Patents by Inventor Rogerio Ribeiro Morrone

Rogerio Ribeiro Morrone 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: 8360749
    Abstract: The arrangement and the process are applied in a compressor comprising: a cylinder block (2); a movable assembly including a piston (5); and a resonant spring (11) having a first end portion (11a), affixed to the cylinder block (2) by a first fixation assembly (20), and a second end portion (11b) affixed to the movable assembly by a second fixation assembly (30). The first or the second fixation assembly (20, 30) comprises a bearing portion (21, 31) attached around one of the end portions (11a, 11b) of the resonant spring (11) and having a fixation face (21b, 31b), and a bearing receiving portion (22, 32), previously attached to the cylinder block (2) or to the movable assembly and having a junction face (22b, 32b), the fixation and junction faces (21b, 31b, 22b, 32b) being welded together, securing the resonant spring (11) to the movable assembly and to the cylinder block (2), maintaining the movable assembly concentric to the cylinder (2a) and in a predetermined axial positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventor: Rogerio Ribeiro Morrone
  • Publication number: 20100310396
    Abstract: The arrangement and the process are applied in a compressor comprising: a cylinder block (2); a movable assembly including a piston (5); and a resonant spring (11) having a first end portion (11a), affixed to the cylinder block (2) by a first fixation means (20), and a second end portion (11b) affixed to the movable assembly by a second fixation means (30). The first or the second fixation means (20, 30) comprises a bearing portion (21, 31) attached around one of the end portions (11a, 11b) of the resonant spring (11) and having a fixation face (21b, 31b), and a bearing receiving portion (22, 32), previously attached to the cylinder block (2) or to the movable assembly and having a junction face (22b, 32b), said fixation and junction faces (21b, 31b, 22b, 32b) being welded together, securing the resonant spring (11) to the movable assembly and to the cylinder block (2), maintaining said movable assembly concentric to the cylinder (2a) and in a predetermined axial positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Rogerio Ribeiro Morrone