Patents by Inventor Andrea Zen

Andrea Zen 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: 20240066945
    Abstract: A device for regulating a through-flow and expanding a fluid in a fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The device has a housing and a valve element arranged in the interior of the housing as well as at least one sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Arjun Krishna Moorthy, Carsten Ohrem, Daniel Zens, Nils Michael Schlattmann, Andreas Capelle
  • Patent number: 8021060
    Abstract: An adjustable support head (1) for optical or video/photographic equipment, comprising a joint (5) including a first (3) and a second joint element (18), a body (3) defining the said first joint element, a connection plate (4) for the optical or video/photographic equipment, connected to the said second joint element, so as to enable the said connection plate to be freely adjustable in relation to the said body, locking means (25) mounted on the said body and including a clamping element (26) that can be selectively moved between a first non-operating position in which the clamping element is distanced from the second joint element and a second operating position in which the clamping element is in contact with the second joint element so as to lock the said second joint element in a desired position in relation to the first joint element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Gitzo S.A.
    Inventors: Hem Sudhana, Andrea Zen
  • Patent number: 7988108
    Abstract: A tripod support for video-photographic equipment comprises a crosspiece with a tube, a column with a shaft sliding inside the tube of the crosspiece, the column having a plate arranged to be fitted at one end of the shaft and an end plug arranged to be fitted at the axially opposite end of the shaft as well as removable fixing means between the plate and shaft and between the shaft and plug respectively to remove the plate and plug from the shaft and the shaft from the tube. The fixing means onto the plate and onto the plug are mutually connectable, as an alternative to being connected to the shaft, to directly fix the plate and the plug to the opposite ends of the tube of the crosspiece when removed from the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Gitzo S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Zen, Daniele Vigolo
  • Publication number: 20100172643
    Abstract: An adjustable support head (1) for optical or video/photographic equipment, comprising a joint (5) including a first (3) and a second joint element (18), a body (3) defining the said first joint element, a connection plate (4) for the optical or video/photographic equipment, connected to the said second joint element, so as to enable the said connection plate to be freely adjustable in relation to the said body, locking means (25) mounted on the said body and including a clamping element (26) that can be selectively moved between a first non-operating position in which the clamping element is distanced from the second joint element and a second operating position in which the clamping element is in contact with the second joint element so as to lock the said second joint element in a desired position in relation to the first joint element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hem Sudhana, Andrea Zen
  • Publication number: 20100108832
    Abstract: A tripod support for video-photographic equipment comprises a crosspiece with a tube, a column with a shaft sliding inside the tube of the crosspiece, the column having a plate arranged to be fitted at one end of the shaft and an end plug arranged to be fitted at the axially opposite end of the shaft as well as removable fixing means between the plate and shaft and between the shaft and plug respectively to remove the plate and plug from the shaft and the shaft from the tube. The fixing means onto the plate and onto the plug are mutually connectable, as an alternative to being connected to the shaft, to directly fix the plate and the plug to the opposite ends of the tube of the crosspiece when removed from the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Andrea Zen, Daniele Vigolo
  • Patent number: D600736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Gitzo, S.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Zen
  • Patent number: D602974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Gitzo, S.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Zen
  • Patent number: D613327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Gitzo S.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Zen
  • Patent number: D622753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Gitzo S.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Zen