Patents by Inventor Matteo Scapozza

Matteo Scapozza 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: 8424412
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle includes a bracket unit bearing a steering spindle, and the unit is secured by means of securement bolts on a vehicle-stationary part. The securement bolts penetrate through elongated holes in the bracket unit or in the vehicle-stationary part, and the bracket unit in the event of a crash, is displaceable, starting from a starting position, with the displacement of the securement bolts in the elongated holes with respect to the vehicle-stationary part. Each elongated hole is disposed at least over a portion of its longitudinal extent in a retaining strip which, in the starting position of the bracket unit, includes a curvature, which, during a displacement of the bracket unit with respect to the vehicle-stationary part occurring in the event of a crash, is at least decreased through the cooperation with the securement bolt or a part disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Matteo Scapozza
  • Publication number: 20100186535
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle includes a bracket unit bearing a steering spindle, and the unit is secured by means of securement bolts on a vehicle-stationary part. The securement bolts penetrate through elongated holes in the bracket unit or in the vehicle-stationary part, and the bracket unit in the event of a crash, is displaceable, starting from a starting position, with the displacement of the securement bolts in the elongated holes with respect to the vehicle-stationary part. Each elongated hole is disposed at least over a portion of its longitudinal extent in a retaining strip which, in the starting position of the bracket unit, includes a curvature, which, during a displacement of the bracket unit with respect to the vehicle-stationary part occurring in the event of a crash, is at least decreased through the cooperation with the securement bolt or a part disposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Matteo Scapozza