Patents by Inventor Angelo Bertolotti

Angelo Bertolotti 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: 8899640
    Abstract: A handle assembly includes a support fixable to the door of a vehicle, a grip carried by the support tilting between a rest position and a working position, in which it is at least partially turned transversally with respect to the support, and a mechanical motion transmission device connecting in use the grip to a door locking device for releasing the latter when the grip is in the working position. The handle assembly further includes a counter-weight carried by in the support transversally movable to the same between a first position, in which it is arranged facing, but away from the mechanical motion transmission device, and a second position, in which it intercepts the motion transmission device for stopping the same along at least part of their movement path thus preventing the release of the door locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Angelo Bertolotti Potachin
  • Patent number: 8814232
    Abstract: An external, automobile door handle system including an elongated grip manually accessible from the door outside and fitted at its ends with support protrusions, a first support protrusion resting pivotably at a support connected to the door structure and the second support protrusion being operationally linked to a swivel lever, the swivel lever being connected by a linkage or a cable to a door lock in a manner that said lock shall be opened when the grip is pulled out of the rest position into an open position. The automobile door handle system also includes a centrifugal weight which is supported displaceably in a similarly direction as the grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Angelo Bertolotti
  • Patent number: 8167342
    Abstract: An automobile outer door handle, comprising a lever-shaped handle portion which is manually gripped from the door's outer side and which is fitted with at least one bearing element resting in pivotably manner on a mating bearing element of the door and is coupled by a linkage to a door lock in a manner that, when this lock shall open when the handle portion is pivoted out of a rest position into an open position, an inertial mass being supported in excursion-limited manner in the region of the swivel bearing of the handle portion in a similar direction as the handle portion, said inertial mass locking in one limit position (blocked position) the handle portion into the rest position whereas releasing it in the other limit position (release position) and being moved into the blocked position when a predetermined transverse acceleration acts on the automobile to exert an opening force on the handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Angelo Bertolotti
  • Publication number: 20110099763
    Abstract: An external, automobile door handle system including an elongated grip manually accessible from the door outside and fitted at its ends with support protrusions, a first support protrusion resting pivotably at a support connected to the door structure and the second support protrusion being operationally linked to a swivel lever, the swivel lever being connected by a linkage or a cable to a door lock in a manner that said lock shall be opened when the grip is pulled out of the rest position into an open position. The automobile door handle system also includes a centrifugal weight which is supported displaceably in a similarly direction as the grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ITW AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Angelo Bertolotti
  • Publication number: 20090085360
    Abstract: An automobile outer door handle, comprising a lever-shaped handle portion which is manually gripped from the door's outer side and which is fitted with at least one bearing element resting in pivotably manner on a mating bearing element of the door and is coupled by a linkage to a door lock in a manner that, when this lock shall open when the handle portion is pivoted out of a rest position into an open position, an inertial mass being supported in excursion-limited manner in the region of the swivel bearing of the handle portion in a similar direction as the handle portion, said inertial mass locking in one limit position (blocked position) the handle portion into the rest position whereas releasing it in the other limit position (release position) and being moved into the blocked position when a predetermined transverse acceleration acts on the automobile to exert an opening force on the handle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Angelo Bertolotti