Patents by Inventor Giorgio PIETRONAVE

Giorgio PIETRONAVE 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).

  • Gripping device for handling items or components of different shape and size
    Patent number: 11794337
    Abstract: A gripping device has at least one tendon associated with a gripping arm and guided in a freely slidable manner along a first and second arm portion thereof through a succession of guiding elements. The guiding elements associated with a first proximal arm portion of the arms are carried by an inner yielding panel so that when the inner yielding panel on the inner side of the first proximal arm portion engages against an item or component to be gripped, the guiding elements of the tendon carried by the inner yielding panel cause a tensioning of the tendon, which results in an articulation and/or inflection movement of a second distal arm portion with respect to the first proximal arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Alessandro Zanella, Michal Jilich, Giorgio Pietronave, Matteo Zoppi
  • Suction-type gripping device
    Patent number: 11167428
    Abstract: Described herein is a suction-type gripping device including a suction-cup and configured for handling a component, for example a sheet-metal component for a motor vehicle. The device includes a plurality of pins that can slide with respect to the suction cup. The pins define a variable-geometry bed configured for reproducing the geometry of the component to be handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Alessandro Zanella, Matteo Zoppi, Francesco Orzelli, Giorgio Pietronave
  • GRIPPING DEVICE FOR HANDLING ITEMS OR COMPONENTS OF DIFFERENT SHAPE AND SIZE
    Publication number: 20210323143
    Abstract: A gripping device has at least one tendon associated with a gripping arm and guided in a freely slidable manner along a first and second arm portion thereof through a succession of guiding elements. The guiding elements associated with a first proximal arm portion of the arms are carried by an inner yielding panel so that when the inner yielding panel on the inner side of the first proximal arm portion engages against an item or component to be gripped, the guiding elements of the tendon carried by the inner yielding panel cause a tensioning of the tendon, which results in an articulation and/or inflection movement of a second distal arm portion with respect to the first proximal arm portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Alessandro ZANELLA, Michal JILICH, Giorgio PIETRONAVE, Matteo ZOPPI
  • SUCTION-TYPE GRIPPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190366559
    Abstract: Described herein is a suction-type gripping device including a suction-cup and configured for handling a component, for example a sheet-metal component for a motor vehicle. The device includes a plurality of pins that can slide with respect to the suction cup. The pins define a variable-geometry bed configured for reproducing the geometry of the component to be handled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Alessandro ZANELLA, Matteo ZOPPI, Francesco ORZELLI, Giorgio PIETRONAVE