Patents by Inventor Franco Perin

Franco Perin 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).

  • Private digital communication apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of elements
    Patent number: 6275474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a private digital communication apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of interface modules which communicate through a common bus. In particular, it concerns a multipoint apparatus which uses a two-wire cable as a bus, and the access to the bus is carried out through the time multiplex technique (TDMA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Franco Perin, Fulco Muriglio
  • Faucet handle assembly
    Patent number: 5093959
    Abstract: A handle assembly for attaching a decorative handle to a turning stem is disclosed. The handle assembly comprises a handle body having a side wall and a top wall defining a hollow interior open at the bottom. A shaped aperture extends through the top wall of the handle body and is in communication with the hollow interior. An insert having a top portion and a shaped body portion of cross-sectional configuration, such as octagonal cross-section, complementary to the cross-sectional configuration of the shaped aperture extending through the top wall of the handle body is press-fit into the aperture with a section of the shaped body portion extending above the aperture. A decorative ring is disposed on top of the handle body. The ring has a shaped opening extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Charles W. McTargett, Franco Perin