Patents by Inventor Fiorenzo Savant

Fiorenzo Savant 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: 7303217
    Abstract: A handle for a motor vehicle door comprising a lever that can rotate about a first axis in a frame that is fixed to the door and is connected mechanically to a rocker wheel that rotates in the frame about a second axis when the stop piece belonging to a locking member comprising a pendulum that has lever is pulled in order to unlock the door, the rocker wheel is provided with a shoulder capable of being intercepted by a an inertial mass and is hinged to the frame or to a body integral therewith so as to pivot about a third axis, that during a violent pivoting of the pendulum, the stop piece strikes the shoulder and prevents the rocker wheel from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo SpA
    Inventor: Fiorenzo Savant
  • Publication number: 20060163887
    Abstract: Handle for a motor vehicle door (2; 102) or the like, that comprises a lever (5; 105) that can rotate about a first axis (7; 107) in a frame (1; 101) to be fixed to the door (2; 102) and is connected mechanically to a rocker wheel (11; 111) that can rotate in the frame (1; 101) about a second axis (12; 112) when the lever (5; 105) is pulled in order to unlock the door (2; 102), the said rocker wheel (11; 111) being provided with a shoulder (24; 124) capable of being intercepted by a stop piece (15; 130) belonging to a locking member comprising a pendulum (16; 116) which is provided with an inertial mass (18; 118) and is hinged to the frame (1; 101) or to a body integral therewith so as to pivot about a third axis (17; 117), in such a way that during a violent pivoting of the pendulum (16; 116) the stop piece (15; 130) strikes the shoulder (24; 124) and prevents the rocker wheel (11; 111) from rotating, in which handle this third axis of rotation (17; 117) of the pendulum (16; 116) is essentially parallel to t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventor: Fiorenzo Savant
  • Patent number: 6588813
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door has a control lever hinged to a connecting structure for connection to the door, and a detecting assembly for detecting the presence of a user's hand about to open the door; the detecting assembly having a magnetic aerial, which is housed inside the lever to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user's hand nearing the handle, and is connected by a sliding connection to a circuit carried by the connecting structure and which supplies a presence signal to a control unit for releasing the respective lock upon reading an identification code carried by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A
    Inventors: Massimo Marcarini, Fiorenzo Savant
  • Patent number: 6527316
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle wherein a lever, operated manually by a user, has a core having a seat and an aerial housed inside the seat and for identifying the user; the seat being insulated from the outside by at least one continuous layer of thermoplastic material at least partly surrounding the core and separated from the aerial by at least one spacer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Astorre Agostini, Fiorenzo Savant
  • Patent number: 6367295
    Abstract: A handle for controlling a lock of a vehicle door has a connecting structure for connection to the door; a control lever hinged to the connecting structure and gripped by a user; and a control device for setting only the one lock to a safety-off mode; the handle having a respective electric aerial, which is carried by the lever, detects an identification code carried by the user, and is connected to the control device to supply the control device with an enabling signal as the user approaches the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Astorre Agostini, Fiorenzo Savant