Patents by Inventor Rosario Grillo

Rosario Grillo 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: 9121293
    Abstract: A rotor for turbomachines having a plurality of blades, and a damping member housed inside a chamber respectively arranged between each pair of adjacent blades of the rotor. The damping member is pushed, in use, by the centrifugal force against two surfaces, each of which is carried by a respective blade, which limit the respective chamber in a radially outward direction. The damping member is cup-shaped and provided with a base wall facing the two surfaces of the chamber and has three support bosses provided on one surface so that at least one of the three will contact one of the two surfaces and at least one other will contact the other of the two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: AVIO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Calza, Rosario Grillo, Sergio Salvano
  • Patent number: 9004870
    Abstract: A rotor for turbomachines with shrouded blades comprising a row of a plurality of blades covered by an external ring, coaxial to said row of blades; the external ring being composed of a plurality of sectors, commonly referred to as shrouds, which are adjacent to one another and transversely and circumferentially attached to the end of respective blades; a damping member being arranged so as to straddle a respective pair of adjacent sectors and being pushed, in use, against radially internal surfaces of the sectors of the pair of adjacent sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: AVIO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Calza, Rosario Grillo, Sergio Salvano
  • Publication number: 20120099962
    Abstract: A rotor for turbomachines having a plurality of blades, and wherein a damping member, housed inside a respective chamber arranged between the two blades of each pair of adjacent blades of said rotor, is pushed, in use, by the centrifugal force against two surfaces, each of which is carried by a respective blade, which limit the respective chamber in a radially outward direction; the damping member being cup-shaped and being provided with a base wall facing the two surfaces of the relative chamber and having three support bosses on both of said surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Avio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Calza, Rosario Grillo, Sergio Salvano
  • Publication number: 20120087794
    Abstract: A rotor for turbomachines with shrouded blades comprising a row of a plurality of blades covered by an external ring, coaxial to said row of blades; the external ring being composed of a plurality of sectors, commonly referred to as shrouds, which are adjacent to one another and transversely and circumferentially attached to the end of respective blades; a damping member being arranged so as to straddle a respective pair of adjacent sectors and being pushed, in use, against radially internal surfaces of the sectors of the pair of adjacent sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: AVIO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Calza, Rosario Grillo, Sergio Salvano