Patents by Inventor Giorgio Masoero

Giorgio Masoero 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).

  • Publication number: 20110026206
    Abstract: A user-interface device comprises a plurality of indication elements (3), each provided with a visual indication (4), mounted on a structure (5). The indication elements (3) comprise identification means (9b, 10, 11, 11?) adapted for co-operating with detection means (6, 7) of the device (1), for unique identification the indication elements (3). The identification means (9b, 10, 11, 11?) comprise an electrically conductive layer (10) on a respective side face (6b) of the indication element (3) and an electrically insulating layer (9b) superimposed on the electrically conductive layer. The detection means (6, 7) comprise one or more contact elements (7) set up against a respective a side face (6b) of the indication element (3). The electrically insulating layer (9b) has one or more windows (11) for exposure of respective local portions of the underlying electrically conductive layer (10), each window (11) being made in a position substantially corresponding to a respective contact element (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Stefano Bernard, Giorgio Masoero, Cosimo Carvignese, Diego Marzorati
  • Patent number: 7794005
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat assembly has a longitudinally movable rear seat and a load floor, which is height-adjustable, can be placed in a boot and has a front portion coupled to a lever member in a rotational manner about a horizontal axis; the lever member can swing about a further horizontal axis, which is fixed with respect to the rear seat during the longitudinal movement of the rear seat; the load floor has a substantially flat rear panel, which is coupled in a sliding manner to the front portion so as to vary the length of the load floor depending on the longitudinal position of the rear seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Angelo Storgato, Giorgio Masoero
  • Publication number: 20100148546
    Abstract: A lumbar support for a vehicle backrest has a resting element with a front surface shaped for supporting an area of the back of a user; the resting element is connected to a frame of the backrest via elastic elements, which are bistable for allowing the resting element to click from an advanced position to a rearward position when a thrust against the front surface exceeds a given threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Salvatore DEMONTIS, Alberto Maria MERLO, Giorgio MASOERO, Giovanni BOREANAZ
  • Publication number: 20100026034
    Abstract: A dashboard for a motor vehicle is prearranged in such a way that the air for ventilation of the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle that exits from a top opening of the dashboard is deviated, by the Coanda effect, along the top surface of the dashboard and beyond the dashboard in the direction of the occupants of the passenger compartment. The dashboard is moreover provided with at least one flow-perturbing element, which can be brought into an active position thereof, in which it projects above the top surface of the dashboard, in an area immediately downstream of the aforesaid top opening, with reference to the direction of the flow of air coming out of the top opening. In the active position of the flow-perturbing element, the flow of air coming out of the top opening is deviated towards the windscreen of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Angelo Storgato, Giovanni Boreanaz, Giorgio Masoero
  • Publication number: 20090167045
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat assembly has a longitudinally movable rear seat and a load floor, which is height-adjustable, can be placed in a boot and has a front portion coupled to a lever member in a rotational manner about a horizontal axis; the lever member can swing about a further horizontal axis, which is fixed with respect to the rear seat during the longitudinal movement of the rear seat; the load floor has a substantially flat rear panel, which is coupled in a sliding manner to the front portion so as to vary the length of the load floor depending on the longitudinal position of the rear seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Angelo Storgato, Giorgio Masoero
  • Publication number: 20080231065
    Abstract: A module for an object-holding drawer of a dashboard of a motor vehicle can be chosen from a plurality of different modules for accommodating different objects and is provided with a container connected in a fixed position and in an interchangeable manner to a shell by means of an attachment device; the container has an opening closed by a door, which is hinged to the container by means of hinge elements that form part of the attachment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Alberto Maria Merlo, Angelo STORGATO, Giorgio MASOERO