Patents by Inventor Riccardo BENETTOLO

Riccardo BENETTOLO 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: 20220146032
    Abstract: A pipe fitting for expansion tanks includes a first part suited to be fixed to an expansion tank during production of the expansion tank, and a second part suited to be fixed to the first part, if necessary, even at a later moment than the production of the expansion tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Riccardo Benettolo
  • Publication number: 20210262734
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a pack of superimposed heat exchanger plates, and has two cover plates mounted on the side portions of the first heat exchanger plate. The surface area of each of the two cover plates is smaller than half of the surface area of said first heat exchanger plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Riccardo Benettolo, Michele Pirovano
  • Publication number: 20200088334
    Abstract: A pipe fitting for expansion tanks, suitable for the direct or indirect hydraulic connection with at least one duct of a hydraulic system to an expansion tank, includes a coupling body suited to be permanently constrained to a half shell of the expansion tank and mounted thereon, and an adapter body suited to be permanently constrained to the coupling body and also suited for the direct or indirect connection with the duct of the hydraulic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Riccardo Benettolo
  • Patent number: 10495116
    Abstract: An expansion tank includes two half-shells coupled to each other, an inner flexible membrane suited to divide the inside of the casing in two compartments, a counter cap made of a thermoplastic material, a pipe fitting suited to provide a connection and having a first tubular portion and a second portion in the shape of a flat ring that are made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the second ring-shaped portion is joined to the counter cap at the level of an opening in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Riccardo Benettolo
  • Publication number: 20180135658
    Abstract: An expansion tank includes two half-shells coupled to each other, an inner flexible membrane suited to divide the inside of the casing in two compartments, a counter cap made of a thermoplastic material, a pipe fitting suited to provide a connection and having a first tubular portion and a second portion in the shape of a flat ring that are made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the second ring-shaped portion is joined to the counter cap at the level of an opening in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Riccardo BENETTOLO