Patents by Inventor Luiz Perrone
Luiz Perrone 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).
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Patent number: 10227948Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from an upper part connected to a lower part. The upper part has a combustion bowl, a top land, and a ring belt extending circumferentially around the piston upper part. The lower part contains pin bosses and a piston skirt. A circumferential cooling channel is formed by joining the upper and lower parts. There is an oil inlet formed in one piece with the piston lower part. The inlet has a lower extremity and an upper extremity that terminates at the floor of the cooling channel. A bore extends through the oil inlet from the lower extremity up though the floor of the cooling channel. The circumference of the bore increases from the upper extremity to the lower extremity, so the oil inlet forms a funnel shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Fabio Menotti, Ioan Stefan, Dieter Gabriel, Ralph Klein, Luiz Perrone, Michael Lapp, Joachim Wagenblast
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Patent number: 9903309Abstract: A pre-finished piston part is disclosed that may be used to form a piston assembly. A pre-finished piston may include a lower part defining a piston axis, the lower part having a skirt and forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery. The lower part may include a radially inner bowl surface defining a lower part radially inner mating surface. The pre-finished piston assembly may further include an upper part having a radially outer bowl surface meeting the radially inner bowl surface at a radially inner joint. The upper part may include a radially inner wall defining a radially inner upper part mating surface. The radially inner wall may define a radially inwardly facing surface that defines a non-parallel angle with the radially inner bowl surface where the radially inner bowl surface meets the radially innermost edge of the radially inner mating surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Michael T. Lapp, Alex Antoc, Luiz Perrone, Dietmar Spindler
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Patent number: 9759156Abstract: Exemplary pistons and methods of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary piston may include a crown defining a combustion bowl and a ring land extending circumferentially around the combustion bowl. Exemplary pistons may further include a skirt supporting the crown. The skirt may include a pair of pin bosses defining a pin bore configured to receive a piston pin, and two opposing skirt supports defining surfaces configured to slide along a cylinder bore surface. The skirt supports each define a different radial stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Luiz Perrone, Kenneth L. Wirkkala, II, Iosif Muscas
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Publication number: 20170175671Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from an upper part connected to a lower part. The upper part has a combustion bowl, a top land, and a ring belt extending circumferentially around the piston upper part. The lower part contains pin bosses and a piston skirt. A circumferential cooling channel is formed by joining the upper and lower parts. There is an oil inlet formed in one piece with the piston lower part. The inlet has a lower extremity and an upper extremity that terminates at the floor of the cooling channel. A bore extends through the oil inlet from the lower extremity up though the floor of the cooling channel. The circumference of the bore increases from the upper extremity to the lower extremity, so the oil inlet forms a funnel shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Fabio MENOTTI, Ioan STEFAN, Dieter GABRIEL, Ralph KLEIN, Luiz PERRONE, Michael LAPP, Joachim WAGENBLAST
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Publication number: 20160258382Abstract: Exemplary pistons and methods of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary piston may include a crown defining a combustion bowl and a ring land extending circumferentially around the combustion bowl. Exemplary pistons may further include a skirt supporting the crown. The skirt may include a pair of pin bosses defining a pin bore configured to receive a piston pin, and two opposing skirt supports defining surfaces configured to slide along a cylinder bore surface. The skirt supports each define a different radial stiffness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Luiz Perrone, Kenneth L. Wirkkala, II, Iosif Muscas
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Publication number: 20160131075Abstract: A pre-finished piston part is disclosed that may be used to form a piston assembly. A pre-finished piston may include a lower part defining a piston axis, the lower part having a skirt and forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery. The lower part may include a radially inner bowl surface defining a lower part radially inner mating surface. The pre-finished piston assembly may further include an upper part having a radially outer bowl surface meeting the radially inner bowl surface at a radially inner joint. The upper part may include a radially inner wall defining a radially inner upper part mating surface. The radially inner wall may define a radially inwardly facing surface that defines a non-parallel angle with the radially inner bowl surface where the radially inner bowl surface meets the radially innermost edge of the radially inner mating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Michael T. Lapp, Alex Antoc, Luiz Perrone, Dietmar Spindler
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Patent number: 9243709Abstract: A pre-finished piston part is disclosed that may be used to form a piston assembly. A pre-finished piston may include a lower part defining a piston axis, the lower part having a skirt and forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery. The lower part may include a radially inner bowl surface defining a lower part radially inner mating surface. The pre-finished piston assembly may further include an upper part having a radially outer bowl surface meeting the radially inner bowl surface at a radially inner joint. The upper part may include a radially inner wall defining a radially inner upper part mating surface. The radially inner wall may define a radially inwardly facing surface that defines a non-parallel angle with the radially inner bowl surface where the radially inner bowl surface meets the radially innermost edge of the radially inner mating surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Michael T. Lapp, Alex Antoc, Luiz Perrone, Dietmar Spindler
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Publication number: 20140260960Abstract: A pre-finished piston part is disclosed that may be used to form a piston assembly. A pre-finished piston may include a lower part defining a piston axis, the lower part having a skirt and forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery. The lower part may include a radially inner bowl surface defining a lower part radially inner mating surface. The pre-finished piston assembly may further include an upper part having a radially outer bowl surface meeting the radially inner bowl surface at a radially inner joint. The upper part may include a radially inner wall defining a radially inner upper part mating surface. The radially inner wall may define a radially inwardly facing surface that defines a non-parallel angle with the radially inner bowl surface where the radially inner bowl surface meets the radially innermost edge of the radially inner mating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Michael T. Lapp, Alex Antoc, Luiz Perrone, Dietmar Spindler
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Patent number: 7536945Abstract: A piston pin for connecting the small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod to a piston of a combustion engine and a method for manufacturing the piston pin. The piston has boss bores aligned with the small connecting rod eye for receiving the piston pin. The surface of the piston pin is provided with a coating comprising a resin containing suspended solid lubricant particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignees: MAHLE Technology, Inc., MAHLE International GmbHInventor: Luiz Perrone
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Publication number: 20080156185Abstract: A piston pin for connecting the small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod to a piston of a combustion engine and a method for manufacturing the piston pin. The piston has boss bores aligned with the small connecting rod eye for receiving the piston pin. The surface of the piston pin is provided with a coating comprising a resin containing suspended solid lubricant particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Luiz Perrone
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Patent number: D886155Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Fabio Menotti, Ioan Stefan, Dieter Gabriel, Ralph Klein, Luiz Perrone, Michael Lapp, Joachim Wagenblast