Patents by Inventor Nicola Grieco

Nicola Grieco 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).

  • Electrodynamic position transducer device and a washing machine comprising such a device
    Patent number: 10030329
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises: a casing (2-4) in which there is clamped a diaphragm (5) which, together with a portion of the casing (2-4), defines at least one chamber (6, 7) having a variable volume; a winding (14); an interaction member (13), adapted to magnetically interact with the winding (14) as a consequence of a displacement of the diaphragm (5), in such a way that the inductance of the winding (14) varies as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13) with respect to the winding (14), and a processing unit (17) coupled to the winding (14), in order to supply electric signals having a parameter which is variable as a function of the inductance of the winding (14) and thus as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ELBI INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Da Pont, Paolo Ravedati, Massimo Davi, Giorgio Carrer, Nicola Grieco, Francesco Palmisano, Giuseppe Tarantino
  • ELECTRODYNAMIC POSITION TRANSDUCER DEVICE AND A WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140096567
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises: a casing (2-4) in which there is clamped a diaphragm (5) which, together with a portion of the casing (2-4), defines at least one chamber (6, 7) having a variable volume; a winding (14); an interaction member (13), adapted to magnetically interact with the winding (14) as a consequence of a displacement of the diaphragm (5), in such a way that the inductance of the winding (14) varies as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13) with respect to the winding (14), and a processing unit (17) coupled to the winding (14), in order to supply electric signals having a parameter which is variable as a function of the inductance of the winding (14) and thus as a function of the relative position of the interaction member (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ELBI INTERNATIONAL S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Da Pont, Paolo Ravedati, Massimo Davi, Giorgio Carrer, Nicola Grieco, Francesco Palmisano, Giuseppe Tarantino