Patents by Inventor Bruno Bortolan

Bruno Bortolan 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: 20150042257
    Abstract: An actuation device for movement of a barrier comprising a gear motor adapted to transmit a rotary motion to a tubular support, integrally connected to said barrier and rotating with respect to a fixed support. The actuation device comprises actuation means manually operable by a user and reversibly movable between a position decoupled from, and a position coupled with, a microswitch to start/stop a detection procedure of an end-of-travel position for said gear motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Malausa, Bruno Bortolan
  • Patent number: 8228165
    Abstract: An apparatus for radio-controlled automation systems for opening/closing curtains, entrance doors, rolling shutters, gates, barriers, electrical switches or the like, comprising a radio receiver which is coupled to an electric motor or to an electrical switch and comprising at least one radio transmitter for the remote actuation. The radio receiver comprises means for actuating the electric motor or the electrical switch on the basis of the content of an actuation radio signal which originates from the radio transmitter. The radio receiver comprises a memory storing a certificate which identifies the radio receiver and is adapted to provide an authorization for any operation at the radio receiver. The actuation means comprise stored instructions to perform the operation if the actuation signal comprises, in encoded form, the certificate in addition to a recognition code of the radio transmitter and a control code which corresponds to the operation to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nice S.p.A.
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Bruno Bortolan, Paolo Campagnaro, Stefano Fregonese
  • Patent number: 8004224
    Abstract: Method—and device for the implementation thereof intended to provide a protection system for barriers which are movable along an operating path and actuated by a motor, such as roller blinds, gates or the like, comprising the steps of connecting the barrier, with play, to a fixed part (30) so that the barrier is able to move independently of the action of the motor over a travel section (98); defining within the section (98) a set of safety positions corresponding to a safety position for the barrier; detecting along the travel section (98) the actual position of the barrier with respect to the fixed part (30); preventing or reversing the action of the motor and/or the movement of the barrier when the barrier, inside the travel section (98), does not have a position included within the set of safety positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Nice SpA
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Sergio Tomasella, Bruno Bortolan
  • Publication number: 20090251280
    Abstract: An apparatus for radio-controlled automation systems for opening/closing curtains, entrance doors, rolling shutters, gates, barriers, electrical switches or the like, comprising a radio receiver which is coupled to an electric motor or to an electrical switch and comprising at least one radio transmitter for the remote actuation. The radio receiver comprises means for actuating the electric motor or the electrical switch on the basis of the content of an actuation radio signal which originates from the radio transmitter. The radio receiver comprises a memory storing a certificate which identifies the radio receiver and is adapted to provide an authorization for any operation at the radio receiver. The actuation means comprise stored instructions to perform the operation if the actuation signal comprises, in encoded form, the certificate in addition to a recognition code of the radio transmitter and a control code which corresponds to the operation to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: NICE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Bruno Bortolan, Paolo Campagnaro, Stefano Fregonese
  • Publication number: 20080257504
    Abstract: Method—and device for the implementation thereof intended to provide a protection system for barriers which are movable along an operating path and actuated by a motor, such as roller blinds, gates or the like, comprising the steps of connecting the barrier, with play, to a fixed part (30) so that the barrier is able to move independently of the action of the motor over a travel section (98); defining within the section (98) a set of safety positions corresponding to a safety position for the barrier; detecting along the travel section (98) the actual position of the barrier with respect to the fixed part (30); preventing or reversing the action of the motor and/or the movement of the barrier when the barrier, inside the travel section (98), does not have a position included within the set of safety positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Nice Spa
    Inventors: Oscar Marchetto, Sergio Tomasella, Bruno Bortolan