Patents by Inventor Franco Arcari

Franco Arcari 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: 4469071
    Abstract: A control device for the fuel feed actuators of an internal combustion engine comprises a detector for detecting a first engine parameter (e.g. engine RPM), another detector for detecting another engine parameter (e.g. throttle angle), a further detector for detecting the operative condition of the engine (e.g. the temperature of the coolant), a pulse generator connected to the engine shaft, another pulse generator connected to an auxiliary shaft, a processor (CPU), a read only memory unit (ROM), a random access memory unit (RAM), two timers, the processor unit (CPU) performing a sequence of programmed steps in order to select which of the electric fuel injectors must be actuated, at what instant of time, for what time period and with what quantity of fuel each time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Alfa Romeo Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Bassi, Franco Arcari