Patents by Inventor Renato Sconfietti

Renato Sconfietti 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).

  • Geared inlet guide vane for a centrifugal compressor
    Patent number: 8079808
    Abstract: A compressor assembly has a fluid inlet positioned to facilitate the passage of a fluid. The compressor assembly includes a compressor housing defining a compressor inlet and an impeller rotatably supported at least partially within the compressor housing. The impeller includes an inducer portion. A fluid treatment member is disposed adjacent the compressor housing and between the compressor inlet and the inducer portion and an inlet vane assembly I disposed adjacent the compressor inlet and includes a plurality of vanes. Each of the vanes is movable between a first position and a second position to control the quantity of fluid that passes to the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: Renato A. Sconfietti
  • GEARED INLET GUIDE VANE FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20070154302
    Abstract: A compressor assembly has a fluid inlet positioned to facilitate the passage of a fluid. The compressor assembly includes a compressor housing defining a compressor inlet and an impeller rotatably supported at least partially within the compressor housing. The impeller includes an inducer portion. A fluid treatment member is disposed adjacent the compressor housing and between the compressor inlet and the inducer portion and an inlet vane assembly I disposed adjacent the compressor inlet and includes a plurality of vanes. Each of the vanes is movable between a first position and a second position to control the quantity of fluid that passes to the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY
    Inventor: Renato Sconfietti