Patents by Inventor Michela Bruzzone

Michela Bruzzone 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: 8794667
    Abstract: A front airbag for a road vehicle; the front airbag having: a stowage compartment formed in a front portion of the dashboard of the road vehicle; a bag normally deflated and folded inside the stowage compartment; and a generator which is housed inside the stowage compartment, is connected to the bag, and inflates the bag in the event of collision; the inflated bag has a longitudinal depth that decreases substantially in a thrust direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the road vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michela Bruzzone, Veniero Pizzagalli
  • Patent number: 8119936
    Abstract: Described herein is a mounting system with measurement of the weight of the occupant for a seat of a motor vehicle; the mounting system has a bottom frame rigidly connected to the bodywork of the motor vehicle, a top frame, which supports the seat and is mounted in a floating way on the bottom frame, and a plurality of weight sensors, each of which is set between the bottom frame and the top frame and is connected to the bottom frame or to the top frame by means of a single bolt integrated in the weight sensor itself and locked by a nut; a surface of the nut facing the weight sensor has a spherical shape, and set between the nut and the frame is a washer having a spherical central surface, which reproduces in negative form the shape of the corresponding spherical surface of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michela Bruzzone, Elmar Konstanzer, Giovanni Stefani, Mauro Del Monte
  • Publication number: 20120018985
    Abstract: An embodiment of an airbag cover having: a first flap hinged to rotate about a first axis of rotation and located over a first inflation charge of the airbag having a lower inflation capacity than a second inflation charge of the airbag; and a second flap hinged to rotate about a second axis of rotation, and having a central edge located under a central edge of the first flap so that the first flap rests centrally on the second flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Michela Bruzzone
  • Publication number: 20110285118
    Abstract: A front airbag for a road vehicle; the front airbag having: a stowage compartment formed in a front portion of the dashboard of the road vehicle; a bag normally deflated and folded inside the stowage compartment; and a generator which is housed inside the stowage compartment, is connected to the bag, and inflates the bag in the event of collision; the inflated bag has a longitudinal depth that decreases substantially in a thrust direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the road vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michela Bruzzone, Veniero Pizzagalli
  • Patent number: 7900956
    Abstract: An embodiment of an interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag; the trim having: an inner layer, made of rigid plastic material having a behavior of a thermosetting type, which constitutes the skeleton; an intermediate layer, made of spongy plastic material that bestows softness to the touch; an outer coating layer having aesthetic purposes; and a reinforcement element, which is fixed with respect to the inner layer and involves the entire area of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Megliola, Fabio Toni, Michela Bruzzone
  • Publication number: 20100109298
    Abstract: An embodiment of an interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag; the trim having: an inner layer, made of rigid plastic material having a behavior of a thermosetting type, which constitutes the skeleton; an intermediate layer, made of spongy plastic material that bestows softness to the touch; an outer coating layer having aesthetic purposes; and a reinforcement element, which is fixed with respect to the inner layer and involves the entire area of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Megliola, Fabio Toni, Michela Bruzzone
  • Publication number: 20090294185
    Abstract: Described herein is a mounting system with measurement of the weight of the occupant for a seat of a motor vehicle; the mounting system has a bottom frame rigidly connected to the bodywork of the motor vehicle, a top frame, which supports the seat and is mounted in a floating way on the bottom frame, and a plurality of weight sensors, each of which is set between the bottom frame and the top frame and is connected to the bottom frame or to the top frame by means of a single bolt integrated in the weight sensor itself and locked by a nut; a surface of the nut facing the weight sensor has a spherical shape, and set between the nut and the frame is a washer having a spherical central surface, which reproduces in negative form the shape of the corresponding spherical surface of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FERRARI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michela Bruzzone, Elmar Konstanzer, Giovanni Stefani, Mauro Del Monte