Patents by Inventor Pietro Dario Binda

Pietro Dario Binda 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: 8866032
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electrical switch for nautical equipment. The switch comprises electric actuation means, which in turn comprise at least one control button, able to be connected to an external electric circuit, and a housing of such electric actuation means. Advantageously, the switch also comprises a covering element that is moveable with respect to the housing between a first position, at which the button can be directly activated by the user by just inserting a finger into a suitable recess, and a second position, at which the covering element prevents direct access to the button and is itself moveable by the user in the direction towards the button for its activation. When the covering element is in the second position, the activation of the button can be obtained by pressing the covering element with a foot or with a hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Harken Italy, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Giordano, Pietro Dario Binda, Andrea Zanetti
  • Publication number: 20110259725
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electrical switch for nautical equipment. The switch comprises electric actuation means, which in turn comprise at least one control button, able to be connected to an external electric circuit, and a housing of such electric actuation means. Advantageously, the switch also comprises a covering element that is moveable with respect to the housing between a first position, at which the button can be directly activated by the user by just inserting a finger into a suitable recess, and a second position, at which the covering element prevents direct access to the button and is itself moveable by the user in the direction towards the button for its activation. When the covering element is in the second position, the activation of the button can be obtained by pressing the covering element with a foot or with a hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Mario Giordano, Pietro Dario Binda, Andrea Zanetti
  • Publication number: 20100121506
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the surface of at least one sail exposed to the wind in a boat comprising one or more detectors for sensing at least of the direction of the wind, its speed, the degree of the rolling of the boat, the frequency of the oscillations, the rolling, pitching and yawing angles and the accelerations with respect to a reference system; motorized drive means for hoisting and lowering, or else winding and unwinding at least in part the sail; a control unit programmed to automatically control the drive means of the sail in feedback based upon the detected quantity, or else following a command imparted by the skipper. A method for adjusting the surface of the sails in feedback based upon the detected quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Michele Cazzaro, Pietro Dario Binda, Riccardo Sotgiu