Patents by Inventor Salvatore Vitale

Salvatore Vitale 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).

  • Powered actuating device for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 7866729
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for moving a closure panel between an open position spaced apart from a vehicle body and a closed position abutting the vehicle body to close an access opening thereof. The actuating device includes a telescopic arm having a first member coupled to one of the closure panel and the vehicle body and a second member coupled to the other of the closure panel and the vehicle body. The first and second members are slidable relative to one another to move the actuating device between a retracted position corresponding with the closed position and an extended position corresponding with the open position. A screw is rotatable relative to the first member. The screw includes a cavity formed therewithin. A nut is secured to the second member and threadingly engages the screw such that rotation of the screw moves the second member towards and away from the first member to move the actuating device between the respective retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Porat, Salvatore Vitale, Stephen A. G. Mitchell, Eduard Vasilescu, Peter Lance Oxley, Gordon Andrew Paton, Jason David Niskanen, Andrew R. Daniels, Dragan Mrkovic
  • Powered Actuating Device for a Closure Panel of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20100077666
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for moving a closure panel between an open position spaced apart from a vehicle body and a closed position abutting the vehicle body to close an access opening thereof. The actuating device includes a telescopic arm having a first member coupled to one of the closure panel and the vehicle body and a second member coupled to the other of the closure panel and the vehicle body. The first and second members are slidable relative to one another to move the actuating device between a retracted position corresponding with the closed position and an extended position corresponding with the open position. A screw is rotatable relative to the first member. The screw includes a cavity formed therewithin. A nut is secured to the second member and threadingly engages the screw such that rotation of the screw moves the second member towards and away from the first member to move the actuating device between the respective retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Alex PORAT, Salvatore Vitale, Stephen A. G. Mitchell, Eduard Vasilescu, Peter Lance Oxley, Gordon Andrew Paton, Jason David Niskanen, Andrew R. Daniels, Dragan Mrkovic
  • Powered actuating device for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 7648189
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for moving a closure panel between an open position spaced apart from a vehicle body and a closed position abutting the vehicle body to close an access opening thereof. The actuating device includes a telescopic arm having a first member coupled to one of the closure panel and the vehicle body and a second member coupled to the other of the closure panel and the vehicle body. The first and second members are slidable relative to one another to move the actuating device between a retracted position corresponding with the closed position and an extended position corresponding with the open position. A screw is rotatable relative to the first member. The screw includes a cavity formed therewithin. A nut is secured to the second member and threadingly engages the screw such that rotation of the screw moves the second member towards and away from the first member to move the actuating device between the respective retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Porat, Salvatore Vitale, Stephen A. G. Mitchell, Eduard Vasilescu, Peter Lance Oxley, Gordon Andrew Paton, Jason David Niskanen, Andrew R. Daniels, Dragan Mrkovic
  • Global procurement bypass shutdown process and method
    Patent number: 7617153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bypass shutdown process and method to implement change across an organization to help ensure that the procurement of goods and services is done through specifically approved suppliers, and according to appropriate procurement procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Maureen Cecelia Kenny, Derek B. Faulkner, Susan L. Feiner, Susan Lynn Helms, Matthew Edmund Lipinski, Janice A. Meyers, Sreepriya Chitra Narasimhan, Aparecida de Araujo Paula, Vinod V. Poolamanna, Mark Allen Rusch, Manfred Schnieders, Michael R. Streit, Salvatore Vitale
  • Powered actuating device for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Publication number: 20070261310
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for moving a closure panel between an open position spaced apart from a vehicle body and a closed position abutting the vehicle body to close an access opening thereof. The actuating device includes a telescopic arm having a first member coupled to one of the closure panel and the vehicle body and a second member coupled to the other of the closure panel and the vehicle body. The first and second members are slidable relative to one another to move the actuating device between a retracted position corresponding with the closed position and an extended position corresponding with the open position. A screw is rotatable relative to the first member. The screw includes a cavity formed therewithin. A nut is secured to the second member and threadingly engages the screw such that rotation of the screw moves the second member towards and away from the first member to move the actuating device between the respective retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Alex Porat, Salvatore Vitale, Stephen Mitchell, Eduard Vasilescu, Peter Oxley, Gordon Paton, Jason Niskanen, Andrew Daniels, Dragan Mrkovic