Patents by Inventor Sergio Turro

Sergio Turro 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).

  • Face-gear transmission assembly with floating balance pinions
    Patent number: 5974911
    Abstract: A gear transmission assembly for transferring a drive torque from at least one power input to a primary user has at least one drive pinion carried by a respective power input shaft and meshing with a pair of facing coaxial counter-rotating ring gears having an axis perpendicular to the axis of the drive pinion and engaging between facing face teeth at least one transmission pinion having an axis perpendicular to the axis of the ring gears. The at least one drive pinion floats in the direction of the axis of the ring gears, while the at least one transmission pinion is supported by elements flexible in a circumferential direction with respect to the ring gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Fiatavio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Pias, Sergio Turro