Patents by Inventor Roberto Bonfanti

Roberto Bonfanti 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: 10451128
    Abstract: A bell for brake disc with integrated “drum-in-hat” auxiliary brake. The bell (2) includes an annular flange (5) configured to be coupled to a braking band (4) of a brake disc (1), and a drum (6) coupled coaxially to the annular flange (5), wherein the drum (6) accommodates or is configured to accommodate an auxiliary brake (7). The annular flange (5) and the drum (6) are separate elements joined together. The annular flange (6) has at least one recess (13). The drum (6) comprises a cylindrical body (14) and an auxiliary annular flange (15) positioned on a peripheral edge of the cylindrical body (14). The recess (13) has an annular shape coaxial with a common symmetry axis (X-X) and houses the auxiliary annular flange (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BREMBO SGL CARBON CERAMIC BRAKES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Bonfanti
  • Publication number: 20180245647
    Abstract: A bell for brake disc with integrated “drum-in-hat” auxiliary brake. The bell (2) includes an annular flange (5) configured to be coupled to a braking band (4) of a brake disc (1), and a drum (6) coupled coaxially to the annular flange (5), wherein the drum (6) accommodates or is configured to accommodate an auxiliary brake (7). The annular flange (5) and the drum (6) are separate elements joined together. The annular flange (6) has at least one recess (13). The drum (6) comprises a cylindrical body (14) and an auxiliary annular flange (15) positioned on a peripheral edge of the cylindrical body (14). The recess (13) has an annular shape coaxial with a common symmetry axis (X-X) and houses the auxiliary annular flange (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Roberto BONFANTI
  • Publication number: 20080217116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake for a vehicle, comprising a disc and a shoe device. The disc comprises a braking band of a first material and a support bell of a second material. The braking band e comprises a radially inner track and two opposing friction surfaces which are planar and suitable to interact with a brake caliper. The support bell is suitable to be structurally connected to the braking band. The shoe device is suitable to radially act on the inner track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: BREMBO CERAMIC SYSTEMS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Bonfanti, Luca Gozzini, Dario Ravasio
  • Publication number: 20070144840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc for disc brakes, comprising a support and a braking band suitable to cooperate with brake calipers in order to exert a braking action on a vehicle, said braking band comprising a shaped body extending around a symmetry axis and being laterally defined by braking surfaces, said braking band being made of composite material which can be obtained by the interaction of a mixture, comprising filament rovings, essentially consisting of carbon, which are randomly arranged and have sizes which are not greater than 30 mm, with silicon at a temperature sufficient to cause the melting of said silicon, characterized in that it comprises at least one strengthening ring in carbon-carbon material located near or at the cracking point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: BREMBO CERAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ralf Goller, Fabio Colombo, Roberto Bonfanti
  • Patent number: 6871729
    Abstract: A brake/clutch master cylinder for a motorcycle/bicycle or the like, with a body which is produced by moulding of plastics material reinforced by glass fibre without the need for machining operations or metal inserts and which forms, together with the cylindrical shell of the master cylinder, a hydraulic-fluid reservoir, a coupling sleeve for a male quick-fit hydraulic connector, and a seat for fixing to a handlebar, the body having a high degree of structural stiffness with respect to working stresses and adequate resilience for impact stresses imparted to the body by means of the hand operating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michael Huster, Andrea Stuhler, Roberto Bonfanti
  • Publication number: 20040118641
    Abstract: A brake/clutch master cylinder for a motorcycle/bicycle or the like, with a body which is produced by moulding of plastics material reinforced by glass fibre without the need for machining operations or metal inserts and which forms, together with the cylindrical shell of the master cylinder, a hydraulic-fluid reservoir, a coupling sleeve for a male quick-fit hydraulic connector, and a seat for fixing to a handlebar, the body having a high degree of structural stiffness with respect to working stresses and adequate resilience for impact stresses imparted to the body by means of the hand operating lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Huster, Andrea Stuhler, Roberto Bonfanti