Patents by Inventor Gianluca FUMAROLA

Gianluca FUMAROLA 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: 20240149786
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by means of the activation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Gianluca FUMAROLA, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Patent number: 11958434
    Abstract: Four-point seat belt comprising two thoracic branches configured to anchor the chest of a user to a backrest of a vehicular seat; two abdominal branches configured to girdle and anchor the waist of the user to the vehicular seat; at least one damping device configured to be activated upon exceeding a first predetermined value of a tension force imparted by the user to the belt; wherein the damping device is configured to cause, upon its activation, a controlled advancement of the chest of the user while limiting the acceleration of the head of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianluca Fumarola, Elena Pettinato
  • Publication number: 20230286557
    Abstract: A diagnostic inspection system for inspecting railway components which can be mounted on a railway vehicle designed to travel on a railway track, said diagnostic inspection system being designed to perform a diagnostic inspection of a railway component during movement on the railway track, said diagnostic inspection system comprising: one single mechanical structure (10) which can be fixed below the body of a railway vehicle; first optical units (13) positioned on said mechanical structure (10) for a first rail (11); second optical units (14) positioned on said mechanical structure (10) for a second rail (12); each of said optical units (13, 14) comprises: a matrix camera (20) associated with an infrared laser (21), and a linear camera (22) associated with a white laser (RGB) (23); said white laser (RGB) (23) comprises: three laser sources capable of emitting the three primary colours; three dichroic mirrors able to sum the components of said three laser sources in one single point; a Powell lens to generate
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Silvestro Di Gioia, Gianluca Fumarola
  • Publication number: 20230226994
    Abstract: Four-point seat belt comprising two thoracic branches configured to anchor the chest of a user to a backrest of a vehicular seat; two abdominal branches configured to girdle and anchor the waist of the user to the vehicular seat; at least one damping device configured to be activated upon exceeding a first predetermined value of a tension force imparted by the user to the belt; wherein the damping device is configured to cause, upon its activation, a controlled advancement of the chest of the user while limiting the acceleration of the head of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Gianluca FUMAROLA, Elena PETTINATO