Patents by Inventor Antonio LABALESTRA

Antonio LABALESTRA 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: 20240093541
    Abstract: A device for identifying a position of a grip member of a vehicle handle includes a cam rotatably movable inside the device around an axis fixed relative to the grip member. The cam is rotatably secured to a lever, which is rotatably movable around the axis, so that an angular position of the cam around the axis is directly related to an angular position of the lever around the axis. The angular position of the lever is also mechanically related to the position of the grip member. The device includes at least one switch secured to the handle and complementary to a member of the cam, so that the at least one switch is configured to be in electrical contact with the member of the cam when the angular position of the cam is equal to one or more predetermined angular positions around the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco SAVANT, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA, Cannavò ANTONINO, Christophe PERRIN
  • Publication number: 20240084623
    Abstract: A car access assembly includes a handle configured to be attached on a car door and an electronic sensing unit. The electronic sensing unit includes a sensor configured to be attached on an extension portion of the handle and/or to a bracket configured to cooperate with the handle. The extension portion and/or the bracket is configured to be installed on or facing an internal side of a part of the car door extending according to a reference plane. The assembly also includes a fixing mechanism for the sensor so that a constraint applied to the handle is transmitted to the sensor for detection of a command via the extension portion and/or the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20240076913
    Abstract: An electronic sensing unit for a handle attached on a car door includes a sensor and a fixing mechanism. The sensor is attached on an external side of a part of the car door extending according to a reference plane. The fixing mechanism includes a first element and a second element configured to cooperate together. The first element is configured to cooperate with the part of the car door and the sensor. The second element is configured to cooperate with the handle so that a constraint applied to the handle is transmitted to the sensor for detection of a command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20240076912
    Abstract: A detection system for a handle of a car access assembly that includes a sensing module and a flexible printed circuit board. The sensing module includes at least one strain gauge having a sensing area and connection points in contact with the sensing area so as to permit the measurement of a signal at the connection points. The flexible printed circuit board has a first end with at least one connection area adapted to be connected to the connection points of the at least one strain gauge and a second end with a connection arrangement configured to be connected to an electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20230087064
    Abstract: A device includes an apparatus, including a fixed part attached to an activation part, and at least one detection device configured to activate at least one function of the apparatus upon detection of force applied to the activation part. Every detection device of the at least one detection device includes a blade and a sensor. The blade includes first and second bearing parts that bear against the activation part or the fixed part. The sensor is on the blade between the first and second bearing parts. The sensor measures deformation of the blade when the force is applied on the activation part and collects a deformation signal to be transmitted to a controller. At least one of the first bearing part and the second bearing part is secured to the activation part or to the fixed part by at least one overmolded securing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Myriam AKANOU, Antonio LABALESTRA