Patents by Inventor Felice Vinati

Felice Vinati 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: 11858619
    Abstract: An aircraft (100) with a rotary wing (40) is equipped with a propulsion system (10). The aircraft (100) includes a rotating mast (50) that rotates the rotor wing (40). The propulsion system (10) includes a pole (20) mechanically connected to the rotating mast (50) of the aircraft (100), where at least one end of the pole (20) is equipped with a motor (30) configured to rotate the pole (20) around the axis of the rotating mast (50) in such a way that the rotation of the pole (20) can be used to rotate the rotating wing (40). At each end of the pole (20) is placed a motor group (30), where each motor group (30) includes a pair of counter-rotating propellers (32,32), said pair of counter-rotating propellers (32,32?) being arranged in such a way as to generate a rotational torque to rotate the pole (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Giacomo Vinati, Matteo Vinati, Mariachiara Vinati, Samuele Vinati
  • Patent number: 11820497
    Abstract: A rotor wing aircraft provided with a propulsion apparatus is disclosed. The aircraft has a rotating mast configured to rotate said rotor wing and the apparatus includes a pole mechanically connectable to the rotating mast of the aircraft. At one of the ends of the pole there is placed an electric turbine, powered by a battery, and configured to rotate the pole around an axis of the rotating mast in such a way that the rotation of the pole can be used to rotate the rotor wing. Preferably the pole is made of carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Giacomo Vinati, Matteo Vinati, Mariachiara Vinati, Samuele Vinati
  • Publication number: 20230365254
    Abstract: A rotor wing aircraft with a propulsion apparatus is disclosed. The aircraft has a rotating mast configured to rotate the rotor wing and the propulsion apparatus includes a pole mechanically connectable to the rotating mast of the aircraft. An electric turbine is placed at one of the ends of the pole, powered by a battery, and configured to rotate the pole around an axis of the rotating mast in such a way that the rotation of the pole can be used to rotate the rotor wing. The pole is made of carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Giacomo VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Mariachiara VINATI, Samuele VINATI
  • Publication number: 20210403150
    Abstract: An aircraft (100) with a rotary wing (40) is equipped with a propulsion system (10). The aircraft (100) includes a rotating mast (50) that rotates the rotor wing (40). The propulsion system (10) includes a pole (20) mechanically connected to the rotating mast (50) of the aircraft (100), where at least one end of the pole (20) is equipped with a motor (30) configured to rotate the pole (20) around the axis of the rotating mast (50) in such a way that the rotation of the pole (20) can be used to rotate the rotating wing (40). At each end of the pole (20) is placed a motor group (30), where each motor group (30) includes a pair of counter-rotating propellers (32,32), said pair of counter-rotating propellers (32,32?) being arranged in such a way as to generate a rotational torque to rotate the pole (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Giacomo Vinati, Matteo Vinati, Mariachiara Vinati, Samuele Vinati
  • Patent number: 11112766
    Abstract: A method of estimating an attitude of a control device for controlling operating machines, where the control device has a plurality of pushbuttons for controlling the movement of an operating machine along respective directions, the method having the following steps: —preliminary estimating the attitude of the control device using data from an accelerometer and a magnetometer onboard of the control device; —updating of the preliminary estimate of the attitude of the control device using data from a gyroscope onboard of the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Samuele Vinati, Matteo Vinati, Mariachiara Vinati, Giacomo Vinati, Fabio Previdi, Alberto Cologni, Michele Ermidoro, Luca Bortolotti
  • Publication number: 20210241629
    Abstract: An aircraft traffic control method is described which includes receiving data concerning the position of aircrafts, creating a real-time map of aircraft traffic based on the position data; checking the possibility of a collision between aircrafts on the basis of the map, and, in the event that such check is positive, sending an anti-collision alert to the aircrafts. The method is implemented using an RTS server (Real Time Server) configured to communicate with navigational devices on board aircrafts and provided with an application configured to communicate data concerning the position of the aircrafts to the RTS server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Giacomo VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Mariachiara VINATI, Samuele VINATI
  • Publication number: 20200094951
    Abstract: A rotor wing aircraft provided with a propulsion apparatus is disclosed. The aircraft has a rotating mast configured to rotate said rotor wing and the apparatus includes a pole mechanically connectable to the rotating mast of the aircraft. At one of the ends of the pole there is placed an electric turbine, powered by a battery, and configured to rotate the pole around an axis of the rotating mast in such a way that the rotation of the pole can be used to rotate the rotor wing. Preferably the pole is made of carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Giacomo VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Mariachiara VINATI, Samuele VINATI
  • Publication number: 20180341245
    Abstract: A method of estimating an attitude of a control device for controlling operating machines, where the control device has a plurality of pushbuttons for controlling the movement of an operating machine along respective directions, the method having the following steps:—preliminary estimating the attitude of the control device using data from an accelerometer and a magnetometer onboard of the control device;—updating of the preliminary estimate of the attitude of the control device using data from a gyroscope onboard of the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Samuele VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Mariachiara VINATI, Giacomo VINATI, Fabio PREVIDI, Alberto COLOGNI, Michele ERMIDORO, Luca BORTOLOTTI
  • Patent number: 9919901
    Abstract: A device for controlling a swinging of a load suspended from a motorized slidable element is described. The controlling device includes a control unit and an inertial platform. The control unit is provided with means to measure and control the speed of the motorized slidable element and is able to process the values representative of the inclination angle of the cable with respect to the vertical to calculate and to impart control actions in order to dynamically control the speed of the motorized slidable element as a function of a desired inclination angle of the cable with respect to the vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: VINATI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Sergio M. Savaresi, Felice Vinati, Samuele Vinati, Matteo Vinati, Mariachiara Vinati, Giacomo Vinati
  • Publication number: 20160362280
    Abstract: A device for controlling a swinging of a load suspended from a motorized slidable element is described. The controlling device includes a control unit and an inertial platform. The control unit is provided with means to measure and control the speed of the motorized slidable element and is able to process the values representative of the inclination angle of the cable with respect to the vertical to calculate and to impart control actions in order to dynamically control the speed of the motorized slidable element as a function of a desired inclination angle of the cable with respect to the vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio M. SAVARESI, Felice VINATI, Samuele VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Maria-Chiara VINATI, Giacomo VINATI
  • Publication number: 20120144682
    Abstract: A device for locating loads destined to be applied to a cable- and/or chain- and/or hydraulic-type lifting plant, in which the plant includes a lifting system to which a gripping element for a load is connected via a cable or chain system, and is provided with projector for projecting visual indications correlated with the position or the displacements of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: VINATI SERVICE DI VINATI FELICE E C. S.A.S.
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Samuele VINATI, Matteo VINATI, Giacomo VINATI, Mariachiara VINATI
  • Publication number: 20090200256
    Abstract: A safety device for application to cable lifting apparatus, where the apparatus comprises a mobile tackle to which, via a system of cables, a grappling element for a load is connected, the safety device being characterised in that it is provided with means for detecting a displacement from a vertical of at least a cable of the cables supporting the grappling element for the load, alarm means of acoustic and/or visual and/or lifting operation shutdown type, which are associated to the means for detecting the displacement from the vertical, being destined to enter into function if the displacement from the vertical of the at least a cable exceeds at least a first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: VINATI FELICE
    Inventors: Felice VINATI, Samuele VINATI, Matteo VINATI
  • Patent number: 7162734
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to a data communication network, comprising the steps of: upon connection of a user to a data communication network, making available on the network an age identifier which is suitable to define the age of the user who wishes to make the connection; entering, on the part of the user, the address of a site of interest which the user intends to visit, the address being automatically associated with the age identifier made available on the network; and allowing the user to perform the network connection on the basis of the reading of the age identifier associated with the address keyed in by the user, and steering accordingly the network navigation of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Gestweb S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Vinati, Felice Vinati, Ivan Berardinelli
  • Patent number: 7039945
    Abstract: A method for controlling the time which a user spends connected to a data communication network, comprising the steps of: upon connection of a user to a data communication network, determining a profile of the user by determining the age group to which the user belongs; calculating a time that the user has spent connected to the data communication network and comparing the connection time with a table which contains connection times which are predefined according to the different age groups of the user; if the connection time is greater than the maximum allowable time for the age group of the user, automatically interrupting the connection to the data communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Gestweb S.p.A.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Samuele Vinati, Matteo Vinati
  • Publication number: 20020099836
    Abstract: A method for controlling the time which a user spends connected to a data communication network, comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: GESTWEB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Samuele Vinati, Matteo Vinati
  • Publication number: 20020056049
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to a data communication network, comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: GESTWEB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Vinati, Felice Vinati, Ivan Berardinelli
  • Publication number: 20020046213
    Abstract: A method for managing rentals of real estate and personal property items over a data communication network, comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: GESTWEB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Vinati, Felice Vinati, Ivan Berardinelli
  • Publication number: 20020042824
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to a data communication network, comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: GESTWEB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Felice Vinati, Samuele Vinati