Patents by Inventor Ugo Contato

Ugo Contato 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: 4423295
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a plurality of vehicle signaling devices in combination with a vehicle steering assembly and including a rotatable steering wheel has stopping members associated with the steering wheel and extending therefrom and which cooperate with a pair of return levers which are rotatable into a circle defined by rotation of said stopping members and which are contacted by said stopping members in order to pivot a signaling device control lever into a neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ugo Contato
  • Patent number: 4399888
    Abstract: A motor vehicle support group for mounting an instrument and control device carrier assembly, accessory elements, and an electric interconnection group for the instruments, control devices and accessory elements, in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, the support group comprising a first support part and a second support part adapted to be adjustably secured together, the first support part being mounted on the steering column of the motor vehicle and the second support part being mounted on the dashboard of the vehicle, the support parts and the components mounted thereon being adapted to be preassembled so that the assembly may be tested prior to installation in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ugo Contato