Patents by Inventor Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI

Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI 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: 11600155
    Abstract: This disclosure illustrates a wearable detection device, configured to detect vibrations due to the impact of fingers against an object and/or to the sliding of fingertips on a rough surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: WEART S.R.L.
    Inventors: Guido Gioioso, Giovanni Spagnoletti, Domenico Prattichizzo, Mirko Aurilio
  • Patent number: 11285291
    Abstract: Device (100) for applying haptic stimuli to a body part (200) of a user, comprising a stiff support (30) configured to contact the body part 200; a containing element configured to keep the body part (200) in contact with the stiff support (30); an actuating element configured to push the stiff support (30) into the containing element and apply a pressure to the body part 200. The containing element comprises a stiff frame (10) defining a recess (20) to house the body part 200. The frame (10) comprises two lateral stiff guides (51) defining the recess (20) and the stiff support (30) is configured to move in a guided manner in the stiff guides (51). At least one servomotor (40, 40?) is provided connected integrally to the stiff frame (10) on the opposite side to the stiff support (30) with respect to the recess (20) and arranged to cause a relative movement, inside the recess (20) and with respect to the lateral stiff rails (51), of the stiff support (30) with respect to the body part (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WEART S.R.L.
    Inventors: Domenico Prattichizzo, Giovanni Spagnoletti, Guido Gioioso
  • Publication number: 20220075451
    Abstract: This disclosure illustrates a wearable detection device, configured to detect vibrations due to the impact of fingers against an object and/or to the sliding of fingertips on a rough surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: WEART S.R.L.
    Inventors: Guido GIOIOSO, Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI, Domenico PRATTICHIZZO, Mirko AURILIO
  • Patent number: 11154407
    Abstract: A device for enhancing a user's grasping capability comprises a belt-like support configured to be tightly fitted about a user's part of the body; an articulated gripping element having a plurality of phalanxes: proximal, fixed to the support, intermediate and distal, which are articulated to each other by articular joints; a motor unit fixed to the support; a winding drum; a tendon partially wound on the drum and extending along the phalanxes and the joints, arranged so that, by pulling it from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about respective articular joints and move the articulated gripping element from an extended position to a gripping bow-shaped position, causing a flexion/extension movement of the articulated gripping element, the joints configured so that by releasing the tendon from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about the respective joints and move the articulated gripping element between gripping bow-shaped position and extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
    Inventors: David Cioncoloni, Irfan Hussain, Domenico Prattichizzo, Simone Rossi, Gionata Salvietti, Giovanni Spagnoletti
  • Publication number: 20210060286
    Abstract: Device (100) for applying haptic stimuli to a body part (200) of a user, comprising a stiff support (30) configured to contact the body part 200; a containing element configured to keep the body part (200) in contact with the stiff support (30); an actuating element configured to push the stiff support (30) into the containing element and apply a pressure to the body part 200. The containing element comprises a stiff frame (10) defining a recess (20) to house the body part 200. The frame (10) comprises two lateral stiff guides (51) defining the recess (20) and the stiff support (30) is configured to move in a guided manner in the stiff guides (51). At least one servomotor (40, 40?) is provided connected integrally to the stiff frame (10) on the opposite side to the stiff support (30) with respect to the recess (20) and arranged to cause a relative movement, inside the recess (20) and with respect to the lateral stiff rails (51), of the stiff support (30) with respect to the body part (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: WEART S.R.L.
    Inventors: Domenico PRATTICHIZZO, Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI, Guido GIOIOSO
  • Publication number: 20210052399
    Abstract: A device for enhancing a user's grasping capability comprises a belt-like support configured to be tightly fitted about a user's part of the body; an articulated gripping element having a plurality of phalanxes: proximal, fixed to the support, intermediate and distal, which are articulated to each other by articular joints; a motor unit fixed to the support; a winding drum; a tendon partially wound on the drum and extending along the phalanxes and the joints, arranged so that, by pulling it from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about respective articular joints and move the articulated gripping element from an extended position to a gripping bow-shaped position, causing a flexion/extension movement of the articulated gripping element, the joints configured so that by releasing the tendon from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about the respective joints and move the articulated gripping element between gripping bow-shaped position and extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
    Inventors: David CIONCOLONI, Irfan HUSSAIN, Domenico PRATTICHIZZO, Simone ROSSI, Gionata SALVIETTI, Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI