Patents by Inventor Claudio Foghetti

Claudio Foghetti 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).

  • Method and inspection unit for a heating member for an electronic cigarette
    Patent number: 10888124
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a heating member for an electronic cigarette is disclosed. The method improves positioning of the heating member with respect to the power electrodes of an electronic cigarette so as to provide a more reliable electrical connection between the heating member and power electrodes. The method includes image processing to calculate a distance between coils of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Foghetti, Vincenzo Ponticelli, Carlo Moretti, Massimo Sartoni, Luca Federici
  • Method and Inspection Unit for a Heating Member for an Electronic Cigarette
    Publication number: 20190110518
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a heating member for an electronic cigarette is disclosed. The method improves positioning of the heating member with respect to the power electrodes of an electronic cigarette so as to provide a more reliable electrical connection between the heating member and power electrodes. The method includes image processing to calculate a distance between coils of the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Foghetti, Vincenzo Ponticelli, Carlo Moretti, Massimo Sartoni, Luca Federici
  • Cigarette packing machine and method
    Patent number: 8387345
    Abstract: A method and machine for folding sheets of packing material about respective groups of cigarettes to form respective packages, and wherein a web of packing material is first fed through a control station for detecting the position of a reference mark made on the web at a work station upstream from the control station, and is then fed through a cutting station where the web is cut into sheets of packing material, each of which is fed to a packing station where each sheet of packing material is folded about the respective group of cigarettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: G. D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Gilberto Spirito, Claudio Foghetti, Vladi Negrini, Giacomo Roffia, Andrea Biondi, Marco Fiorentini
  • CIGARETTE PACKING MACHINE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100287890
    Abstract: A method and machine for folding sheets of packing material about respective groups of cigarettes to form respective packages, and wherein a web of packing material is first fed through a control station for detecting the position of a reference mark made on the web at a work station upstream from the control station, and is then fed through a cutting station where the web is cut into sheets of packing material, each of which is fed to a packing station where each sheet of packing material is folded about the respective group of cigarettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Gilberto Spirito, Claudio Foghetti, Vladi Negrini, Giacomo Roffia, Andrea Biondi, Marco Fiorentini