Patents by Inventor Luigi Filtri

Luigi Filtri 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: 5297650
    Abstract: A motor car includes a body, an electrical supply, an electric drive unit, a steering system, a parking brake and a control unit inside the body for causing the drive unit to be activated by the electrical supply. The motor car also includes a control unit outside the body for operating the drive unit, the control unit constituting an external control for enabling parking manoeuvres in restricted spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Fiat Auto SpA
    Inventors: Romolo Gandiglio, Luigi Filtri
  • Patent number: 5039126
    Abstract: The device consists of a moderately pretensioned wire cable which connects the opposing vehicle body sides together. The cable is fixed by means of a pair of opposing reinforcement plates of relatively large surface area that are welded and/or screwed to the vehicle body. The cable passes about the steering column in such a manner as to limit its rearward movement in case of a frontal impact between the vehicle and an obstacle and/or another vehicle and to simultaneously limit the movement of the body sides away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Prato, Luigi Filtri
  • Patent number: 4865378
    Abstract: A body element for the production of modular bodies for use in the manufacture of cars of the same model or different models, with specific wheelbases, tracks, styles, versions and power units. The body element comprises a common horizontal floor and means selectively applicable to the floor to extend and reduce the body element longitudinally and transversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Filtri, Luigi Prato
  • Patent number: 4738479
    Abstract: A device comprising a movable panel, designed to support a stabilizer by means of at least one rib; an opening in the car bodywork, the edge of which opening presents substantially the same shape as the stabilizer contour and the aforementioned panel contour; and actuating means designed to move the aforementioned panel from a first position, wherein the upper surface of the stabilizer is substantially flush with the edge of the opening which is thus closed off by the aforementioned stabilizer, into a second position wherein the panel is arranged substantially flush with the edge of the opening which is thus closed off by the aforementioned panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Filtri, Luciano Possetti, Lamberto Melotti