Patents by Inventor Alberto Longhi

Alberto Longhi 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).

  • Publication number: 20110061149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sock (1), suitable for being worn in the performance of gymnastic activities, in gym or in aquatic environments. The sock (1) comprises a plantar surface (4) restable on walking surfaces, a first bay (2) containing the user's big toe and at least one second bay (3) containing the remaining toes of the user. The sock (1) further comprises anti-slipping means positioned on the plantar surface (4) for reducing the slipping risk of the user on the walking surfaces and comprising at least one anti-slipping island (5), which occupies a partial surface smaller than the total plantar surface (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: AKKUA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luigi Polacco, Marco Coffinardi, Alberto Longhi
  • Patent number: 6578916
    Abstract: An adaptable seat having a supporting frame, and one or more supporting cushions appropriately arranged and fixed to the supporting frame to support the occupant; each supporting cushion having an outer shell and a filler; and the adaptable seat being characterized in that the outer shell of each supporting cushion has electrically controlled deforming means for selectively deforming the outer shell to adjust the shape of the supporting cushion; an electronic central control unit being provided to control the electrically controlled deforming means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Longhi, Amedeo Visconti
  • Patent number: 6533293
    Abstract: A device for controlling the attitude of a vehicle and having a number of electronically controlled shock absorbers and an electronic central control unit for driving the electronically controlled shock absorbers in such a manner as to regulate, instant by instant, the damping capacity of each; the electronic central control unit having a control circuit for determining when a gear shift is about to be made, a selection circuit for determining a shock absorber regulation strategy best suited to counteract the onset of attitude variations produced by the pending gear shift, and a shock absorber drive circuit for controlling the electronically controlled shock absorbers in such a manner as to implement the shock absorber regulation strategy selected by the selection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Federico Ghirardi, Alberto Longhi
  • Publication number: 20020047297
    Abstract: An adaptable seat having a supporting frame, and one or more supporting cushions appropriately arranged and fixed to the supporting frame to support the occupant; each supporting cushion having an outer shell and a filler; and the adaptable seat being characterized in that the outer shell of each supporting cushion has electrically controlled deforming means for selectively deforming the outer shell to adjust the shape of the supporting cushion; an electronic central control unit being provided to control the electrically controlled deforming means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Alberto Longhi, Amedeo Visconti
  • Publication number: 20020024186
    Abstract: A device for controlling the attitude of a vehicle and having a number of electronically controlled shock absorbers and an electronic central control unit for driving the electronically controlled shock absorbers in such a manner as to regulate, instant by instant, the damping capacity of each; the electronic central control unit having a control circuit for determining when a gear shift is about to be made, a selection circuit for determining a shock absorber regulation strategy best suited to counteract the onset of attitude variations produced by the pending gear shift, and a shock absorber drive circuit for controlling the electronically controlled shock absorbers in such a manner as to implement the shock absorber regulation strategy selected by the selection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Federico Ghirardi, Alberto Longhi