Patents by Inventor Pietro Foroni

Pietro Foroni 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).

  • Publication number: 20230264935
    Abstract: A clamping equipment for lifting a load arranged to be coupled to a forklift truck includes a fixed frame which extends in a longitudinal direction and apt to be coupled to a carrier plate of a forklift truck; two jaws opposite each other and slidingly connected to the fixed frame along the longitudinal direction in order to be tightened in grip on a load; where each jaw includes a support connected to the fixed frame and configured to be moved in an integral manner with the fixed frame in a vertical direction and in a sliding manner relative to the fixed frame in the longitudinal direction; a panel coupled to the support and which has a surface configured to come into contact with a load to be handled; and a coupling assembly associated with the support and the panel and configured to movably couple the panel to the support with a motion component in a direction orthogonal to the panel and a motion component in vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: BOLZONI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Pietro FORONI, Nicola BOVO
  • Patent number: 10662048
    Abstract: A gripper for forklifts including a support frame that can be coupled to a forklift and a pair of jaws that are mounted on the support frame in a movable manner with respect to one another between at least one closing position and one opening position respectively for clamping and releasing a product to be transported and vice versa, wherein each jaw includes a support plate-shaped body that is coupled to a mounting body, which is in turn coupled in a movable manner to the support frame, wherein the support plate-shaped body includes a first face that faces the other jaw and a second face opposite the first face, a clamping panel that is supported by the support plate-shaped body to which it is connected with connecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BOLZONI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicola Bovo, Pietro Foroni
  • Publication number: 20180222734
    Abstract: A gripper for forklifts including a support frame that can be coupled to a forklift and a pair of jaws that are mounted on the support frame in a movable manner with respect to one another between at least one closing position and one opening position respectively for clamping and releasing a product to be transported and vice versa, wherein each jaw includes a support plate-shaped body that is coupled to a mounting body, which is in turn coupled in a movable manner to the support frame, wherein the support plate-shaped body includes a first face that faces the other jaw and a second face opposite the first face, a clamping panel that is supported by the support plate-shaped body to which it is connected with connecting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: BOLZONI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicola BOVO, Pietro FORONI
  • Patent number: 7632055
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing with two pairs of forks a front part of a forklift truck comprises first profiled elements for supporting a pair of external forks and second profiled elements for supporting a pair of internal forks, a guide device that receives internally both said first profiled elements and said second profiled elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Bolzoni S.p.a.
    Inventor: Pietro Foroni
  • Patent number: 7588409
    Abstract: A modular assembly for manufacturing structures for lateral translation and/or support of forks in lift trucks, which is formed of a first frame designed to be fastened to the lifting members of a lift truck and of a second movable frame to be mounted on the first frame to slide thereon through of rollers and/or runners and laterally moved, upon command, on the first frame by means of an actuator. The second frame is provided with hooking means for fastening of forks thereto, so that said forks project therefrom at the front. The first frame too is provided with hooking means of its own for direct fastening of forks, as an alternative to mounting of the second frame thereon, the second frame being made to be removable from the first frame. Runner or roller elements can be mounted in different ways to obtain the different sliding arrangements between the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Bolzoni S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Foroni
  • Publication number: 20070079558
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing with two pairs of forks a front part of a forklift truck comprises first profiled elements for supporting a pair of external forks and second profiled elements for supporting a pair of internal forks, a guide device that receives internally both said first profiled elements and said second profiled elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: BOLZONI S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Foroni
  • Publication number: 20050186059
    Abstract: A modular assembly for manufacturing structures for lateral translation and/or support of forks in lift trucks, which is formed of a first frame designed to be fastened to the lifting members of a lift truck and of a second movable frame to be mounted on the first frame to slide thereon through of rollers and/or runners and laterally moved, upon command, on the first frame by means of an actuator. The second frame is provided with hooking means for fastening of forks thereto, so that said forks project therefrom at the front. The first frame too is provided with hooking means of its own for direct fastening of forks, as an alternative to mounting of the second frame thereon, the second frame being made to be removable from the first frame. Runner or roller elements can be mounted in different ways to obtain the different sliding arrangements between the frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Pietro Foroni