Patents by Inventor Viola Fulvio

Viola Fulvio 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).

  • Planar microelectromechanical device having a stopper structure for out-of-plane movements
    Patent number: 8124895
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical device has a mobile mass that undergoes a movement, in particular a spurious movement, in a first direction in response to an external event; the device moreover has a stopper structure configured so as to stop said spurious movement. In particular, a stopper element is fixedly coupled to the mobile mass and is configured so as to abut against a stopper mass in response to the spurious movement, thereby stopping it. In detail, the stopper element is arranged on the opposite side of the stopper mass with respect to a direction of the spurious movement, protrudes from the space occupied by the mobile mass and extends in the space occupied by the stopper mass, in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Angelo Merassi, Mario Francesco Cortese, Viola Fulvio, Barbara Simoni, Andrea Rusconi Clerici Beltrami