Patents by Inventor Paolo Arrighi

Paolo Arrighi 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: 9631902
    Abstract: The turret includes a hollow casing provided with a firearm, such as a cannon. The casing includes a front portion or shell, on which there is mounted the firearm and which defines a front cavity, which at least partially houses the firearm; and a rear portion or tail. The rear portion or tail defines a rear cavity, which houses at least one between a projectile magazine and a mechanism to load the projectiles into the breech of the firearm. The front portion or shell and the rear portion or tail are distinct from one another and are mutually mechanically assembled so that the cavities at least partially communicate with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OTO MELARA SPA
    Inventor: Paolo Arrighi
  • Patent number: 9482493
    Abstract: A turret includes a hollow casing provided with a gun, such as a cannon. The casing includes an upper half-shell at least partially widening towards the bottom of the casing, and a lower half-shell at least partially widening towards the top of the casing; the upper half-shell and the lower half-shell meeting and widening, in at least one edge border of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: OTO MELARA SPA
    Inventors: Paolo Arrighi, Lorenzo Moroni
  • Publication number: 20160169634
    Abstract: A turret includes a hollow casing provided with a gun, such as a cannon. The casing includes an upper half-shell at least partially widening towards the bottom of the casing, and a lower half-shell at least partially widening towards the top of the casing; the upper half-shell and the lower half-shell meeting and widening, in at least one edge border of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Paolo ARRIGHI, Lorenzo MORONI
  • Publication number: 20160161224
    Abstract: The turret includes a hollow casing provided with a firearm, such as a cannon. The casing includes a front portion or shell, on which there is mounted the firearm and which defines a front cavity, which at least partially houses the firearm; and a rear portion or tail. The rear portion or tail defines a rear cavity, which houses at least one between a projectile magazine and a mechanism to load the projectiles into the breech of the firearm. The front portion or shell and the rear portion or tail are distinct from one another and are mutually mechanically assembled so that the cavities at least partially communicate with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Paolo ARRIGHI
  • Patent number: 9074833
    Abstract: A protected embrasure (1) includes a firearm (10) having a barrel or cradle (11). The protected embrasure (1) has a body (20) and zenithal angle device or elevation angle device (21) of the firearm (10), which cause the firearm (10) to rotate around a rotation axis X, which is orthogonal to a firearm axis Y, which is defined by the length of the barrel or cradle (11). The elevation angle device (21) causes the firearm (10) to rotate by an elevation angle ? with respect to a horizontal direction. The embrasure includes a pair of protection plates (30, 50) mounted above the firearm (10); and a third protection plate (31) mounted under the firearm (10). The plates are oriented with respective faces lying on a plane having an axis that is parallel to the rotation axis X and orthogonal to the firearm axis Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: OTO Melara S.p.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Arrighi
  • Patent number: 8967666
    Abstract: Positioning structure for an armament on a vehicle equipped with an armored cockpit (A) and wherein the armament is constrained to the top of the vehicle. The positioning structure engages directly to the frame of the vehicle and in particular to the reinforcement bars (B) typically called roll-bars, which delimit the armored cockpit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: OTO Melara S.p.A.
    Inventors: Carlo Alberto Iardella, Paolo Arrighi
  • Publication number: 20140137729
    Abstract: A protected embrasure (1) includes a firearm (10) having a barrel or cradle (11). The protected embrasure (1) has a body (20) and zenithal angle device or elevation angle device (21) of the firearm (10), which cause the firearm (10) to rotate around a rotation axis X, which is orthogonal to a firearm axis Y, which is defined by the length of the barrel or cradle (11). The elevation angle device (21) causes the firearm (10) to rotate by an elevation angle ? with respect to a horizontal direction. The embrasure includes a pair of protection plates (30, 50) mounted above the firearm (10); and a third protection plate (31) mounted under the firearm (10). The plates are oriented with respective faces lying on a plane having an axis that is parallel to the rotation axis X and orthogonal to the firearm axis Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: OTO MELARA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Arrighi
  • Publication number: 20140084573
    Abstract: Positioning structure for an armament on a vehicle equipped with an armored cockpit (A) and wherein the armament is constrained to the top of the vehicle. The positioning structure engages directly to the frame of the vehicle and in particular to the reinforcement bars (B) typically called roll-bars, which delimit the armored cockpit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: OTO MELARA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Carlo Alberto Iardella, Paolo Arrighi
  • Patent number: D792284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: OTO MELARA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Arrighi, Lorenzo Moroni