Patents by Inventor Richard Gioscia

Richard Gioscia 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: 5457448
    Abstract: A remote control unit for a television or video tape recorder has a minimal number of keys to simplify use of the control unit. The unit is shaped having a rounded bottom and is weighted toward that bottom, so that the remote control unit will stand upright even if momentarily tipped over. The remote control unit includes a programmable read-only memory, so that it can control various units such as a television, video tape recorder, compact audio disc player, and the like. The rounded bottom is attached to the main body of the remote control unit in a rotary fashion so that the bottom may be rotated to select different functions, such as the television or video tape recorder to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Totsuka, Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: 5333827
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for suspending the housing of a radio or other electrical appliance from the elevated bottom wall of a kitchen wall cabinet includes first and second concentric substantially circular members which are turnable and axially movable relative to each other and one of which is fixed to the top of the radio housing, stepped surfaces extending along respective arcs adjacent a periphery of the first member and being selectively engageable by seating elements extending radially from the second member for adjusting the axial position of the second member relative to the first member in dependence upon the rotational position of the first and second members relative to each other, and fasteners adapted to be extended from above through the bottom wall of the cabinet and then through holes in the second member into engagement with tapped bores in the first member for securing the latter to the bottom wall of the cabinet and preventing relative turning of the first and second members so that the adjus
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D310832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Gioscia, Ichiro Hino
  • Patent number: D335879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Gioscia, Atsushi Kawase
  • Patent number: D345360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D347429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Jun Uchiyama, Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D356569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D357473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D360198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Gioscia, Joe McArdle
  • Patent number: D365102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia