Patents by Inventor Fulvio Cicognati

Fulvio Cicognati 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: 8939797
    Abstract: A connection system establishes an electrical connection between an electrical device and at least one pair of cables each of which ends with a cable terminal. The connection system comprises a fixed part including a support base adapted to be rigidly fitted to a wall of the electrical device and, for each cable, a connection screw protruding from the support base and electrically connectable to the electrical device. A mobile part includes a perimeter frame adapted to be mechanically fitted to the support base and having a passage wall defining, for each cable, a passage-through hole through which an end part of the cable passes so that the corresponding cable terminal is disposed inside the perimeter frame and aligned with the respective connection screw when the perimeter frame is mechanically fitted to the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Ciampolini, Riccardo Viancino, Mauro Quacquarelli, Fulvio Cicognati
  • Publication number: 20130122751
    Abstract: A connection system establishes an electrical connection between an electrical device and at least one pair of cables each of which ends with a cable, terminal. The connection system comprises a fixed part including a support base adapted to be rigidly fitted to a wall of the electrical device and, for each cable, a connection screw protruding from the support base and electrically connectable to the electrical device. A mobile part includes a perimeter frame adapted to be mechanically fitted to the support base and having a passage wall defining, for each cable, a passage-through hole through which an end part of the cable passes so that the corresponding cable terminal is disposed inside the perimeter frame and aligned with the respective connection screw when the perimeter frame is mechanically fitted to the support base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Franco Ciampolini, Riccardo Viancino, Mauro Quacquarelli, Fulvio Cicognati
  • Patent number: 7916491
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a printed circuit board, which supports an electric circuit, a plurality of electronic components electrically connected to the electric circuit, and at least one connector electrically connected to the electrical circuit. A housing accommodates therein the printed circuit board and comprises a base which supports the printed circuit board and a lid which closes over the base. At least one deformable, elastic, expanded blocking block is fixed to an internal surface of the lid near at least one electronic component, has sufficient thickness to vertically interfere with the first electronic component to be compressed between the lid and the first electronic component. It presents a larger area than the first electronic component to laterally encompass the first electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Magnetti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Endrio Fino, Fulvio Cicognati
  • Publication number: 20080310131
    Abstract: An electronic control unit presenting: a printed circuit board, which supports an electric circuit, a plurality of electric/electronic components electrically connected to the electric circuit, and at least one connector electrically connected to the electrical circuit; a housing, which accommodates therein the printed circuit board and comprises a base which inferiorly supports the printed circuit board and a lid which superiorly closes the base; and at least one deformable, elastic, expanded blocking block, which is fixed to an internal surface of the lid near at least one electric/electronic component, presents a sufficient thickness so as to determine a vertical interference with the first electric/electronic component to be compressed between the lid and the first electric/electronic component, and presents a larger area than the first electric/electronic component to laterally encompass the first electric/electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Endrio FINO, Fulvio CICOGNATI
  • Publication number: 20080291646
    Abstract: An electronic control unit presenting: a printed circuit board, which supports an electric circuit, a plurality of electric/electronic components electrically connected to the electric circuit, and at least one connector electrically connected to the electrical circuit; a housing, which accommodates therein the printed circuit board and comprises a base which inferiorly supports the printed circuit board and a lid which superiorly closes the base; and at least one pressing element, which is formed by elastically deformable material, is arranged in central position and is compressed between the lid and the printed circuit board for pressing with interference against the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Endrio FINO, Fulvio CICOGNATI