Patents by Inventor Rinaldo Montalban
Rinaldo Montalban 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).
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Patent number: 11422385Abstract: A process for mounting an elastic hinge on eyeglass frames, for coupling a first pivot element, which comprises an elastic carriage provided with a head portion having a first hole, with a second pivot element comprising two shoulders provided with second holes. The head portion of the first pivot element comprises a tilted slide surface adjacent to the first hole. The process envisages to insert the head portion in a slit between the shoulders of the second pivot element to place in succession their holes offset from each other, and then engaging a hinge pin in the holes, so that the free end of the hinge pin acts in abutment against the slide surface of the head portion, in order to force the carriage to slide until the first hole of the first pivot element is aligned with the second holes of the second pivot element.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Patent number: 11415815Abstract: Method for the assembly of elastic hinges on an eyeglass frame, wherein each elastic hinge has a first and a second articulation elements hinged around a hinging axis. The method provides for a first step of inserting the first articulation element in a first seat of a temple and, subsequently, a second step of inserting the second articulation element in a second seat of an end piece of the eyeglasses. In the first insertion step, the second articulation element is placed perpendicular to the first articulation element with the hinging axis placed at a first distance from the temple. Before the second insertion step, a tensioning step is provided in which the second articulation element is rotated up to being arranged parallel to the first articulation element, bringing the hinging axis to a second distance from the temple that is greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20220091434Abstract: Connection element for connecting two parts of eyeglasses, comprising a first body provided with a through hole, a second body provided with a threaded hole, and a connection screw inserted in the through hole and screwed in the threaded hole in order to fix together the two bodies. The through hole of the first body comprises an internal chamber made as an undercut and housing the head of the connection screw. The connection screw is movable between an alignment position, in which its head is aligned with the edge of the through hole of the first body in order to allow the passage of the head, and a misalignment position, in which the head of the connection screw and the edge of the through hole are angularly offset in order to prevent the head of the connection screw from exiting from the internal chamber of the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Patent number: 11209669Abstract: Nosepiece for eyeglass frames, which comprises a plate, to which an appendage is fixed that is provided with a first through hole, and a cup which is provided with two second through holes and houses at its interior the appendage with the first through hole aligned with the second through holes. The nosepiece also comprises a screw having the stem inserted in the first through hole of the appendage and screwingly engaged in one of the second through holes of the cup. The screw is provided with an annular groove made on the stem, and the appendage comprises at least one retention tooth projecting into the first through hole and housed within the annular groove of the screw for the retaining of the latter.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20210124190Abstract: A pad holder for spectacle mounts, the pad holder comprising a fastening part configured to be mounted in a housing of the spectacle mount along an insertion axis X oriented from back to front, the fastening part comprising a closing face comprising an auxiliary groove configured to cooperate with a lens of the spectacle mount in order to lock the pad holder and a mounting face comprising at least one blocking tooth configured to be forced against a wall of the housing during the mounting of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE SPAInventors: Rinaldo Montalban, Pierre-Franck Linossier, Richard Chene, Dominique Delamour, Alain Miklitarian
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Patent number: 10928651Abstract: An elastic hinge for spectacle frames and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, wherein the hinge includes a fork female component and an eyelet male component mutually hinged, the male component including at least one carriage slidingly fit in a cavity housing of a box-shaped body in contrast with an elastic element constrained with respect to the box-shaped body by way of a locking clip being provided with an annular collar which encircles a stem portion of the carriage, arranged between one end of the elastic element and a rear abutment end surface of a guide portion of the carriage. At least a groove is formed in the guide portion, adjacent to the perimeter profile of the stem portion, having a depth in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the carriage, defining a seat wherein at least a substantial part of the annular collar is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Patent number: 10928650Abstract: Elastic hinge for plastic frames of eyeglasses, which comprises a first and a second articulation element respectively associable with a first and a second component of eyeglasses. The first articulation element comprises a male element which is susceptible of sliding inside a seat of the first component and comprises a head portion, a rod-like portion fixed to the head portion, an anchorage body slidably coupled to the rod-like portion and provided with a retention portion provided with anchorage elements. The first articulation element also comprises an expander body adapted to interfere with the anchorage body in order to externally expand the retention portion of the latter towards the internal wall of the seat so as to engage the anchorage elements of the retention body with the first component of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.p.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Patent number: 10795179Abstract: Elastic hinge for eyeglass frames, which comprises an articulation screw engaged in the holes of two articulation elements. The articulation screw comprises a shank provided with a narrow portion, which is engaged in the hole of a first tab of an articulation element, and with an enlarged annular portion, which forms a step and is engaged in the hole of a head portion of the other articulation element. The articulation screw assumes an end stop position, in which it is tightened and aligned with the hinging axis, and a blocking position, in which it is loosened and is tilted with respect to the hinging axis in response to the elastic force exerted by an elastic device, such that the step of the articulation screw interferes with the edge of the hole of the first tab of the articulation element, preventing a further unscrewing of the articulation screw.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: VISCOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.p.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20200292844Abstract: Method for the assembly of elastic hinges on an eyeglass frame, wherein each elastic hinge has a first and a second articulation elements hinged around a hinging axis. The method provides for a first step of inserting the first articulation element in a first seat of a temple and, subsequently, a second step of inserting the second articulation element in a second seat of an end piece of the eyeglasses. In the first insertion step, the second articulation element is placed perpendicular to the first articulation element with the hinging axis placed at a first distance from the temple. Before the second insertion step, a tensioning step is provided in which the second articulation element is rotated up to being arranged parallel to the first articulation element, bringing the hinging axis to a second distance from the temple that is greater than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Patent number: 10747020Abstract: Hinge for eyeglasses which is provided with a housing seat in which a TAG is inserted. The TAG is provided with an electronic identification device and with a support body containing the electronic device at its interior. The support body is provided with a seat, which removably houses the electronic device, and is provided with an opening for the insertion of the electronic device at its interior. The seat has at least one elastically pliable portion, which intercepts the electronic device in order to retain it within the seat itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: VISCOTTA INDUSTRIES S.p.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Patent number: 10642065Abstract: Elastic hinge for the plastic frame of eyeglasses, which comprises a first articulation element and a second articulation element, wherein the first articulation element comprises a box-like body provided with a seat and a carriage provided with a rod-like element inserted in the seat and with a head externally projecting from the seat and coupled with the second articulation element. A bush is slidably mounted on the rod-like element, and a spring thrustingly acts on such bush. A fork-shaped body is inserted from the outside into a hole of the box-like body and is engaged with the bush in a straddling manner in order to retain the latter with respect to sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rod-like element.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.p.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20200073142Abstract: Elastic hinge for eyeglass frames, provided with two pivot elements hinged together by means of a pin. A first pivot element is provided with an elastic device comprising a carriage provided, at an external end thereof, with a head portion having a first hole which is extended passing between its two lateral faces. A second pivot element comprises two shoulders provided with second holes and delimiting a slit between them in which the head portion is inserted. The head portion comprises a tilted slide surface, which is extended towards the external end of the carriage on at least one of the lateral faces of the head portion directed towards the head of the pin, covering at least one area adjacent to the first through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Patent number: 10534195Abstract: An elastic hinge for eyeglasses includes: a box-shaped housing with an inlet aperture; a fork carriage, slidably mounted in a guiding cavity inside the box-shaped housing opposing an elastic element; and an elastic holding clip, snap-engageable with a retaining structure of the housing cavity, against which one end of the elastic element abuts. The elastic holding clip is generally C-shaped, providing a resting arm and a flexible arm joined by a connecting portion, the flexible arm having an engaging unit to snap-engage with the retaining structure, the resting arm and flexible arm elastically biased one towards the other by inner walls of the housing. The flexible arm is integral with at least one bias element, accessible from an inlet aperture of the housing, defining bias planes to be engaged with a tool, introduced via the inlet, for imparting a disengaging bias, bending the flexing arm towards the resting arm.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20190377195Abstract: Nosepiece for eyeglass frames, which comprises a plate, to which an appendage is fixed that is provided with a first through hole, and a cup which is provided with two second through holes and houses at its interior the appendage with the first through hole aligned with the second through holes. The nosepiece also comprises a screw having the stem inserted in the first through hole of the appendage and screwingly engaged in one of the second through holes of the cup. The screw is provided with an annular groove made on the stem, and the appendage comprises at least one retention tooth projecting into the first through hole and housed within the annular groove of the screw for the retaining of the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Publication number: 20190285910Abstract: Elastic hinge for the plastic frame of eyeglasses, which comprises a first articulation element and a second articulation element, wherein the first articulation element comprises a box-like body provided with a seat and a carriage provided with a rod-like element inserted in the seat and with a head externally projecting from the seat and coupled with the second articulation element. A bush is slidably mounted on the rod-like element, and a spring thrustingly acts on such bush. A fork-shaped body is inserted from the outside into a hole of the box-like body and is engaged with the bush in a straddling manner in order to retain the latter with respect to sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rod-like element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Publication number: 20190271857Abstract: An elastic hinge for spectacle frames and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, wherein the hinge includes a fork female component and an eyelet male component mutually hinged, the male component including at least one carriage slidingly fit in a cavity housing of a box-shaped body in contrast with an elastic element constrained with respect to the box-shaped body by way of a locking clip being provided with an annular collar which encircles a stem portion of the carriage, arranged between one end of the elastic element and a rear abutment end surface of a guide portion of the carriage. At least a groove is formed in the guide portion, adjacent to the perimeter profile of the stem portion, having a depth in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the carriage, defining a seat wherein at least a substantial part of the annular collar is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban
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Publication number: 20190243160Abstract: Elastic hinge for plastic frames of eyeglasses, which comprises a first and a second articulation element respectively associable with a first and a second component of eyeglasses. The first articulation element comprises a male element which is susceptible of sliding inside a seat of the first component and comprises a head portion, a rod-like portion fixed to the head portion, an anchorage body slidably coupled to the rod-like portion and provided with a retention portion provided with anchorage elements. The first articulation element also comprises an expander body adapted to interfere with the anchorage body in order to externally expand the retention portion of the latter towards the internal wall of the seat so as to engage the anchorage elements of the retention body with the first component of the eyeglasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Publication number: 20190171041Abstract: Hinge for eyeglasses which is provided with a housing seat in which a TAG is inserted. The TAG is provided with an electronic identification device and with a support body containing the electronic device at its interior. The support body is provided with a seat, which removably houses the electronic device, and is provided with an opening for the insertion of the electronic device at its interior. The seat has at least one elastically pliable portion, which intercepts the electronic device in order to retain it within the seat itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Publication number: 20190162983Abstract: Elastic hinge for eyeglass frames, which comprises an articulation screw engaged in the holes of two articulation elements. The articulation screw comprises a shank provided with a narrow portion, which is engaged in the hole of a first tab of an articulation element, and with an enlarged annular portion, which forms a step and is engaged in the hole of a head portion of the other articulation element. The articulation screw assumes an end stop position, in which it is tightened and aligned with the hinging axis, and a blocking position, in which it is loosened and is tilted with respect to the hinging axis in response to the elastic force exerted by an elastic device, such that the step of the articulation screw interferes with the edge of the hole of the first tab of the articulation element, preventing a further unscrewing of the articulation screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventor: Rinaldo MONTALBAN
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Patent number: 10302971Abstract: Process for assembling an elastic hinge for eyeglass frames comprising a first articulation provided with a head with a first hole, a second articulation having two shoulders provided with second holes, and a pin having a stem provided with a thinned final portion. The process provides for inserting the head of the first articulation between the two shoulders of the second articulation with the first hole of the first articulation non-aligned with respect to the second holes of the second articulation, an opening thus remaining between such holes. A step for inserting the pin is provided, during which the thinned portion of the pin is wedged in the aforesaid opening between the holes and is screwed into one of the second holes of the shoulders of the second articulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: VISOTTICA INDUSTRIE S.P.A.Inventor: Rinaldo Montalban