Patents Assigned to T.G.N. S.p.A.
  • Sprung hinge for supporting panel-like closure elements
    Patent number: 6568035
    Abstract: An improved sprung hinge for supporting panel-like closure elements is of the type comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral which share a first lever and a second lever, and at least first and second elastic elements arranged in series which act on mutually opposite parts of each one of the quadrilaterals, the first lever being formed monolithically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: T.G.N. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Daniele Zetti
  • Snap hinge for supporting closure sheet-like elements
    Patent number: 6374459
    Abstract: A snap hinge for supporting closure sheet-like elements, comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral which have a first lever and a second lever in common, at least two elastic springs in parallel being further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: T.G.N. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Daniele Zetti
  • Sprung hinge for supporting panel-like closure elements
    Publication number: 20010025398
    Abstract: An improved sprung hinge for supporting panel-like closure elements is of the type comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral which share a first lever and a second lever, and at least first and second elastic elements arranged in series which act on mutually opposite parts of each one of the quadrilaterals, the first lever being formed monolithically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: T.G.N. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Daniele Zetti
  • Snap hinge
    Patent number: 6243918
    Abstract: A snap hinge and method of manufacturing includes a plurality of articulated levers interposed between a first member and a second member and reciprocally angularly positionable between first and second end positions. An elastic member is interposed between the levers and at least one of the levers includes side portions and at least one interconnecting portion between side portions. At least one lever cooperates with the elastic member at hinge means that are only defined by one interconnecting portion. The components are punched from a metal stamp and bent with side portions at right angles to interconnecting portions to form hinge means integrally with the side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: T.G.N. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Daniele Zetti
  • Hinge for pieces of furniture
    Patent number: 5035026
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hinge consisting of two halves. Each half of the hinge comprises a base plate (5, 6), to be respectively fastened to a side (3) and a door (1) of a piece of furniture, a rocker arm (10, 14), and a link (7, 11). The intersecting rocker arms (10, 14) which are each provided in one half of the hinge, have a "V" profile in cross section, and are fitted the one into the other through an opening (26) formed in the crosspiece of the "V" profile of rocker arm (10). At an intersecting pivot point these rocker arms are pivotally connected to each other by means of pin (17), and at the facing ends of the base plates (5, 6), the rocker arms (14, 10) are each hingedly connected by means of a hinge pin (15, 16) with the base plate (5, 6) of the one half of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: T.G.N. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gatti Carlo, Zetti Daniele