Patents by Inventor Massimo FRATTARUOLO

Massimo FRATTARUOLO 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: 9627860
    Abstract: An assembly for the frame of a switchboard is disclosed, which can include a hollow member which extends lengthwise along a reference axis and which has at least one slot. The assembly can include at least one connecting element for connecting the assembly to a corresponding corner joint element of the frame, and the connecting element can include an insulating body and a fixing metal plate which is associated to a carrying part of the insulating body. The carrying part can be at least partially inserted transversally with respect to the reference axis into the hollow member through the slot, so as to arrange at least a portion of the associated fixing metal plate into the hollow member transversally with respect to the reference axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Angelo Proserpio, Massimo Frattaruolo
  • Publication number: 20150028729
    Abstract: A mounting bracket is configured to be connected to the frame of a switchboard cabinet. The frame includes at least one frame member having a first wall including a plurality of first holes, and a second wall including a plurality of second holes and arranged transverse to the first wall. The mounting bracket includes a flat surface configured to abut against the first wall, at least one element protruding transversally with respect to the flat surface and configured to be inserted into a corresponding one of the first holes, by abutting the flat surface against the first wall, and an elastic mechanism configured to interact with and be elastically repulsed by the second wall during insertion of the at least one element into the corresponding first hole, and elastically return and engage with corresponding one or more of the second holes when the flat surface abuts against the first wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Massimo FRATTARUOLO, Simone Angelo PROSERPIO
  • Publication number: 20140374369
    Abstract: An assembly for the frame of a switchboard is disclosed, which can include a hollow member which extends lengthwise along a reference axis and which has at least one slot. The assembly can include at least one connecting element for connecting the assembly to a corresponding corner joint element of the frame, and the connecting element can include an insulating body and a fixing metal plate which is associated to a carrying part of the insulating body. The carrying part can be at least partially inserted transversally with respect to the reference axis into the hollow member through the slot, so as to arrange at least a portion of the associated fixing metal plate into the hollow member transversally with respect to the reference axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Angelo PROSERPIO, Massimo FRATTARUOLO
  • Patent number: D743358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Cagliani, Massimo Frattaruolo, Edgardo Angelini, Christopher John Miller, Mauro Scamporlino
  • Patent number: D812025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Cagliani, Massimo Frattaruolo, Edgardo Angelini, Christopher John Miller, Mauro Scamporlino