Patents by Inventor Roberto P. SORIANO

Roberto P. SORIANO 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).

  • Greasable idler pulley and related kit and method
    Patent number: 11346438
    Abstract: Greasable idler pulleys and related kits and methods are disclosed. The greasable idler pulley has a rotating body, a bearing, to enable the rotating body to rotate with respect to a shaft, and grease fitting defined through the rotating body. The rotating body may have a bearing seal cap having an orifice and a rotator. The grease fitting may be in fluid communication with the bearing through the orifice in the bearing seal cap. Kits are also contemplated, such as a kit for retrofitting a non-regreasable idler pulley including a rotator to a regreasable idler pulley. Methods may include methods of producing a regreasable idler pulley from a non-regreasable idler pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: F.P. BOURGAULT TILLAGE TOOLS LTD.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Bourgault, Frank Nagy, Roberto P. Soriano, Dean M. Bigelow, Dylan Chadwick Noble Theis
  • GREASABLE IDLER PULLEY AND RELATED KIT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190257409
    Abstract: Greasable idler pulleys and related kits and methods are disclosed. The greasable idler pulley has a rotating body, a bearing, to enable the rotating body to rotate with respect to a shaft, and grease fitting defined through the rotating body. The rotating body may have a bearing seal cap having an orifice and a rotator. The grease fitting may be in fluid communication with the bearing through the orifice in the bearing seal cap. Kits are also contemplated, such as a kit for retrofitting a non-regreasable idler pulley including a rotator to a regreasable idler pulley. Methods may include methods of producing a regreasable idler pulley from a non-regreasable idler pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph L. BOURGAULT, Frank NAGY, Roberto P. SORIANO, Dean M. BIGELOW, Dylan Chadwick Noble THEIS