Patents by Inventor Fabio Leone

Fabio Leone 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: 11465551
    Abstract: An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.p.A. Con Unico Socio
    Inventors: Desiree Monti, Michele Antonipieri, Daniele Petris, Fabio Leone
  • Patent number: 11255503
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least two LED light sources configured for individual activation; at least two light guides arranged adjacent to one another, each including an edge surface facing a respective one of the LED light sources, a back surface extending from the edge surface provided with a plurality of diffuser extractor elements, and a front surface extending from the edge surface and opposite the back surface; and opaque barrier walls provided between the at least two light guides and extending from the rear wall to the front wall, to mechanically and optically separate the light guides. The light guides are configured to receive light from the LED light sources, with the diffuser extractor elements arranged shaped redirect received light traveling within the light guide to be projected through the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michele Antonipieri, Fabio Leone
  • Publication number: 20210251367
    Abstract: A lipstick (13, 17, 19, 21, 23) with external lateral surface having a tridimensional design is obtained by a process comprising laser-working the external lateral surface of a head part (2), previously mirror-polished, of a rough tap (1). The process may include the final pearling of the lipstick (13, 17, 19, 21, 23) by means of a cyclone system (14) to obtain a pearled lipstick (16, 18, 20, 22, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: INTERCOS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe LATTANZI, Fabio LEONE
  • Publication number: 20210188158
    Abstract: An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located in
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.p.A. Con Socio Unico
    Inventors: Desiree Monti, Michele Antonipieri, Daniele Petris, Fabio Leone
  • Publication number: 20200182428
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising at least two LED light sources, powered and activated separately, each facing a respective light input wall of a corresponding light guide, the light guides transmit and emit the light of the LED light sources through at least two distinct lighting faces at a front wall of the lighting device. The light guides are provided with diffuser extractor elements arranged on a rear wall of the light guide, opposite the front wall, and shaped so as to extract the light outside the lighting device. The light guides are juxtaposed and adjacent to each other at at least one respective inner wall. The light guides are mechanically and optically separated by barrier elements which prevent the passage of light between the light guides at one inner wall. The barrier elements are separator septa opaque to the light extending from the rear wall to the front wall, crossing it completely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michele Antonipieri, Fabio Leone
  • Patent number: 10065363
    Abstract: A welding apparatus for making an automotive light including light guides having an inlet which receives the fibers the laser beam produced by the laser emitting device and an outlet which propagates/transmits the laser beam collimated by said guides. The light guide has respective free ends mechanically separated from each other, wherein the light guides are configured so as to direct collimated light beams on adjacent and locally continuous portions of welding interface so as to obtain a homogeneous and uniform distribution of the light beams along the welding interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
    Inventors: Nicola Schiccheri, Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Fabio Leone
  • Patent number: 10054282
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell. The lighting assembly includes a planar OLED light source which emits light from its front face and is within the rear body with the front face facing the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell to direct light towards the front lenticular half-shell; a concentrated LED light source behind the planar light source; and a light-guide rod of photoconductive material between the concentrated light source and the planar light source and receives light emitted by the concentrated light source and conveys the light towards the rear face of the planar light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Patent number: 9874329
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automotive light including the steps of: providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile; providing a lenticular body delimited by a second perimetral profile; associating the profiles, with a contact surface therebetween defining a welding interface; providing a laser emission device emitting radiation, operatively connected to a first light guide with an output to distribute radiation via a spatial distribution including with lobes; providing a second light guide inside the lenticular body adapted to obtain a light guide of radiation inside the lenticular body, having walls defined by a first lobe; arranging the guides to route a first lobe of radiation from the output towards the second guide, to propagate at least one lobe of radiation inside the second light guide towards the welding interface; wherein the container body acts as an absorbing member and the lenticular body acts as a transmissive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
    Inventors: Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Nicola Schiccheri, Fabio Leone, Alessandro Buzzurro
  • Patent number: 9869445
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Patent number: 9759395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles including at least one diffuser body suitable for receiving light emitted by a light source so as to diffuse the light externally to the body. The diffuser body includes a solid matrix of transparent polymer material which incorporates a plurality of bubbles or cavities, wherein the solid matrix performs the transmission of light within the body by subsequent reflections and wherein the bubbles perform the diffusion of light and the extraction thereof outside the body by subsequent refractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
    Inventors: Franco Marcori, Maria Chiara Frijia, Igor Di Vora, Fabio Leone
  • Patent number: 9757896
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of an automotive light comprising the steps of providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile, providing a lenticular body, internally delimited by a second perimetral profile and externally by an outer edge corresponding to said second perimetral profile, wherein the container body acts as an absorbent element of the light beam and the lenticular body acts as a transmission element of the light beam, providing optical devices for changing the divergence of the portions of laser beams in output from the fibers, so as to collimate them overall along at least one predetermined optical axis. The method further comprises the steps of directing on a critical portion of the welding interface at least a first laser beam emitted by a respective fiber lying on an optical plane incident with said critical portion of the welding interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
    Inventors: Nicola Schiccheri, Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Fabio Leone
  • Patent number: 9482403
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automotive light including the steps of: providing at least one laser diode emitting a light beam with a characteristic emission spectrum; providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile; providing a molded lenticular body delimited by a second perimetral profile and having at least first and second overlapping integral layers with different transmittance values in relation to the laser emission spectrum; at least partially associating the perimetral profiles; and at least partially welding at the perimetral profiles with the laser, wherein the laser beam is routed towards the perimetral profiles so as to reach the first perimetral profile after passing through at least one of the layers of the lenticular body, and wherein the container body acts as an absorbing member in relation to the light beam and the lenticular body acts as a transmissive member of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
    Inventors: Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Nicola Schiccheri, Fabio Leone, Alessandro Buzzurro
  • Publication number: 20160236403
    Abstract: A welding apparatus for making an automotive light including light guides having an inlet which receives the fibres the laser beam produced by the laser emitting device and an outlet which propagates/transmits the laser beam collimated by said guides. The light guide has respective free ends mechanically separated from each other, wherein the light guides are configured so as to direct collimated light beams on adjacent and locally continuous portions of welding interface so as to obtain a homogeneous and uniform distribution of the light beams along the welding interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Nicola Schiccheri, Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Fabio Leone
  • Publication number: 20160102835
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Publication number: 20160102832
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell. The lighting assembly includes a planar OLED light source which emits light from its front face and is within the rear body with the front face facing the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell to direct light towards the front lenticular half-shell; a concentrated LED light source behind the planar light source; and a light-guide rod of photoconductive material between the concentrated light source and the planar light source and receives light emitted by the concentrated light source and conveys the light towards the rear face of the planar light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Publication number: 20150343701
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of an automotive light comprising the steps of providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile, providing a lenticular body, internally delimited by a second perimetral profile and externally by an outer edge corresponding to said second perimetral profile, wherein the container body acts as an absorbent element of the light beam and the lenticular body acts as a transmission element of the light beam, providing optical devices for changing the divergence of the portions of laser beams in output from the fibres, so as to collimate them overall along at least one predetermined optical axis. The method further comprises the steps of directing on a critical portion of the welding interface at least a first laser beam emitted by a respective fibre lying on an optical plane incident with said critical portion of the welding interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Nicola Schiccheri, Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Fabio Leone
  • Publication number: 20150276158
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automotive light including the steps of: providing at least one laser diode emitting a light beam with a characteristic emission spectrum; providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile; providing a molded lenticular body delimited by a second perimetral profile and having at least first and second overlapping integral layers with different transmittance values in relation to the laser emission spectrum; at least partially associating the perimetral profiles; and at least partially welding at the perimetral profiles with the laser, wherein the laser beam is routed towards the perimetral profiles so as to reach the first perimetral profile after passing through at least one of the layers of the lenticular body, and wherein the container body acts as an absorbing member in relation to the light beam and the lenticular body acts as a transmissive member of the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Nicola Schiccheri, Fabio Leone, Alessandro Buzzurro
  • Publication number: 20150276159
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automotive light including the steps of: providing a container body delimited by a first perimetral profile; providing a lenticular body delimited by a second perimetral profile; associating the profiles, with a contact surface therebetween defining a welding interface; providing a laser emission device emitting radiation, operatively connected to a first light guide with an output to distribute radiation via a spatial distribution including with lobes; providing a second light guide inside the lenticular body adapted to obtain a light guide of radiation inside the lenticular body, having walls defined by a first lobe; arranging the guides to route a first lobe of radiation from the output towards the second guide, to propagate at least one lobe of radiation inside the second light guide towards the welding interface; wherein the container body acts as an absorbing member and the lenticular body acts as a transmissive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Cristiano Boero, Domenico Ferigo, Nicola Schiccheri, Fabio Leone, Alessandro Buzzurro
  • Publication number: 20140286031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles including at least one diffuser body suitable for receiving light emitted by a light source so as to diffuse the light externally to the body. The diffuser body includes a solid matrix of transparent polymer material which incorporates a plurality of bubbles or cavities, wherein the solid matrix performs the transmission of light within the body by subsequent reflections and wherein the bubbles perform the diffusion of light and the extraction thereof outside the body by subsequent refractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Franco Marcori, Maria Chiara Frijia, Igor Di Vora, Fabio Leone