and an outer wall of the half-caliper, axially opposite the housing compartment. A cup-shaped hollow insert is housed inside the housing seat so as to present a closed end wall, placed on the side of the outer wall of the half-caliper, and a cavity having an aperture facing axially towards the housing compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Mirko Castellana, Diego Comito, Cristian Crippa, Massimo Raffaeli
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Publication number: 20170037916Abstract: The invention relates to a brake pad (12,13) of a disc brake (2) comprising a support plate (15) having a thrust surface (18) to receive the thrust of at least one piston, and a friction surface (19) to which a friction portion (16) is associated, associated to said support plate (15) to rest on a friction surface (4,5) of said brake disc (2), said pad comprising a support plate edge (17) which delimits said thrust surface (18) and friction surface (19), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising an upper edge portion (28), substantially facing or directed outwards in the outward sense (RE) of said radial direction (R-R), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising an upper edge portion (20), substantially facing or directed in the inward sense (RI) of said radial direction (R-R), said thrust plate edge (17) comprising two lateral edge portions (21, 22) opposite each other and substantially facing or directed in the tangential direction (T-T), said lateral edge portions (21, 22) each comprising a lower lateral edge suType: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Fabio Scotti, Mirko Castellana
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Publication number: 20160053835Abstract: A disc brake caliper, has a caliper body having a pair of half-calipers which define a housing compartment for a portion of an associable brake disc. The half-calipers being placed on opposite sides to the housing compartment in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the associable brake disc. At least one half-caliper is fitted with at least one housing seat for a piston suitable to press a pad against the associable brake disc, in the axial direction. The housing seat passes through the respective half-caliper so as to extend between an inner wall facing the housing compartment and an outer wall of the half-caliper, axially opposite the housing compartment. A cup-shaped hollow insert is housed inside the housing seat so as to present a closed end wall, placed on the side of the outer wall of the half-caliper, and a cavity having an aperture facing axially towards the housing compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: MIRKO CASTELLANA, DIEGO COMITO, CRISTIAN CRIPPA, MASSIMO RAFFAELI
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Publication number: 20040238293Abstract: A disk brake (10) comprises a caliper body (14) and at least one pad-support pin (16) provided at least with ends (20, 22) which can be housed in seats (24, 26) of the caliper body (14). A resilient ring (30) can be fitted on the pin the resilient ring (30) is formed by a wire the ends of which are joined together and which is wound in a spiral forming the resilient ring (30). The spiral has dimensions such as to be housed in a portion (58) of one of the seats of the caliper body in a manner such as to exert a resilient reaction to a force to remove the pin from the seat of the caliper body. The pin comprises an annular seat (32) for housing the resilient ring (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Mattia Regazzoni, Pierangelo Gherardi, Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana
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Patent number: D522420Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana
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Patent number: D522421Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Freni Brenbo S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana
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Patent number: D943474Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian Crippa, Mirko Castellana