Patents by Inventor Gianfranco D. Zaccai

Gianfranco D. Zaccai 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: 5243716
    Abstract: A barrier-free drainage apparatus includes a trough positioned adjacent the front edge of a platform. The trough has a bottom wall which is positioned below the front edge of the platform, and at least one outlet opening in fluid flow communication with a drain pipe. A grate is positioned inside the trough and has an upper, generally horizontal portion with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The upper portion is supported such each that said upper portion is spaced apart from the trough bottom wall in a generally horizontal position and a top surface of the upper portion is substantially the same height as the front edge of the platform. Another aspect of the invention is the configuration of the outlet openings. A plurality of spaced apart, elongated insert receptacles depend from the bottom wall. The insert receptacles have side wall means and a horizontal base which define a cavity, and each base has two spaced apart outlet openings therein adjacent opposing ends of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco D. Zaccai, Andrew Ziegler, Thomas J. Misage, Timothy C. Dearborn
  • Patent number: 4934764
    Abstract: A computer system module assembly has modular equipment enclosures slidable and securable in a modular exoskeletal frame structure on a base. The frame structure includes horizontal frame members on which the enclosures slide with pawls movable on a threaded rod to engage studs on the enclosures to clamp the enclosure to the frame. Air cooling units in the enclosures provide independent cooling for each enclosure, moving air preferably from front to back of the enclosures, through perforated frame doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Kendall Square Research Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Leitermann, Neal H. Marshall, John C. Costello, Gianfranco D. Zaccai
  • Patent number: D262869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: American District Telegraph Company
    Inventors: John K. Guscott, Gianfranco D. Zaccai
  • Patent number: D278930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Gianfranco D. Zaccai, David B. Wheinstone, Hamid Keramaty, William E. Flynn
  • Patent number: D324376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Kendall Square Research Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Leitermann, Neal H. Marshall, John C. Costello, Gianfranco D. Zaccai
  • Patent number: D335701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco D. Zaccai, Timothy C. Dearborn