Patents by Inventor Stefano Rocchitelli

Stefano Rocchitelli 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: 11732503
    Abstract: A device for closing and opening doors and/or hatches and/or similar components, in particular of household appliances such as washing machines, in particular with top loading, dishwashers and similar household appliances, said device comprising a closing and opening assembly adapted to be fixed to one of a fixed part and the hatch of a household appliance and including a closing and opening element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop position and a second end-stop position and vice versa; wherein said device comprises a permission element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop own position thereof and a second end-stop own position thereof and vice versa, and wherein said permission element, during the translation thereof from said first end-stop own position thereof to said second end-stop own position thereof, is adapted to be locked in a third intermediate own position thereof between said first and second end-stop own positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Stefano Rocchitelli, Vito Masi, Marco Mauceri
  • Publication number: 20220136283
    Abstract: A device for closing and opening doors and/or hatches and/or similar components, in particular of household appliances such as washing machines, in particular with top loading, dishwashers and similar household appliances, said device comprising a closing and opening assembly adapted to be fixed to one of a fixed part and the hatch of a household appliance and including a closing and opening element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop position and a second end-stop position and vice versa; wherein said device comprises a permission element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop own position thereof and a second end-stop own position thereof and vice versa, and wherein said permission element, during the translation thereof from said first end-stop own position thereof to said second end-stop own position thereof, is adapted to be locked in a third intermediate own position thereof between said first and second end-stop own positions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Stefano ROCCHITELLI, Vito MASI, Marco MAUCERI
  • Patent number: 10472858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device of a household appliance door comprising a circuit having a first, a second and a third connecting contacts to the household appliance, the device comprising a door locking switch, a door closing switch and an actuator arranged electrically in series with said door closing switch, at least one diode and at least one control switch on said third contact and electrically in series with said actuator. By virtue of this configuration, the locking and the unlocking of the door may be controlled by specific, different predetermined electrical pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ELETTROTECNICA ROLD S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano Rocchitelli
  • Patent number: 9624699
    Abstract: The invention regards a locking device for the closing door of a washing and drying machine, constituted of a body of containment that houses a locking wheel for the door latch, subject to the action of elastic means, a sliding bolt capable of preventing the rotation of said wheel and a time-delay mechanism fitted with a locking pawl for said sliding bolt. The wheel is fitted with a cavity that presents a surface tilted with respect to the plane of rotation, so as to resolve the force it exerts on the bolt, when a pulling is exerted on the door while the device is in a closed and locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ELETTROTECNICA ROLD S.R.L.
    Inventors: Onofrio Rocchitelli, Stefano Rocchitelli
  • Publication number: 20170058566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device of a household appliance door comprising a circuit having a first, a second and a third connecting contacts to the household appliance, the device comprising a door locking switch, a door dosing switch and an actuator arranged electrically in series with said door closing switch, at least one diode and at least one control switch on said third contact and electrically in series with said actuator. By virtue of this configuration, the locking and the unlocking of the door may be controlled by specific, different predetermined electrical pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Stefano ROCCHITELLI
  • Publication number: 20170011866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door locking device for household appliances. The device according to the present invention allows to detect a door closing or opening condition, to actuate, only with the door closed, an electromagnetic actuator that triggers door locking means and a respective switch, and finally to detect the door locking condition. The operation of the door lock required by current safety standards is obtained here by means of an architecture of the door lock which allows to simplify the architecture of the door lock itself, in particular by reducing the connecting contacts with the household appliance to only two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: ELETTROTECNICA ROLD S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano ROCCHITELLI
  • Publication number: 20170004933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door locking device (1) for household appliances. The device according to the present invention allows to detect a door closing or opening condition, to actuate, only with the door closed, an electromagnetic actuator (40) that triggers door locking means and a respective switch (50), and finally to detect the door locking condition. The operation of the door lock required by current safety standards is obtained here by means of an architecture of the door lock which allows to simplify the architecture of the door lock itself, in particular by reducing the connecting contacts (10, 20) with the household appliance to only two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTROTECNICA ROLD S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano ROCCHITELLI
  • Publication number: 20130127181
    Abstract: The invention regards a locking device for the closing door of a washing and drying machine, constituted of a body of containment that houses a locking wheel for the door latch, subject to the action of elastic means, a sliding bolt capable of preventing the rotation of said wheel and a time-delay mechanism fitted with a locking pawl for said sliding bolt. The wheel is fitted with a cavity that presents a surface tilted with respect to the plane of rotation, so as to resolve the force it exerts on the bolt, when a pulling is exerted on the door while the device is in a closed and locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Stefano Rocchitelli