Patents by Inventor Vito MASI

Vito MASI 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).

  • Device for closing and opening and/or for locking and unlocking doors, in particular doors of household appliances such as washing machines or the like
    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
  • DEVICE FOR CLOSING AND OPENING AND/OR FOR LOCKING AND UNLOCKING DOORS, IN PARTICULAR DOORS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES SUCH AS WASHING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
    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