Patents by Inventor Roberto Cimberio

Roberto Cimberio 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: 20220381378
    Abstract: A press-fitting component (1) including at least one main body (2) having at least one inlet (4), at least one outlet (5) and at least one channel (3) connecting the inlet (4) with the outlet (5), as well as at least one press-fitting (90) defined in correspondence of at least one of the outlet (5) and the inlet (4) of the main body (2). The press fitting further comprises a predetermined number of projections (9) emerging internally from the main body (2) and made in one piece with the main body (2). A process of assembling the component (1) with a pipe and a process of manufacturing the component (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI
  • Publication number: 20220364757
    Abstract: Control process of a thermal plant including a distribution circuit for a carrier fluid having a delivery line and a return line, a central thermal treatment group placed on the circuit, and channels, each of which is hydraulically interposed between the delivery line and the return line to serve respective environments. For each of the channels, the plant includes a respective exchange unit, a flow regulator to regulate a flow rate of carrier fluid through in the respective channel, an ambient temperature detector, a temperature detector of the carrier fluid for detecting a delivery temperature of the carrier fluid in each channel, and a return temperature of the carrier fluid in each channel. The process also includes a thermal optimization procedure as a function of ambient temperature, delivery temperature and return temperature of the carrier fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI
  • Publication number: 20220268476
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling at least one air conditioning and/or heating plant (1) including a delivery line (3), a return line (4) and service lines (5) hydraulically interposed between the delivery line (3) and the return line (4), each service line (5) comprising at least one thermal exchange unit (7). The process detects a value (?) of the flow rate of the carrier fluid traversing the thermal exchange unit (7), and determines a temperature difference (?T) between the temperature (Tt1) of the carrier fluid, at the first section (5a), detected at a first instant (t1), and the temperature (Tt2) of the carrier fluid, at the second section (5b), detected at a second instant (t2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI, Antoine FREIN
  • Patent number: 11187426
    Abstract: A method to control a carrier fluid through a service line (5) of a conditioning and/or heating system (1). The service line includes a heat exchange unit (7), a flow regulator (8), temperature sensors (9; 9a, 9b) detecting a temperature difference (?Ti) between the carrier fluid in a first section (5a) of the service line (5) upstream of said heat exchange unit (7) and carrier fluid in a second section (5b) of the service line (5) downstream of the same heat exchange unit (7). The method includes calculating a value assumed by a control parameter (Pc) which is a function of at least one or more values assumed by the temperature difference in the transition of the flow regulator from a first to a second operating condition, for then determining whether the value of the control parameter (Pc) is higher than a threshold (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti, Matteo Zanchi, Silvia Garone, Antoine Frein
  • Patent number: 11041632
    Abstract: A thermostatic device for a pipeline of a sanitary water supply or dispensing system and including a temperature meter which detects the temperature of the sanitary water entering the thermostatic device, a flow regulator which regulates a rate of sanitary water exiting from the device, and a control unit. The flow regulator operates in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The first operating mode is a steady-state operating mode. The second operating mode is a steady-state setting operating mode in which the flow rate of sanitary water leaving the thermostatic device is a minimum flow rate. The control unit is configured to acquire, receive and/or calculate a reference temperature and arrange the switching of the operating mode when the temperature meter detects a temperature of the sanitary water greater than the reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti, Andrea Chiarello
  • Patent number: 10712221
    Abstract: A differential pressure meter (1) whose body (7) includes an inlet opening (7a), an outlet opening (7z), a channel (70), and a housing (16) defining an operating seat (160) separate from the channel (70) and having first and second passage openings (16p, 16s). A sealing casing (2) in the operating seat (160) defining an inner volume (200). A sensitive element (3) is in the casing (2) to divide the inner volume (200) into first and second chambers (4, 5). A first surface (3d) of the sensitive element (3) directed towards the first chamber (4), a second surface (3s) directed towards the second chamber (5). A first pressure intake (4p) formed on the casing (2), the first passage opening (16p) in communication with the first chamber (4), and a second pressure intake is formed on the casing (2), the second passage opening (16s) in communication with the second chamber (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Patent number: 10605638
    Abstract: An assembly installable in an air conditioning and/or heating system of a room including a body (7) having an inlet opening (7a), an outlet opening (7z) and a channel (70) providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet openings (7a, 7z). An orifice in the body (7) and shaped such that when a flow runs through the channel (70) between the inlet opening (7a) and the outlet opening (7z), a pressure difference is generated between the first region (7p) and the second region (7s) within the body (7), the first region (7p) being located upstream of the orifice, the second region (7s) downstream of the orifice. The assembly includes a meter (1) for detecting the pressure difference and a variator of at least one geometric feature of the orifice, the variator being able to arrange the orifice in different configurations, each corresponding to a respective geometric feature of the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Publication number: 20200080743
    Abstract: A method to control a carrier fluid through a service line (5) of a conditioning and/or heating system (1). The service line includes a heat exchange unit (7), a flow regulator (8), temperature sensors (9; 9a, 9b) detecting a temperature difference (?Ti) between the carrier fluid in a first section (5a) of the service line (5) upstream of said heat exchange unit (7) and carrier fluid in a second section (5b) of the service line (5) downstream of the same heat exchange unit (7). The method includes calculating a value assumed by a control parameter (Pc) which is a function of at least one or more values assumed by the temperature difference in the transition of the flow regulator from a first to a second operating condition, for then determining whether the value of the control parameter (Pc) is higher than a threshold (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI, Matteo ZANCHI, Silvia GARONE, Antoine FREIN
  • Publication number: 20190338961
    Abstract: A thermostatic device for a pipeline of a sanitary water supply or dispensing system and including a temperature meter which detects the temperature of the sanitary water entering the thermostatic device, a flow regulator which regulates a rate of sanitary water exiting from the device, and a control unit. The flow regulator operates in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The first operating mode is a steady-state operating mode. The second operating mode is a steady-state setting operating mode in which the flow rate of sanitary water leaving the thermostatic device is a minimum flow rate. The control unit is configured to acquire, receive and/or calculate a reference temperature and arrange the switching of the operating mode when the temperature meter detects a temperature of the sanitary water greater than the reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI, Andrea CHIARELLO
  • Patent number: 10465932
    Abstract: A conditioning or heating plant and a process of controlling the plant, wherein plant comprises at least one circuit for distributing a carrier fluid, having a delivery line, a return line, and a plurality of channels directly or indirectly connected to the delivery line and return line and configured for supplying respective environments to be conditioned and/or heated, at least one heat treatment central group placed on the circuit. The plant has, for each of the channels, at least one respective heat exchange unit and at least one flow-rate regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A
    Inventors: Tiziano Guidetti, Andrea Chiarello, Alfredo Cerutti, Roberto Cimberio, Renzo Cimberio
  • Patent number: 10443862
    Abstract: A conditioning or heating plant and a process of controlling the plant, wherein plant comprises at least one circuit for distributing a carrier fluid, having a delivery line, a return line, and a plurality of channels directly or indirectly connected to the delivery line and return line and configured for supplying respective environments to be conditioned and/or heated, at least one heat treatment central group placed on the circuit. The plant has, for each of the channels, at least one respective heat exchange unit and at least one flow-rate regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.p.A
    Inventors: Tiziano Guidetti, Andrea Chiarello, Alfredo Cerutti, Roberto Cimberio, Renzo Cimberio
  • Publication number: 20180173250
    Abstract: An assembly installable in an air conditioning and/or heating system of a room including a body (7) having an inlet opening (7a), an outlet opening (7z) and a channel (70) providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet openings (7a, 7z). An orifice in the body (7) and shaped such that when a flow runs through the channel (70) between the inlet opening (7a) and the outlet opening (7z), a pressure difference is generated between the first region (7p) and the second region (7s) within the body (7), the first region (7p) being located upstream of the orifice, the second region (7s) downstream of the orifice. The assembly includes a meter (1) for detecting the pressure difference and a variator of at least one geometric feature of the orifice, the variator being able to arrange the orifice in different configurations, each corresponding to a respective geometric feature of the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI
  • Publication number: 20180172537
    Abstract: A differential pressure meter (1) whose body (7) includes an inlet opening (7a), an outlet opening (7z), a channel (70), and a housing (16) defining an operating seat (160) separate from the channel (70) and having first and second passage openings (16p, 16s). A sealing casing (2) in the operating seat (160) defining an inner volume (200). A sensitive element (3) is in the casing (2) to divide the inner volume (200) into first and second chambers (4, 5). A first surface (3d) of the sensitive element (3) directed towards the first chamber (4), a second surface (3s) directed towards the second chamber (5). A first pressure intake (4p) formed on the casing (2), the first passage opening (16p) in communication with the first chamber (4), and a second pressure intake is formed on the casing (2), the second passage opening (16s) in communication with the second chamber (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Roberto CIMBERIO, Tiziano GUIDETTI
  • Publication number: 20170067656
    Abstract: A conditioning or heating plant and a process of controlling the plant, wherein plant comprises at least one circuit for distributing a carrier fluid, having a delivery line, a return line, and a plurality of channels directly or indirectly connected to the delivery line and return line and configured for supplying respective environments to be conditioned and/or heated, at least one heat treatment central group placed on the circuit. The plant has, for each of the channels, at least one respective heat exchange unit and at least one flow-rate regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tiziano Guidetti, Andrea Chiarello, Alfredo Cerutti, Roberto Cimberio, Renzo Cimberio
  • Publication number: 20170067662
    Abstract: A conditioning or heating plant and a process of controlling the plant, wherein plant comprises at least one circuit for distributing a carrier fluid, having a delivery line, a return line, and a plurality of channels directly or indirectly connected to the delivery line and return line and configured for supplying respective environments to be conditioned and/or heated, at least one heat treatment central group placed on the circuit. The plant has, for each of the channels, at least one respective heat exchange unit and at least one flow-rate regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tiziano Guidetti, Andrea Chiarello, Alfredo Cerutti, Roberto Cimberio, Renzo Cimberio
  • Patent number: 9506662
    Abstract: A conditioning plant comprises a general inlet, a general outlet, a circuit which sets the general inlet in fluid communication with the general outlet, a plurality of users arranged on the circuit, and a balancing system. The balancing system comprises a sensor for detecting at least a real value depending on a difference of intensity between upstream and downstream of the users, of at least a physical parameter of the fluid; the balancing system further comprises a flow regulating organ, and a control device connected to the sensor, acting on the flow regulating organ and configured for enabling memorization of at least a reference value of a same physical parameter of the fluid, comparing the reference value with the real value, commanding the regulating organ to regulate the fluid internally of the circuit such as to maintain the real value substantially aligned with the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Publication number: 20150377499
    Abstract: A conditioning plant comprises a general inlet, a general outlet, a circuit which sets the general inlet in fluid communication with the general outlet, a plurality of users arranged on the circuit, and a balancing system. The balancing system comprises a sensor for detecting at least a real value depending on a difference of intensity between upstream and downstream of the users, of at least a physical parameter of the fluid; the balancing system further comprises a flow regulating organ, and a control device connected to the sensor, acting on the flow regulating organ and configured for enabling memorisation of at least a reference value of a same physical parameter of the fluid, comparing the reference value with the real value, commanding the regulating organ to regulate the fluid internally of the circuit such as to maintain the real value substantially aligned with the reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Patent number: 9157643
    Abstract: A conditioning plant comprises a general inlet, a general outlet, a circuit which sets the general inlet in fluid communication with the general outlet, a plurality of users arranged on the circuit, and a balancing system. The balancing system comprises a sensor for detecting at least a real value depending on a difference of intensity between upstream and downstream of the users, of at least a physical parameter of the fluid; the balancing system further comprises a flow regulating organ, and a control device connected to the sensor, acting on the flow regulating organ and configured for enabling memorization of at least a reference value of a same physical parameter of the fluid, comparing the reference value with the real value, commanding the regulating organ to regulate the fluid internally of the circuit such as to maintain the real value substantially aligned with the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FIMCIM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Publication number: 20120090826
    Abstract: A conditioning plant comprises a general inlet, a general outlet, a circuit which sets the general inlet in fluid communication with the general outlet, a plurality of users arranged on the circuit, and a balancing system. The balancing system comprises a sensor for detecting at least a real value depending on a difference of intensity between upstream and downstream of the users, of at least a physical parameter of the fluid; the balancing system further comprises a flow regulating organ, and a control device connected to the sensor, acting on the flow regulating organ and configured for enabling memorisation of at least a reference value of a same physical parameter of the fluid, comparing the reference value with the real value, commanding the to regulating organ to regulate the fluid internally of the circuit such as to maintain the real value substantially aligned with the reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: FIMCIM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Tiziano Guidetti
  • Patent number: 8109297
    Abstract: Valve arrangements for use with a water meter include a first valve comprising a first valve housing, a first inlet, and a first outlet, the first inlet and the first outlet of the first valve being oriented substantially perpendicular to one another, a second valve comprising a second valve housing, a second inlet, and a second outlet, the second inlet and the second outlet of the second valve being oriented substantially perpendicular to one another; the first inlet of the first valve and the second outlet of the second valve being substantially coaxial with one another, and the first outlet of the first valve and the second inlet of the second valve being oriented substantially 180° apart from one another, with the first valve housing and the second valve housing being joined together by a connection member. The valve arrangement may also be provided as a kit of parts with a set of pipeline attachment members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: FIMCIM SpA
    Inventors: Roberto Cimberio, Jason Uder