Patents by Inventor Luigi Buriola

Luigi Buriola 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).

  • Kitchen unit provided with a lighting system
    Patent number: 10539330
    Abstract: A kitchen unit (200), for example an extraction hood, has a task lighting system (100) for illuminating an operative area (210) below the kitchen unit. The task lighting system includes: at least a plurality of fixed lighting elements (110) configured to generate, on the operative area, corresponding fixed elementary light spots (270) and macro light spots (280) by the union of the elementary light spots; and a control unit (115) configured to receive a spot position signal indicative of a desired position of a macro light spot and to selectively activate, based on the spot position signal, the lighting elements to generate a macro light spot with said desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Luigi Buriola, Giancarlo Arrigoni, Chiara Ciardetti, Valerio Verdoliva
  • Kitchen Unit Provided with a Lighting System
    Publication number: 20170321905
    Abstract: A kitchen unit (200), for example an extraction hood, has a task lighting system (100) for illuminating an operative area (210) below the kitchen unit, the task lighting system comprising:—at least a plurality of fixed lighting elements (110) configured to generate, on the operative area, corresponding fixed elementary light spots (270) and macro light spots (280) by the union of the elementary light spots; and—a control unit (115) configured to receive a spot position signal indicative of a desired position of a macro light spot and to selectively activate, based on the spot position signal, the lighting elements to generate a macro light spot with said desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Luigi Buriola