Patents by Inventor Alberto Codognotto

Alberto Codognotto 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: 8620475
    Abstract: A control method is described, said method being used within an operating system (10) for roller blinds (20) or the like having an output shaft (SH) of a motor (M) which transfers rotational movement to a drum (40) onto which the roller blind is wound, said method comprising the following steps: —(i) detecting directly or indirectly the force acting on the drum, or on a member connected thereto, and/or the relative position of the drum, or of a member connected thereto, with respect to a part which is fixed and/or integral with the operating system; —(ii) obtaining from the detection operation performed in step (i) a zero value (RZ) representing a stable rest condition of the roller blind; —(iii) starting an automatic closing movement of the roller blind should said force and/or said relative position (RR) vary, with respect to the value (RZ) obtained during step (ii), beyond a predefined threshold (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nice S.p.A.
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Alberto Codognotto
  • Patent number: 8378609
    Abstract: Motor-driven actuating system for roller shutters or sliding barriers or the like, provided with an obstacle-sensing safety device for acquiring samples (?(?n)) of at least one main physical parameter (?) relating to operation of the actuating system, preferably the torque supplied by the motor, sampled in a set of positions (?n) of the roller shutter along its travel path; for generating from the samples the points of a memorized reference profile (M; W); processor able to calculate the deviation between the profile (M; W) and values subsequently acquired in real time (?(?k)) for the same main parameter (?) and able to modify the movement of the roller shutter depending on the deviation, wherein the device is designed to analyze and/or process the result of one or more arithmetic logic operations which have as the operand at least the value (?(?k)) of a variable (?) acquired in real time, and, depending on the result, modify the points of the profile (M; W) with operations based on previously memorized value
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nice SpA
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Alberto Codognotto
  • Publication number: 20090320372
    Abstract: Motor-driven actuating system for roller shutters or sliding barriers or the like, provided with an obstacle-sensing safety device having means for acquiring samples (?(?n)) of at least one main physical parameter (?) relating to operation of the actuating system, preferably the torque supplied by the motor, sampled in a set of positions (?n) of the roller shutter along its travel path; means for generating from said samples the points of a memorized reference profile (M; W); processor means able to calculate the deviation between the profile (M; W) and values subsequently acquired in real time (?(?k)) for the same main parameter (?) and able to modify the movement of the roller shutter depending on the deviation, characterized in that the device is designed to analyze and/or process the result of one or more arithmetic logic operations which have as the operand at least the value (?(?k)) of a variable (?) acquired in real time, and, depending on said result, modify the points of the profile (M; W) with opera
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: NICE SPA
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Alberto Codognotto