Patents by Inventor Claudio Vicentelli

Claudio Vicentelli 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: 11617964
    Abstract: A magnetic module with two front anchoring surfaces magnetically activatable and deactivatable by inversion of the magnetic flux; the module comprises a first and a second fixed magnetic core, each one configured with a plurality of polar elements defining a respective front anchoring surface, and a rear surface, as well as provided with a first plurality of permanent magnets arranged between contiguous polar elements, wherein homonymous poles (N, S) of the permanent magnets are in contact with lateral faces of the single polar elements, to generate alternatively induced poles of opposite polarity in each fixed magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Patent number: 11103801
    Abstract: A magnetic toy block and a kit suitable for the composition of toy assemblies. The magnetic block comprises a hollow body consisting of a first and a second shell member, identically configured with peripheral contact surfaces to contact with peripheral surfaces of other magnetic blocks of an assembly; each shell member is provided with male and female junction elements, which may be press-fitted into the female junction elements respectively into the male junction elements of another shell member in an assembled condition of the block. The junction elements extend inside the hollow body of the block in a direction parallel to a reference axis, at magnetic contact zones of the peripheral contact surface of the block; permanent magnets or ferromagnetic connection elements are housed in the female junction elements of one or both shell members of the toy block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20210262501
    Abstract: An integrated magnetic and mechanical device for anchoring structural elements of an assembly. The device comprises a first and a second junction element partially or totally made of ferromagnetic material, which can be connected to respective structural elements of the assembly, and at least one magnetic core having end anchoring faces each provided with at least one magnetic pole, in which the magnetic core extends along a longitudinal axis and anchors to bottom walls of the junction elements. The junction elements and the magnetic core are also configured themselves, or provided with mechanical interconnection members so as to increase, in combination with the magnetic anchorage, the resistance to external stresses and to prevent any relative movement between the junction elements in an assembled condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Claudio VICENTELLI
  • Publication number: 20210252419
    Abstract: A magnetic module with two front anchoring surfaces magnetically activatable and deactivatable by inversion of the magnetic flux; the module comprises a first and a second fixed magnetic core, each one configured with a plurality of polar elements defining a respective front anchoring surface, and a rear surface, as well as provided with a first plurality of permanent magnets arranged between contiguous polar elements, wherein homonymous poles (N, S) of the permanent magnets are in contact with lateral faces of the single polar elements, to generate alternatively induced poles of opposite polarity in each fixed magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Claudio VICENTELLI
  • Publication number: 20190262737
    Abstract: A magnetic toy block and a kit suitable for the composition of toy assemblies. The magnetic block comprises a hollow body consisting of a first and a second shell member, identically configured with peripheral contact surfaces to contact with peripheral surfaces of other magnetic blocks of an assembly; each shell member is provided with male and female junction elements, which may be press-fitted into the female junction elements respectively into the male junction elements of another shell member in an assembled condition of the block. The junction elements extend inside the hollow body of the block in a direction parallel to a reference axis, at magnetic contact zones of the peripheral contact surface of the block; permanent magnets or ferromagnetic connection elements are housed in the female junction elements of one or both shell members of the toy block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Claudio VICENTELLI
  • Patent number: 9320982
    Abstract: A magnetic toy assembly suitable for puzzles and playthings includes plural main toy pieces that are magnetically anchorable, in a slidable manner, to a slide surface of a bi-dimensional or three-dimensional base member in magnetically conductive material. Each main toy piece includes: a body made of magnetically non-conductive material, having a rear side surface configured to slidably contact the slide surface of the base member; side contact surfaces configured to allow a contact and a relative sliding movement between the main toy pieces; and at least one magnet at the rear side surface for anchoring the main toy piece to the slide surface of the base member. A number of main toy pieces include a pole extension for the magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20150298021
    Abstract: A magnetic toy assembly suitable for puzzles and playthings includes plural main toy pieces that are magnetically anchorable, in a slidable manner, to a slide surface of a bi-dimensional or three-dimensional base member in magnetically conductive material. Each main toy piece includes: a body made of magnetically non-conductive material, having a rear side surface configured to slidably contact the slide surface of the base member; side contact surfaces configured to allow a contact and a relative sliding movement between the main toy pieces; and at least one magnet at the rear side surface for anchoring the main toy piece to the slide surface of the base member. A number of main toy pieces include a pole extension for the magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Claudio VICENTELLI
  • Patent number: 7892065
    Abstract: The system comprises a plurality of modular blocks (10, 14) of nonmagnetic material, to be assembled to create compositions imitating, for example, a building, a doll, an animal, a vehicle or any other fancying assembly; a framework for connecting the blocks, comprises a plurality of magnetic frame members (11, 12) removably disposable into corresponding seatings (13, 17) in each modular block (10, 14), or between adjacent blocks of the composition. The modular blocks (11, 12) and the magnetic frame members of framework have shoulder surfaces (18, 19) mutually engageable in the assembled condition of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20100316441
    Abstract: A joining device for structural magnetic assemblies including elongated modular elements (10) magnetically anchorable to one another and/or to intermediate modular elements (11); the joining device (13) includes at least a first and a second connecting member (14) interconnected by an intermediate link member (15); each connecting member (14), has a hollow body open at both ends, provided with an inner mating surface conforming to an outer mating surface of the elongated modular elements (10). Anti-rotational retaining element (21; 22; 27) are provided at an end (18) of each connecting member (14) to engage corresponding retaining element (21; 22; 27) of a connecting member (14) of another joining device (13) threaded onto a same elongated modular element (10), to hold a fixed relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20100120322
    Abstract: A set of blocks for constructing game assemblies for children includes basic block members (10) and complementary block members (11) that can be magnetically anchored and assembled each other; each basic block member (10) has a hollow body (18) including lateral faces having flat and/or shaped coupling surfaces. In turn, the complementary block members (11) include a hollow body (16) having lateral coupling surfaces matching with the coupling surfaces of the basic block members (10). Magnetic elements (14, 20) are fixedly or movably positioned in each basic and complementary block member (10, 11) to enable the anchorage and the assembling of the block members (10, 11) during the construction of the game. The block members (10, 11) have dimensions suitable to be easily gripped with the hands by a children, and may be provided with differently coloured surfaces to offer different tactile, visual and sound sensations during the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20100087119
    Abstract: A set of magnetically anchorable block members for the construction of games; the set includes a plurality of main block members (10.1 to 10.12), each main block member (10) includes a hollow body (11) having peripheral wall surfaces (12), and at least one elongated magnetic anchoring element (14) shaped and disposed in a housing chamber (13) of the hollow body (11) to freely move and/or rotate in one or more planes, and to orientate magnetic poles allowing the anchorage of one or more main block and/or supplementary block members (10; 26) separately or conjointly on one or more opposite wall surfaces (12), in correspondence with a plurality of anchoring positions, in the construction of a game assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20070287353
    Abstract: The system comprises a plurality of modular blocks (10, 14) of nonmagnetic material, to be assembled to create compositions imitating, for example, a building, a doll, an animal, a vehicle or any other fancying assembly; a framework for connecting the blocks, comprises a plurality of magnetic frame members (11, 12) removably disposable into corresponding seatings (13, 17) in each modular block (10, 14), or between adjacent blocks of the composition. The modular blocks (11, 12) and the magnetic frame members of framework have shoulder surfaces (18, 19) mutually engageable in the assembled condition of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Patent number: 7276270
    Abstract: In an assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of a grid structure, a joining element for connecting rigidly at least a first and a second elongated modules of the grid structure, characterised in that it comprises: a body of the joining element; at least a first and a second tubular projections of the body for axial attachment of the first and respectively second elongated modules; and a housing of the body for securing the body to a further module of the grid structure; the at least first and second tubular projections being in direct communication with the housing for contact of the further module to the at least first and second elongated modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20070187892
    Abstract: The magnetic game comprises a game board (10) provided with a plurality of anchorage points (11), for the selective positioning of a plurality of magnetically anchorable game members (14, 14?, 15); the game members comprise s a first set of elongated bar-shaped members (14, 14?), and a second set of ball-shaped members (15), that can be assembled and moved on the board (10) in the form of an assembly defining an articulated body provided by disposition of bar and ball shaped members (14, 15); the elongated bar members (14) may be variously magnetically engaged to the ball members (15) and to the anchorage to points (11) of the game board (10) to change the shape and move the articulated body assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Patent number: 7038567
    Abstract: A module (1, 16, 19, 28, 50, 52, 54, 100) for the creation of assemblies comprising at least one active magnetic element of attraction (2, 3, 17, 20, 33, 34, 42, 47, 48) and at least one ferromagnetic element (6, 21, 22, 30, 40, 44) suitable for defining areas (13, 14, 35, 36, 88, 90, 80, 82, 110, 10, 250, 260, 92, 94) for connection to other modules, with which it is possible to create an assembly of modules (1, 16, 19, 28, 50, 52, 54, 100, 37, 15) which provides a magnetic circuit which closes totally or at least partially via the ferromagnetic elements present (6, 21, 22, 30, 40, 44, 55, 104, 37, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Patent number: 6969294
    Abstract: In an assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of grid structures, one or more elements for stabilization of the grid structure are inserted in the form of panels (6, 12, 6?) which can be removably slotted in corresponding polygonal areas circumscribed by the modules of the grid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Patent number: 6963261
    Abstract: Magnetic module for the magnetic anchorage to a ferromagnetic surface of another magnetic, or ferromagnetic module, whose head includes: a first multipolar magnetic stator that in turn defines a multipolar magnetic anchoring surface, and a multipolar magnetic rotor or a second multipolar magnetic stator, coaxial to and facing the first multipolar magnetic stator and equipped with means for orienting the poles of the multipolar magnetic rotor or second multipolar magnetic stator, in series or in parallel with respect to the poles of the first multipolar magnetic stator in order to disable or enable the multipolar magnetic anchoring surface of the first magnetic stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20040164830
    Abstract: Magnetic module (1) for the magnetic anchorage to a ferromagnetic surface of another magnetic, or ferromagnetic module, whose head (3) comprises: a first multipolar magnetic stator (9) that in turn defines a multipolar magnetic anchoring surface (21); and a multipolar magnetic rotor (11), or a second multipolar magnetic stator, coaxial to and facing the first multipolar magnetic stator (9) and equipped with means for orienting the poles of the multipolar magnetic rotor (11), or second multipolar magnetic stator, in series or in parallel with respect to the poles of the first multipolar magnetic stator (9) in order to disable or enable the multipolar magnetic anchoring surface (21) of the first magnetic stator (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20040077258
    Abstract: In an assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of grid structures, one or more elements for stabilisation of the grid structure are inserted in the form of panels (6, 12, 6″) which can be removably slotted in corresponding polygonal areas circumscribed by the modules of the grid structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli
  • Publication number: 20040043164
    Abstract: In an assembly of modules with magnetic anchorage for the construction of a grid structure, a joining element (11, 11′″ 11″″) for connecting rigidly at least a first and a second elongated modules (3, 3′″, 3″″) of the grid structure, characterised in that it comprises: a body of the joining element (11, 11′″ 11″″); at least a first and a second tubular projections (15, 15′″, 15″″) of said body for axial attachment of said first and respectively second elongated modules (3, 3′″, 3″″); and a housing (14, 33, 36) of said body for securing said body to a further module (1, 1′, 39) of said grid structure; said at least first and second tubular projections (15, 15′″, 15″″) being in direct communication with said housing (14, 33, 36) for contact of said further module (1, 1′, 39) to said at least first and second elongated modules (3, 3′″, 3″&Pr
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Claudio Vicentelli