Patents by Inventor Roberto Giraudo

Roberto Giraudo 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).

  • Motor-driven compressor with reduced lateral dimensions
    Patent number: 6036454
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor comprises a drive shaft driven by an electric actuator and acting on a crank mechanism having a crank with which a connecting rod is associated eccentrically, the connecting rod supporting a piston movable in a corresponding cylinder. The cylinder has a longitudinal axis W inclined to the axis X of the drive shaft at an angle other than 90 n degrees so that the connecting rod supporting the piston has a longitudinal axis K which intersects the plane in which the crank lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Embraco Europe S.r.l.
    Inventors: Vittorio Bianchi, Roberto Giraudo, Marek Zgliczynski, Lilie Dietmar, Ingwald Vollrath, Marcio L. Todescat, Vincent Gurubatham