Patents by Inventor Stephen Bellagamba

Stephen Bellagamba 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: 10696578
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for fabricating a vehicle interior trim part. The proposed method comprises the step of providing a glass panel with a backside and a first and a second region. In a further step, a first stiffener is attached to the first region of the glass panel. Thereby, a stiffened region of the glass panel is formed. The method further comprises the step of bending the second region of the glass panel by cold forming so that a bent region of the glass panel is formed in a region adjacent to the stiffened region. The method further comprises the step of holding the glass panel in shape using a means of fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba
  • Patent number: 10688700
    Abstract: This document relates to a molding tool for forming and back-injecting a bendable sheet including a mold that includes a first mold half and a second mold half. The first half is arranged opposite the second half forming a cavity for receiving the bendable sheet and a melt. Further, the mold includes at least one pin for holding the bendable sheet and the pin is retractable in response to a force exerted on the pin by a pressure of the injected melt during back injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba
  • Patent number: 10328871
    Abstract: A panel for a vehicle interior including a cover layer and a mask layer, wherein the cover layer has a frontside and a backside, and the mask layer is disposed at the backside of the cover layer. The cover layer includes a semi-transparent layer. The cover layer has a light transmittance of at most 90 percent in a direction perpendicular to the frontside, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent display region and an opaque region, wherein the opaque region is located adjacent to the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba, Guillaume Basquin, Jan Koerner, Henning Bein
  • Publication number: 20180178424
    Abstract: This document relates to a molding tool for forming and back-injecting a bendable sheet including a mold that includes a first mold half and a second mold half. The first half is arranged opposite the second half forming a cavity for receiving the bendable sheet and a melt. Further, the mold includes at least one pin for holding the bendable sheet and the pin is retractable in response to a force exerted on the pin by a pressure of the injected melt during back injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba
  • Publication number: 20180111569
    Abstract: A panel for a vehicle interior including a cover layer and a mask layer, wherein the cover layer has a frontside and a backside, and the mask layer is disposed at the backside of the cover layer. The cover layer includes a semi-transparent layer. The cover layer has a light transmittance of at most 90 percent in a direction perpendicular to the frontside, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent display region and an opaque region, wherein the opaque region is located adjacent to the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba, Guillaume Basquin, Jan Koerner, Henning Bein
  • Publication number: 20180050948
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for fabricating a vehicle interior trim part. The proposed method comprises the step of providing a glass panel with a backside and a first and a second region. In a further step, a first stiffener is attached to the first region of the glass panel. Thereby, a stiffened region of the glass panel is formed. The method further comprises the step of bending the second region of the glass panel by cold forming so that a bent region of the glass panel is formed in a region adjacent to the stiffened region. The method further comprises the step of holding the glass panel in shape using a means of fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba