Patents by Inventor Fabio Lopez

Fabio Lopez 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: 8777309
    Abstract: A lumbar support for a vehicle backrest has a rest member with a front surface shaped to support an area of a user's back, and an elastic member behind the rest member; the elastic member has an intermediate portion fixed to the rest member and two opposite ends fixed connected to a backrest frame, maintains the rest member in a rest position and can deform in response to a thrust of the user's back so as to let the rest member move between the rest position and a first position under normal conditions, and then abruptly towards a second position when a thrust of a user's back exceeds a given force value; the force/displacement curve of the elastic member has a slope which is between zero and a given threshold in the section between the first and the second positions, the threshold being equal to 0.5 [N/mm].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Salvatore Demontis, Gianluca Puleo, Fabio Lopez, Giorgio Masoero
  • Publication number: 20120306248
    Abstract: A lumbar support for a vehicle backrest has a rest member with a front surface shaped to support an area of a user's back, and an elastic member behind the rest member; the elastic member has an intermediate portion fixed to the rest member and two opposite ends fixed connected to a backrest frame, maintains the rest member in a rest position and can deform in response to a thrust of the user's back so as to let the rest member move between the rest position and a first position under normal conditions, and then abruptly towards a second position when a thrust of a user's back exceeds a given force value; the force/displacement curve of the elastic member has a slope which is between zero and a given threshold in the section between the first and the second positions, the threshold being equal to 0.5 [N/mm].
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: C.R.F. Societá Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Salvatore Demontis, Gianluca Puleo, Fabio Lopez, Giorgio Masoero
  • Patent number: 5205814
    Abstract: A lumbar region yielding support device adapted to be adjustably body positioned to be body worn or adjustably positioned attached to a seating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventors: John C. Lundrigan, Fabio Lopez
  • Patent number: D663037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventors: Sammy Lopez, Fabio Lopez