Patents by Inventor Simone Biondo

Simone Biondo 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: 12650153
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake may have a braking band made of gray cast iron or steel, provided with two opposite braking surfaces, each of which defines at least partially one of the two main faces of the disc. The disc is provided with a base layer constituted by steel having a nickel content of at most 15% which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo, Stefano Medici, Salvatore Giammarinaro
  • Patent number: 12449011
    Abstract: A braking band having an annular band body arranged around a rotation axis and made of one of gray cast iron, steel, aluminum or alloys thereof, has at least one braking surface having an activated band body portion for increasing adhesive capacity of at least one protective surface coating placed on the surface of the activated band body portion and having at least one material with elevated resistance to abrasion. The activated band body portion is arranged on the surface of the annular band body to form an outermost layer of the braking band with the at least one protective surface coating and has a rough profile having at least one channel delimited by at least one pair of projections, extending along a path at least partially surrounding the rotation axis and having a channel bottom and a first channel side forming an acute angle with the channel bottom and an opposite second channel side forming an obtuse angle with the channel bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore Giammarinaro, Stefano Medici, Simone Biondo, Fabiano Carminati
  • Publication number: 20250224008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake disc (1) comprising a bell (2) having a bell base (3) and a tubular wall (4) protruding axially (A-A) from said bell base (3), said brake disc (1) further comprising a braking band (5) having a band opening (6), wherein the tubular wall (4) of said bell (2) comprises a cup toothing system (7) extending along an outer circumference of said tubular wall (4) and having cup teeth (8) protruding outwards in a radial direction (R-R), said cup teeth (8) are circumferentially (C-C) spaced out by empty cup gaps (9), wherein each empty cup gap (9) is in the circumferential direction (C-C) between adjacent cup teeth (8), the braking band (5) comprises a ring toothing system (10) having an annular ring body (11) from which ring teeth (12) radially inwardly protruding at the band opening (6) extend, wherein said ring teeth (12) are circumferentially (C-C) spaced out by ring tooth gaps (13), wherein each ring tooth gap (13) is in the circumferential direction (C-C) between ring teet
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Simone BIONDO, Michele DONATI
  • Publication number: 20250102029
    Abstract: Provided is a brake disc for a disc brake having a braking band made of gray cast iron or steel, provided with two opposite braking surfaces, each of which defines at least partially one of two main faces of the brake disc. The brake disc is provided with a base layer composed of a totally nickel-free steel that covers at least one of the two opposite braking surfaces of the braking band. The totally nickel-free steel of the base layer is composed of 10% to 15% chromium (Cr), at most 1% silicon (Si), at most 4% manganese (Mn), 0.16% to 0.5% carbon, and iron (Fe) as a balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone BIONDO, Stefano MEDICI, Francesco Andrea BRESCIANI
  • Publication number: 20240044381
    Abstract: A brake disc for disc brake comprises a braking band made of gray cast iron or steel, provided with two opposite braking surfaces, each of which defines at least partially one of the two main faces of the disc. The brake disc is provided with a base layer made of totally nickel-free steel which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano CARMINATI, Simone BIONDO, Stefano MEDICI, Salvatore GIAMMARINARO
  • Publication number: 20240044383
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake may have a braking band made of gray cast iron or steel, provided with two opposite braking surfaces, each of which defines at least partially one of the two main faces of the disc. The disc is provided with a base layer constituted by steel having a nickel content of at most 15% which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano CARMINATI, Simone BIONDO, Stefano MEDICI, Salvatore GIAMMARINARO
  • Publication number: 20240044384
    Abstract: A brake disc for disc brake comprises a braking band made of gray cast iron or steel, provided with two opposite braking surfaces, each of which defines at least partially one of the two main faces of the disc. The brake disc is provided with a base layer totally nickel-free and one or more carbides included in the nickel-free steel, which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band. An intermediate layer composed of nickel-free steel is interposed between the base layer and at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano CARMINATI, Simone BIONDO, Stefano MEDICI, Salvatore GIAMMARINARO
  • Patent number: 11788593
    Abstract: A method for making a brake disc may include the following steps: a) preparing a brake disc having a braking band provided with two opposite braking surfaces, (b) subjecting at least one of the braking surfaces to a working process adapted to increase the surface roughness thereof; c) nitrocarburizing the braking surface with increased surface roughness to obtain on the surface a nitrocarburized surface layer; (d) depositing on the nitrocarburized surface layer a material in particle form having: —Cr3C2 and NiCr, or —NiCr, Fe, Mo, Co, Mn and Al, which forms a base protective coating; and e) depositing on the base protective coating a material in particle form consisting of WC, Fe, Cr and Al, thus forming a surface protective coating of WC and Fe, Cr and Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo, Alessandro Mancini, Federico Bertasi
  • Publication number: 20230018275
    Abstract: A braking band having an annular band body arranged around a rotation axis and made of one of gray cast iron, steel, aluminum or alloys thereof, has at least one braking surface having an activated band body portion for increasing adhesive capacity of at least one protective surface coating placed on the surface of the activated band body portion and having at least one material with elevated resistance to abrasion. The activated band body portion is arranged on the surface of the annular band body to form an outermost layer of the braking band with the at least one protective surface coating and has a rough profile having at least one channel delimited by at least one pair of projections, extending along a path at least partially surrounding the rotation axis and having a channel bottom and a first channel side forming an acute angle with the channel bottom and an opposite second channel side forming an obtuse angle with the channel bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore GIAMMARINARO, Stefano MEDICI, Simone BIONDO, Fabiano CARMINATI
  • Patent number: 11287001
    Abstract: A ventilated braking band for brake disc having a first plate and a second plate; the first plate has at least a first inner surface, and the second plate has a second inner surface. The first inner surface defines a first inner surface plane or level (z1-z1) coinciding with said first inner surface, and the said second inner surface defines a second inner surface plane or level (z2-z2) coinciding with the second inner surface. The ventilated braking band has connecting elements which extend in an axial direction between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The ventilated braking band has at least one bulge. The at least one bulge is partially interpenetrated with: at least one portion of the first foot, thus forming a structural continuity with the first foot, thus avoiding the first inner surface level from being reached; or at least one portion of a second foot, thus forming a structural continuity with the second foot, thus avoiding the second inner surface level from being reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Biondo, Fabrizio Paggi, Stefano Medici, Michele Donati
  • Publication number: 20220065313
    Abstract: A method for making a brake disc may include the following steps: a) preparing a brake disc having a braking band provided with two opposite braking surfaces, (b) subjecting at least one of the braking surfaces to a working process adapted to increase the surface roughness thereof; c) nitrocarburizing the braking surface with increased surface roughness to obtain on the surface a nitrocarburized surface layer; (d) depositing on the nitrocarburized surface layer a material in particle form having: —Cr3C2 and NiCr, or —NiCr, Fe, Mo, Co, Mn and Al, which forms a base protective coating; and e) depositing on the base protective coating a material in particle form consisting of WC, Fe, Cr and Al, thus forming a surface protective coating of WC and Fe, Cr and Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BREMBO S.p.A.
    Inventors: FABIANO CARMINATI, SIMONE BIONDO, ALESSANDRO MANCINI, FEDERICO BERTASI
  • Patent number: 11035427
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake disc may have the following operating steps: a) preparing a brake disc, with a braking band and provided with two mutually opposite braking surfaces; b) depositing on the disc a layer of chromium carbide (Cr3C2) and nickel-chromium (NiCr) in particulate form forming a base protective coating; and c) depositing over the base protective coating a material in particulate form with the tungsten carbide (WC) and cobalt (Co) forming a surface protective coating. Both protective coatings are created with HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel), HVAF (High Velocity Air Fuel) or KM (Kinetic Metallisation) technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Paolo Vavassori, Simone Biondo
  • Publication number: 20200300318
    Abstract: A ventilated braking band for brake disc having a first plate and a second plate; the first plate has at least a first inner surface, and the second plate has a second inner surface. The first inner surface defines a first inner surface plane or level (z1-z1) coinciding with said first inner surface, and the said second inner surface defines a second inner surface plane or level (z2-z2) coinciding with the second inner surface. The ventilated braking band has connecting elements which extend in an axial direction between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The ventilated braking band has at least one bulge. The at least one bulge is partially interpenetrated with: at least one portion of the first foot, thus forming a structural continuity with the first foot, thus avoiding the first inner surface level from being reached; or at least one portion of a second foot, thus forming a structural continuity with the second foot, thus avoiding the second inner surface level from being reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: SIMONE BIONDO, FABRIZIO PAGGI, STEFANO MEDICI, MICHELE DONATI
  • Patent number: 10738847
    Abstract: A ventilated braking band for ventilated brake disc, unusually capable of an efficient cooling and structural resistance, has a first plate and a second plate. The ventilated braking band has protrusions which project from a plate without reaching the other plate. Some of the protrusions which project from one of the first or second plate form a protrusion group. The protrusion group forms a continuous or interrupted protrusion group path. The protrusion group projects from both plates, thus forming at least a first and a second protrusion group path. The projections of the first and second protrusion group path cross one another on a plane parallel to the first or second braking surface of the respective plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Biondo, Stefano Medici, Fabrizio Paggi, Michele Donati
  • Publication number: 20190063526
    Abstract: A ventilated braking band for ventilated brake disc, unusually capable of an efficient cooling and structural resistance, has a first plate and a second plate. The ventilated braking band has protrusions which project from a plate without reaching the other plate. Some of the protrusions which project from one of the first or second plate form a protrusion group. The protrusion group forms a continuous or interrupted protrusion group path. The protrusion group projects from both plates, thus forming at least a first and a second protrusion group path. The projections of the first and second protrusion group path cross one another on a plane parallel to the first or second braking surface of the respective plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: SIMONE BIONDO, STEFANO MEDICI, FABRIZIO PAGGI, MICHELE DONATI
  • Publication number: 20190056003
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake disc may have the following operating steps: a) preparing a brake disc, with a braking band and provided with two mutually opposite braking surfaces; b) depositing on the disc a layer of chromium carbide (Cr3C2) and nickel-chromium (NiCr) in particulate form forming a base protective coating; and c) depositing over the base protective coating a material in particulate form with the tungsten carbide (WC) and cobalt (Co) forming a surface protective coating. Both protective coatings are created with HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel), HVAF (High Velocity Air Fuel) or KM (Kinetic Metallisation) technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: FABIANO CARMINATI, PAOLO VAVASSORI, SIMONE BIONDO
  • Patent number: D923543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo
  • Patent number: D924110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo
  • Patent number: D924758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo
  • Patent number: D924759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabiano Carminati, Simone Biondo