Patents by Inventor Luciano Bacchetti

Luciano Bacchetti 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: 11781359
    Abstract: A low-bulkiness hinge for closing a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure, such as a wall, a frame or a floor includes a hinge body which includes a longitudinal operating chamber defining a first axis, a pivot coupled to the hinge body to rotate around a second axis between the opening and closing positions of the closing element, and a slider slidable in the operating chamber along the first axis. The operating chamber has a first seat for the pivot and a second seat for the sliding of the slider, which includes a shaft and an operative head that are mutually coupled. The hinge body has a first opening for inserting, perpendicularly to the first axis, the operative head into the second seat and a second through opening for inserting, coaxially to the first axis, the shaft into the housing. The hinge further has the shaft and the operative head fixed to one another after insertion in the second seat (so as to form a unitary assembly integrally slidable along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20230203870
    Abstract: A linear actuator includes a jacket defining an axis, and a rod having an end cylinder tightly slidable within the jacket and an opposite end sliding between a rest position and a working position. The end cylinder divides the jacket into a first and second variable volume compartment fluidically independent from each other, one of the first or second variable volume compartment being fluidically insulated and under vacuum, the other one fluidly communicating with the outside environment. The jacket has an abutment member having a non-return valve mechanism adapted to discharge ambient air that may be entrapped between the end cylinder and the abutment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 11619088
    Abstract: A linear actuator includes a jacket defining an axis and a rod having an end cylinder tightly slidable in the jacket and an opposite end sliding between a rest position and a working position. The end cylinder divides the jacket into a first and a second variable volume compartments fluidly independent from each other, one of them being fluidly insulated and under vacuum, the other one being fluidly communicating with the outside environment. Upon the passage of the opposite end of the rod from the rest position to the working position, one of the variable volume compartments passes from a minimum volume to a maximum volume, in order to suck the rod and automatically recall the opposite end from the working position to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20220356740
    Abstract: A low-bulkiness hinge for closing a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure, such as a wall, a frame or a floor includes a hinge body which includes a longitudinal operating chamber defining a first axis, a pivot coupled to the hinge body to rotate around a second axis between the opening and closing positions of the closing element, and a slider slidable in the operating chamber along the first axis. The operating chamber has a first seat for the pivot and a second seat for the sliding of the slider, which includes a shaft and an operative head that are mutually coupled. The hinge body has a first opening for inserting, perpendicularly to the first axis, the operative head into the second seat and a second through opening for inserting, coaxially to the first axis, the shaft into the housing. The hinge further has the shaft and the operative head fixed to one another after insertion in the second seat (so as to form a unitary assembly integrally slidable along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 11261637
    Abstract: A hinge for the rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a window, a shutter or the like, includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure and a mobile element anchorable to the closing element. The fixed and movable elements are mutually coupled so as to rotate with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position. One of the fixed or movable element includes a working chamber, with a plunger disposed to slide along a longitudinal axis and operatively coupled with the other one of the fixed or movable elements so that the sliding of the plunger corresponds to a rotation of the movable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20210381294
    Abstract: A device for a system for opening/closing a door or a sliding shutter includes a jacket defining a longitudinal axis and a rod, having a cylinder at one end inserted into the jacket and an opposite end external thereto, which reciprocally slides along the longitudinal axis or along an axis parallel thereto in relation to the jacket between a position proximal to the jacket and a position distal therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20200332581
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element, a movable element, and a slider. One of the fixed or the movable elements defines a working chamber receiving the slider, and the other one has a pivot causing the slider to slide upon a rotation of the pivot. The working chamber contains a working fluid and is separated into a first and a second variable volume compartments by a plunger of the slider, which includes a first valve providing fluid communication between the compartments. A first duct passing through a closing cap of the working chamber has a second valve in fluid communication with the first and second compartments and spaced from the plunger for a first part of a stroke of the plunger. During a second part of the stroke, the plunger acts upon the second valve to cause the closing element to latch toward an open or closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Aimone Balbo di Vinadio, Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10760316
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a first fixed tubular half-shell having a working chamber defining a longitudinal axis, a second tubular half-shell rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a pivot rotating unitary with the latter which includes a single pass-through actuating member having a helical shape, a plunger member slidable along the longitudinal axis, and a tubular bushing having a pair of guide cam slots. A pin-inserted within the pass-through actuating member is provided to allow the mutual engagement of the pivot and the bushing. The first tubular half-shell includes an end portion susceptible to rotatably support the pivot, the second tubular half-shell and the bushing are coaxially coupled to each other, and the bushing and the first tubular half-shell are mutually unitarily coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10662688
    Abstract: A system for the quick mounting of a glass shutter or door to a support frame includes a mounting plate having a first anchoring element to the top of the supporting frame and a second anchoring element to the glass shutter or door. The mounting plate includes a downwardly extending pivot defining an axis and a hinge device having a seat for the pivot. The seat and the pivot are configured to be coupled so as to allow the hinge device to rotate about the axis. A slip-preventing system prevents the separation by gravity of the hinge device from the mounting plate after coupling the pivot to the seat. The second anchoring element is removable so as to allow an operator to mount/dismount the glass shutter or door onto/from the support frame with the hinge device in the working position mounted on the top of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20200115943
    Abstract: A hinge for the rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a window, a shutter or the like, includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure and a mobile element anchorable to the closing element. The fixed and movable elements are mutually coupled so as to rotate with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position. One of the fixed or movable element includes a working chamber, with a plunger disposed to slide along a longitudinal axis and operatively coupled with the other one of the fixed or movable elements so that the sliding of the plunger corresponds to a rotation of the movable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10604979
    Abstract: A rotating coupling system for a closing element, such as a door, window, door or the like, and a stationary support structure, such as a wall, floor, frame or the like includes a hinge device anchorable to the closing element and a mounting plate anchorable to the stationary support structure. The hinge device has a hinge body and a pivot defining a first axis, and are coupled each other to rotate one with respect to the other around the axis. In particular, the pivot includes a coupling portion, which protrudes from the hinge body, and the mounting plate includes a plate-shaped body having a seat that receives the coupling portion of the pivot. The plate-shaped body further includes an adjusting member to adjust its position with respect to the stationary support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20190390496
    Abstract: A system for the automatic closing/opening of an aperture includes closing element slidable in a plane between a closing position, in which it closes the aperture, and an opening position, in which the aperture is open; and a linear actuator operatively coupled to the closing element to automatically return it from one of the open or closed positions to the other one of the open or closed positions. The linear actuator includes a jacket defining an axis and a rod (20) slidable in relation to the jacket. The linear actuator includes a stationary element and a movable element, one of which includes the jacket and the other one includes the rod. The system further includes a guide rail, in which the movable element of the linear actuator slides, and which defines a sliding direction substantially parallel to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20190390493
    Abstract: A rotating coupling system for a closing element, such as a door, window, door or the like, and a stationary support structure, such as a wall, floor, frame or the like includes a hinge device anchorable to the closing element and a mounting plate anchorable to the stationary support structure. The hinge device has a hinge body and a pivot defining a first axis, and are coupled each other to rotate one with respect to the other around the axis. In particular, the pivot includes a coupling portion, which protrudes from the hinge body, and the mounting plate includes a plate-shaped body having a seat that receives the coupling portion of the pivot. The plate-shaped body further includes an adjusting member to adjust its position with respect to the stationary support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20190368258
    Abstract: A linear actuator includes a jacket defining an axis and a rod having an end cylinder tightly slidable in the jacket and an opposite end sliding between a rest position and a working position. The end cylinder divides the jacket into a first and a second variable volume compartments fluidly independent from each other, one of them being fluidly insulated and under vacuum, the other one being fluidly communicating with the outside environment. Upon the passage of the opposite end of the rod from the rest position to the working position, one of the variable volume compartments passes from a minimum volume to a maximum volume, in order to suck the rod and automatically recall the opposite end from the working position to the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10422175
    Abstract: A hinge for cold rooms or glass shutters, coupling a stationary support structure and a shutter movable between an open position and a shutter position, includes a hinge body having a working chamber; a pivot defining a first longitudinal axis coupled to the hinge body to rotate around the first axis between the open and the closed shutter position; a cam element integral with the pivot; a plunger element sliding in the working chamber along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the plunger element having a slider with an operative face interacting with the cam element; and an elastic counteracting member acting upon the plunger element to move it along the second axis between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The hinge body has a substantially plate shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20190284858
    Abstract: A system for the quick mounting of a glass shutter or door to a support frame includes a mounting plate having a first anchoring element to the top of the supporting frame and a second anchoring element to the glass shutter or door. The mounting plate includes a downwardly extending pivot defining an axis and a hinge device having a seat for the pivot. The seat and the pivot are configured to be coupled so as to allow the hinge device to rotate about the axis. A slip-preventing system prevents the separation by gravity of the hinge device from the mounting plate after coupling the pivot to the seat. The second anchoring element is removable so as to allow an operator to mount/dismount the glass shutter or door onto/from the support frame with the hinge device in the working position mounted on the top of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10151129
    Abstract: A hinge for cold rooms or glass shutters includes a stationary support structure and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position. The hinge includes a hinge body with a working chamber; a pivot coupled with the hinge body; a cam element unitary with the pivot; a plunger element sliding in the working chamber, the plunger element having a slider with an operative face interacting with the cam element; a counteracting elastic member acting on the plunger element to move it between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The hinge body has a substantially plate-like shape. The cam element includes an elongated appendix extending from the pivot to come in contact engagement with the operative face of the slider. The pivot is placed at one of the side walls of the working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Publication number: 20180283073
    Abstract: A hinge for cold rooms or glass shutters, coupling a stationary support structure and a shutter movable between an open position and a shutter position, includes a hinge body having a working chamber; a pivot defining a first longitudinal axis coupled to the hinge body to rotate around the first axis between the open and the closed shutter position; a cam element integral with the pivot; a plunger element sliding in the working chamber along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the plunger element having a slider with an operative face interacting with the cam element; and an elastic counteracting member acting upon the plunger element to move it along the second axis between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The hinge body has a substantially plate shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Luciano BACCHETTI
  • Publication number: 20180106087
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a first fixed tubular half-shell having a working chamber defining a longitudinal axis, a second tubular half-shell rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a pivot rotating unitary with the latter which includes a single pass-through actuating member having a helical shape, a plunger member slidable along the longitudinal axis, and a tubular bushing having a pair of guide cam slots. A pin-inserted within the pass-through actuating member is provided to allow the mutual engagement of the pivot and the bushing. The first tubular half-shell includes an end portion susceptible to rotatably support the pivot, the second tubular half-shell and the bushing are coaxially coupled to each other, and the bushing and the first tubular half-shell are mutually unitarily coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 9926732
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element, a movable element and a slider housed in a working chamber and coupled to a pivot, so that a rotation of the movable element corresponds to the sliding of the slider. The working chamber includes an end cap and a working fluid and is divided into first and second variable volume compartment by a plunger member of the slider. A hydraulic circuit includes a first duct passing through an end cap that is in fluid communication with the first and second compartments and has an elongated tubular wall extending within the working chamber, and the interspace between the working chamber and the elongated tubular wall. The plunger member is tightly inserted in the elongated tubular wall, which includes a first peripheral conduit having a first and a second port in fluid communication with the first and respectively second compartment through the first duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: IN & TEC S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti