Patents by Inventor Óscar Ribes Martí

Óscar Ribes Martí 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060522
    Abstract: A fastening clip for mounting a component part, such as an airbag or a luggage ring, to a support structure. The fastening clip includes a body portion which extends between an upper end region and a lower end region along a longitudinal axis. The body portion includes at least one elastically deflectable retaining member. The at least one elastically deflectable retaining member projects laterally from said lower end region of said body portion, so as to fixingly engage when inserted into an orifice of the support structure. Each elastically deflectable retaining member includes a U-shaped limb. Each U-shaped limb includes a first portion extending in a generally longitudinal plane relative to said longitudinal axis, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion and extending in a generally longitudinal plane relative to said longitudinal axis and a third portion extending from at least one of the first portion and the second portion in a transverse plane relative to said longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Òscar RIBES MARTÍ
  • Patent number: 10253794
    Abstract: Device for fastening a component comprising at least one opening on a carrier part characterized by at least one fastening element projecting from the carrier part and welded to the carrier part, on which fastening element the component can be fastened, by mounting the component with its at least one opening onto the at least one fastening element, wherein the at least one fastening element comprises at least one elastic locking element, which locks on the component opening when the component is mounted on the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Serrada Iranzo, Oscar Ribes Marti
  • Patent number: 8646155
    Abstract: A clip for fastening accessories to vehicle panels includes a rectangular reinforcement case which is formed by the end contact of its opposite mid parts, by means of the fitted-together join of a single finger per side of each mid part, by means of a shape approximately of a double fold in the form of a zig-zag against the edge of the opposite part, which extends in parallel to the walls of the case and in the interior of the case. The remainder of this opposite part has a symmetrical finger with a similar arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Oscar Ribes Marti
  • Publication number: 20130180097
    Abstract: Device for fastening a component comprising at least one opening on a carrier part characterized by at least one fastening element projecting from the carrier part and welded to the carrier part, on which fastening element the component can be fastened, by mounting the component with its at least one opening onto the at least one fastening element, wherein the at least one fastening element comprises at least one elastic locking element, which locks on the component opening when the component is mounted on the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Serrada Iranzo, Oscar Ribes Marti
  • Patent number: 8474111
    Abstract: Improvements to panel fastening clips, especially to those used in curtain and/or lateral airbags, of the kinds of clips that are formed by a surface and/or several flexing arms that are designed to be located in the outer part of the panel into whose opening they are inserted, including several feet that are more or less elastic and that tend to converge at their ends in the general shape of an inverted “V” in the direction in which the clip is inserted, as well as several wings whose ends work against the lower surface of said panel and which ensure that said clip is fastened to said panel, characterized by the fact that the ends of said wings have an enlarged working surface against the lower surface of said panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: ITW Metal Fasteners, S.L.
    Inventor: Oscar Ribes Marti
  • Publication number: 20110314646
    Abstract: A clip for fastening accessories to vehicle panels includes a rectangular reinforcement case which is formed by the end contact of its opposite mid parts, by means of the fitted-together join of a single finger per side of each mid part, by means of a shape approximately of a double fold in the form of a zig-zag against the edge of the opposite part, which extends in parallel to the walls of the case and in the interior of the case. The remainder of this opposite part has a symmetrical finger with a similar arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Óscar Ribes Martí
  • Publication number: 20110232049
    Abstract: Improvements to panel fastening clips, especially to those used in curtain and/or lateral airbags, of the kinds of clips that are formed by a surface and/or several flexing arms that are designed to be located in the outer part of the panel into whose opening they are inserted, including several feet that are more or less elastic and that tend to converge at their ends in the general shape of an inverted “V” in the direction in which the clip is inserted, as well as several wings whose ends work against the lower surface of said panel and which ensure that said clip is fastened to said panel, characterized by the fact that the ends of said wings have an enlarged working surface against the lower surface of said panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: ITW METAL FASTENERS, S.L.
    Inventor: Oscar Ribes Marti