Patents by Inventor Rocchitelli Stefano

Rocchitelli Stefano 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: 9469932
    Abstract: In door interlock mechanisms, used for locking the door of washing machines or fumble dryers, the closed or open state of the door of the machine is detected by reading the resistive value of a circuit in which a switch is placed in series. The interlock mechanism according to the invention envisages providing the door interlock with two contacts that make it possible to check, independently, whether the device is in the position with the door closed and locked and whether the door catch is inserted in the device. The device comprises an open-door contact, actuated in the closing position by a shaped portion of a first slider and in the opening position by a shaped portion of a second slider which, under the action of elastic means, interacts with the door catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ELETTROTECNICA ROLD S.R.L.
    Inventors: Onofrio Rocchitelli, Rocchitelli Stefano