Patents by Inventor Paolo Gatto

Paolo Gatto 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).

  • Sports vehicle seat with adaptive lateral restraints
    Patent number: 7905548
    Abstract: An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restraint incorporates at least one shape-memory member, which changes shape when subjected to physical external stress. And the actuating device subjects each shape-memory member to physical external stress to change the shape of the shape-memory member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gaurav Gupta, Raza Malik, Amedeo Visconti, Roland Khayat, Antonio Calvosa, Paolo Gatto
  • SPORTS VEHICLE SEAT WITH ADAPTIVE LATERAL RESTRAINTS
    Publication number: 20090284059
    Abstract: An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restraint incorporates at least one shape-memory member, which changes shape when subjected to physical external stress. And the actuating device subjects each shape-memory member to physical external stress to change the shape of the shape-memory member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Gaurav Gupta, Raza Malik, Amedeo Visconti, Roland Khayat, Antonio Calvosa, Paolo Gatto