Patents by Inventor Salvatore Ameduri

Salvatore Ameduri 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).

  • Actuator device based on a shape memory alloy, and a wing flap assembly fitted with such an actuator device
    Patent number: 8348201
    Abstract: A wing-flap assembly includes a flap made up of a plurality of flap sections, in which each flap section is connected to the preceding one in a rotatable manner, and one or more actuator devices adapted to control the rotation of the flap sections. Each actuator device includes an extended element made of shape memory alloy and an arch-shaped framework made of elastic material, to which the extended element is fixedly connected under tension. Each end of the extended element is fixed to a respective end of the arch-shaped framework. At least one of the actuator devices is connected at one end to the first of the flap sections, and on the other side it is adapted to be connected to a wing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rosario Pecora, Generoso Iannuzzo, Massimo Riccio, Salvatore Russo, Erika Calvi, Leonardo Lecce, Silvestro Barbarino, Antonio Concilio, Salvatore Ameduri
  • ACTUATOR DEVICE BASED ON A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY, AND A WING FLAP ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH SUCH AN ACTUATOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100019096
    Abstract: A wing-flap assembly includes a flap made up of a plurality of flap sections, in which each flap section is connected to the preceding one in a rotatable manner, and one or more actuator devices adapted to control the rotation of the flap sections. Each actuator device includes an extended element made of shape memory alloy and an arch-shaped framework made of elastic material, to which the extended element is fixedly connected under tension. Each end of the extended element is fixed to a respective end of the arch-shaped framework. At least one of the actuator devices is connected at one end to the first of the flap sections, and on the other side it is adapted to be connected to a wing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rosario Pecora, Generoso Iannuzzo, Massimo Riccio, Salvatore Russo, Erika Calvi, Leonardo Lecce, Silvestro Barbarino, Antonio Concilio, Salvatore Ameduri