Patents by Inventor Gino Mainardi

Gino Mainardi 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: 10882422
    Abstract: A seat (1) comprises a seating surface (2) suitable to receive a user and a backrest (3) adaptable according to the user's needs. The seat further comprises a support structure (4) configured to connect the seat to the backrest. The backrest comprises an upper shoulder portion (6) and a lower lumbar portion (7) and the lumbar portion is movable along the support structure while the shoulder portion remains at a fixed height with respect to the support structure (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: C.O.B.O. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Gino Mainardi
  • Publication number: 20190291611
    Abstract: A seat (1) comprises a seating surface (2) suitable to receive a user and a backrest (3) adaptable according to the user's needs. The seat further comprises a support structure (4) configured to connect the seat to the backrest. The backrest comprises an upper shoulder portion (6) and a lower lumbar portion (7) and the lumbar portion is movable along the support structure while the shoulder portion remains at a fixed height with respect to the support structure (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: C.O.B.O S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gino MAINARDI
  • Patent number: 6349545
    Abstract: Hybrid propulsion system comprising an internal-combustion engine (1) rotatably connected to a reversible electrical machine (2), a rechargeable battery (3), an electric driving motor (7), control apparatus (8) commanding first switching device (4, 5) for selectively connecting the battery (3) to the electric driving motor (7) and/or the reversible electrical machine (2). When the electric driving motor (7) is supplied with the current flowing in from the battery (3), said control apparatus (8) monitor the voltage at the poles (3P, 3N) of the battery (3). When the motor (7) is at least partially supplied with the current generated by the reversible electrical machine (2), owing to the latter being driven rotatably by the internal-combustion engine (1), the same control apparatus (8) monitor the voltage at the poles (2P, 2N) of the reversible electrical machine (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Nilfisk-Advance Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Bassanini, Angelo Cremonesi, Alberto Gorra, Gino Mainardi