Patents by Inventor Sergio Vernocchi

Sergio Vernocchi 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).

  • Safety steering wheel for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 3992041
    Abstract: A safety steering wheel for motor vehicles comprising a central structure ich is fixed to the steering column, a steering wheel rim, a plurality of spokes which connect the central structure to the steering wheel rim and a rigid cover disposed between the rim and the central structure and fixed to the periphery of the latter; the central structure being arranged to yield by flexure and the spokes being arranged to yield during compression of the steering wheel, and a second structure yieldable on compression being fixed to the periphery of the rigid cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Industria Napoletana Costruzione Autoveicoli Alfa Romeo Alfasud S.p.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Vernocchi