Patents by Inventor Pier Paolo Ferrante

Pier Paolo Ferrante 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: 8104228
    Abstract: Gasket for a refrigerator cabinet having a base portion and a soft bellows portion. The base portion of the gasket is designed to couple with an outer door portion and an inner door portion of a door of the refrigerator cabinet before final filling of the shell defined by the outer door portion and inner door portion with a heat insulating material. The base portion has an inverted U shape, delimited by essentially vertical sections and a horizontal section. The vertical sections each terminate with a foot for resting on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Industrie Ilpea S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Merla, Pier Paolo Ferrante, Mauro Guido Mentasti
  • Publication number: 20080307710
    Abstract: Gasket (10) for refrigerator cabinets of the type comprising a soft bellows type portion (11) for tight sealing and a base portion (12) designed to couple with the outer door (30) and inner door (31) of the refrigerator cabinet (17) before final filling of the shell defined by the outer door and inner door with a heat insulating material (18), in which said base portion (12) has an inverted U shape, delimited by essentially vertical sections (16) and (19) of which that operationally external (16) terminates with a foot (20) for resting on the coupling plane (9), and by a horizontal section (13) of the U that is operationally offset and basically protruding with respect to said foot (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIE ILPEA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Merla, Pier Paolo Ferrante, Mauro Guido Mentasti
  • Patent number: 6258307
    Abstract: A process for preparing a molding element for car bodies comprising the steps of: manufacturing a main body (2) of elongated conformation and manufacturing a continuous support element (7) carrying attachment projections (9) which are then connected with the main body (2) for engaging a corresponding anchoring region (5a) formed on a car body (5); the attachment projections (9) are rigidly in engagement with the continuous support element (7) which is fitted by sliding in a longitudinal housing (10) formed in the main body (2)and then axially fixed to this latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Industrie Ilpea S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Cittadini, Pier Paolo Ferrante, Ralf Laudwein
  • Patent number: 6227634
    Abstract: A gasket made of a plastic material for refrigerator chests, including an inner door and an outer door, rigidly connected to each other by a foamed material injected in the hollow space between them for insulating purposes, in which the inner door is profiled along one or more sides with a groove is profiled alone one or more sides with a groove next to an extremity thereof overlaying the outer door, wherein the groove functions as a seat to receive an appropriate fastener for the gasket and the latter is fitted with a bellows-type section made of a soft plastic material capable of providing a closing seal between the inner door and the chest, and a base from which the fastener extends to the inner door, the gasket base being made of a rigid plastic material shaped by co-extrusion with the soft plastic material of the bellows-type portion and presents a substantially horizontal, flat or slightly curved configuration in the portion where the base overlays the extremity of the inner door, while presenting a sub
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Industrie Ilpea S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Cittadini, Pier Paolo Ferrante
  • Patent number: 6136407
    Abstract: A molding element for car bodies is provided which comprises a main body (2) of elongated conformation and attachment projections (9) operatively associated with the main body (2) and adapted to engage a corresponding anchoring region (5a) formed on a car body (5). The attachment projections (9) are rigidly in engagement with a continuous support element (7) to be fitted in a longitudinal housing (10) formed in the main body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Industrie Ilpea, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Cittadini, Pier Paolo Ferrante, Ralf Laudwein