Patents by Inventor Romano Piazza

Romano Piazza 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: 4621537
    Abstract: Gear selection and engagement device for a motor vehicle transmission, the said device comprising a shaft moving in the direction of and round its own axis and constituting a support for a number of hubs each integral with a corresponding fork; the said device also comprising a first set of teeth projecting radially from the said shaft and being axially and torsionally integral with the same, one of the said hubs being arranged between two adjacent teeth on the said first set; the said device also comprising a second set of teeth projecting radially from the said shaft, being torsionally integral with it and being axially fixed in relation to the transmission case; each of the said hubs having at least one pair of axial grooves designed to accommodate the teeth in the said first and second set; the said grooves being arranged round the circumference of each hub in such a preset manner that, for a preset angular position of the said shaft corresponding to a preset gear selection, all the teeth in the first set
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Iveco Fiat S.p.A.
    Inventors: Romano Piazza, Armando Gregori