Patents by Inventor Franco Girodo

Franco Girodo 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: 7904994
    Abstract: Mounting device for connecting a fastening system selected from a number of available standard fastening systems to an automotive finishing element like e.g. a door inner panel, a dashboard, etc designed to be fixed to a vehicle body; the mounting device consists in: a standardized mounting tower provided integral with or fixable to said automotive finishing element; and in an intermediate, shallow mounting element designed to be interposed between the fastening system and the mounting tower, having first and second coupling means; said first coupling means being designed to mate with first coupling means of the fastening system designed to provide anchorage with the mounting tower; and said second coupling means being of the snap-on kind and being designed to mate with an attachment seat of prefixed shape for said shallow mounting element provided in said mounting tower, on a side thereof opposite to the automotive finishing element to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Italia S.r.L. Con Unico Socio
    Inventors: Franco Girodo, Calogero Serrone
  • Publication number: 20080260454
    Abstract: Mounting device for connecting a fastening system selected from a number of available standard fastening systems to an automotive finishing element like e.g. a door inner panel, a dashboard, etc designed to be fixed to a vehicle body; the mounting device consists in: a standardized mounting tower provided integral with or fixable to said automotive finishing element; and in an intermediate, shallow mounting element designed to be interposed between the fastening system and the mounting tower, having first and second coupling means; said first coupling means being designed to mate with first coupling means of the fastening system designed to provide anchorage with the mounting tower; and said second coupling means being of the snap-on kind and being designed to mate with an attachment seat of prefixed shape for said shallow mounting element provided in said mounting tower, on a side thereof opposite to the automotive finishing element to be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: ITW AUTOMOTIVE ITALIA S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Franco Girodo, Calogero Serrone
  • Patent number: 6708933
    Abstract: A clamp includes a locking element (4) and an element (6) for hooking to a support (3). The hooking element (6) is made integral with the locking element and is equipped with first hooking means (14) and second hooking means (16), which are of different types and are located on opposite sides of the hooking element (6). The locking element (4) includes a pair of jaws (18) that are arranged to mate together and are made integral, on either side, with the hooking element, as well as detachable locking means (26, 27, 28) for connecting the jaws (18) together in a working position in which the jaws (18) lie essentially parallel and abut one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Italia S.R.L.
    Inventor: Franco Girodo
  • Publication number: 20030033696
    Abstract: Clamp (1), which includes a locking element (4) and an element (6) for hooking to a support (3), in which the hooking element (6) is made integral with the locking element and is equipped with a first hooking means (14) and a second hooking means (16), which are of different types and are located on opposite sides of the hooking element (6); the locking element (4) includes a pair of jaws (18) that are arranged to mate together and are made integral, on either side, with the hooking element, as well as a detachable locking means (26, 27, 28) for connecting the jaws (18) together in a working position in which the jaws (18) lie essentially parallel to another and are arranged to abut one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Franco Girodo