Patents by Inventor Antonio Di Candia

Antonio Di Candia 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: 11827303
    Abstract: A top box for a ridable saddle vehicle, including a bottom and a fixing assembly provided on the bottom and configured to fix the top box to a luggage carrier which has at least one mounting portion, where the fixing assembly is configured to take a release configuration, in which it allows coupling/decoupling the top box to/from the luggage carrier, and a fixing configuration, in which it allows fixing the top box to the luggage carrier, where the fixing assembly includes at least one fixing portion shaped so as to achieve a shape coupling with the mounting portion when the fixing assembly takes the fixing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Niccolò Cutrì, Antonio Di Candia, Roberto Mengoni
  • Publication number: 20210300495
    Abstract: A top box for a ridable saddle vehicle, including a bottom and a fixing assembly provided on the bottom and configured to fix the top box to a luggage carrier which has at least one mounting portion, where the fixing assembly is configured to take a release configuration, in which it allows coupling/decoupling the top box to/from the luggage carrier, and a fixing configuration, in which it allows fixing the top box to the luggage carrier, where the fixing assembly includes at least one fixing portion shaped so as to achieve a shape coupling with the mounting portion when the fixing assembly takes the fixing configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Niccolò CUTRÌ, Antonio DI CANDIA, Roberto MENGONI
  • Patent number: 9745011
    Abstract: An assembly composed of a saddle (10) and of a saddle compartment (12) for a motorcycle is described. The saddle (10) comprises an upper padded portion which constitutes the seat for the rider and/or passenger of the motorcycle, and a substantially rigid bottom portion (14) operatively connected to the relative saddle compartment (12) by hinge means (16). The saddle compartment (12) is made integral with a fixed portion of the motorcycle. The hinge means (16) enable the saddle (10) to pass from a closed position, in which said saddle (10) is positioned substantially horizontally above the saddle compartment (12) and permits the rider and any passenger of the motorcycle to sit on it, and an open position, in which said saddle (10) is positioned in a substantially vertical position and permits access to the saddle compartment (12). The assembly comprises at least one gas spring (18) attached to a fixed portion of the motorcycle and operatively connected, at its upper end, to the saddle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Di Candia, Alberto Gracci
  • Publication number: 20150115672
    Abstract: An assembly composed of a saddle (10) and of a saddle compartment (12) for a motorcycle is described. The saddle (10) comprises an upper padded portion which constitutes the seat for the rider and/or passenger of the motorcycle, and a substantially rigid bottom portion (14) operatively connected to the relative saddle compartment (12) by hinge means (16). The saddle compartment (12) is made integral with a fixed portion of the motorcycle. The hinge means (16) enable the saddle (10) to pass from a closed position, in which said saddle (10) is positioned substantially horizontally above the saddle compartment (12) and permits the rider and any passenger of the motorcycle to sit on it, and an open position, in which said saddle (10) is positioned in a substantially vertical position and permits access to the saddle compartment (12). The assembly comprises at least one gas spring (18) attached to a fixed portion of the motorcycle and operatively connected, at its upper end, to the saddle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: C/O PIAGGIO & C.P.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Di Candia, Alberto Gracci