Patents by Inventor Ricard FORTUNY

Ricard FORTUNY 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: 11820242
    Abstract: A charging or fueling well for insertion into a body opening of a motor vehicle, wherein the charging or fueling well has an outer well body and an inner well region, which surrounds a through opening, into which a charging plug connector for charging a battery of the motor vehicle or a fuel nozzle or tank filler pipe can be inserted. The outer well body includes, at least in some region or regions, a preferably opaque or only slightly translucent plastics material. The inner well region includes, at least in some region or regions, a transparent or translucent plastics material and is formed integrally with the material of the outer well body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Tobias Herold, Katharina Vonbrunn, Ricard Fortuny
  • Publication number: 20200298717
    Abstract: A charging or fueling well for insertion into a body opening of a motor vehicle, wherein the charging or fueling well has an outer well body and an inner well region, which surrounds a through opening, into which a charging plug connector for charging a battery of the motor vehicle or a fuel nozzle or tank filler pipe can be inserted. The outer well body includes, at least in some region or regions, a preferably opaque or only slightly translucent plastics material. The inner well region includes, at least in some region or regions, a transparent or translucent plastics material and is formed integrally with the material of the outer well body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias HEROLD, Katharina VONBRUNN, Ricard FORTUNY
  • Patent number: 10183598
    Abstract: A device for the variable fixing of a headrest to a vehicle seat, having a receptacle (1), which forms a receiving space (5) for receiving a headrest support (6), and having a locking rocker (7) which, by means of an actuation movement of an actuation element (11), can be rotated from a locking position, in which a locking section (18) of the locking rocker (7) projects into the receiving space, into a release position, in which the locking section (18) does not project into the receiving space or projects into the receiving space (5) to a lesser extent than in the locking position, is characterized in that the direction of the actuation movement is not oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation (25) about which the locking rocker (7) is rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Manfred Müller, Ricard Fortuny
  • Patent number: 10029596
    Abstract: A retaining device for vehicle headrests, including a guide element inside which a fixing rod for fixing a headrest can be housed, a retaining element movable between a retaining position, in which the retaining element prevents the movement of the fixing rod with respect to the guide element, and a release position, and a push button for moving the retaining element from the retaining position to the release position, and at least one lever linked with the push button transferring the movement of the push button to the retaining element, and an elastic element pushing the lever towards the retaining position of the retaining element, wherein the retaining element and the lever are made in a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Ricard Fortuny Segura
  • Publication number: 20170334328
    Abstract: A device for the variable fixing of a headrest to a vehicle seat, having a receptacle (1), which forms a receiving space (5) for receiving a headrest support (6), and having a locking rocker (7) which, by means of an actuation movement of an actuation element (11), can be rotated from a locking position, in which a locking section (18) of the locking rocker (7) projects into the receiving space, into a release position, in which the locking section (18) does not project into the receiving space or projects into the receiving space (5) to a lesser extent than in the locking position, is characterized in that the direction of the actuation movement is not oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation (25) about which the locking rocker (7) is rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Manfred Müller, Ricard Fortuny
  • Publication number: 20160332545
    Abstract: The retaining device comprises a guide element inside which a fixing rod for fixing a headrest can be housed; a retaining element movable between a retaining position and a release position, in which it allows the movement of said fixing rod with respect to said guide element; a push button for moving said retaining element from said retaining position to said release position; at least one lever linked with said push button transferring the movement of said push button to the retaining element; and it is characterized in that said retaining element and said lever are made in a single piece. The device is able to comprise a smaller number of components as the retaining element and the lever or levers are incorporated into a single component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Ricard Fortuny SEGURA
  • Publication number: 20150298372
    Abstract: Light headrest optimised for production resources, comprising a head piece and bars made by overmolding on rigid cores, where said headrest is a single-piece structural body that comprises the bars and the head piece. Method for obtaining the headrest comprising the stages: (i) coupling the two rigid cores inside the injection mold having the final shape of the headrest; (ii) injecting the fused material in the mold and overmolding on the rigid cores; (iii) opening the mold and extracting the finished headrest; (iv) placing polymeric foam in the empty spaces of the single-piece structural body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jordi BIELSA, Alberto LARDIES, Ricard FORTUNY