Patents by Inventor Massimo Marchioni

Massimo Marchioni 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: 6546904
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for intake or exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine, in which an oscillating arm has an end in abutment on the upper end of the stem of the intake or exhaust valve; two electromagnets being provided to move the oscillating arm so as axially to displace this valve; a frame supporting the arm being connected to the head of the engine so as to be able to oscillate about an axis perpendicular to the axis of movement of the intake or exhaust valve and the electromagnetic actuator being provided with a device for adjusting the position of the frame with respect to the head to rotate the frame so as to maintain the mechanical play between the end of the oscillating arm and the stem of the valve at a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Magnetic Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Marchioni, Nicola Morelli
  • Patent number: 6467441
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for the actuation of the intake or exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine in which an oscillating arm has a first end hinged on a support frame secured to the engine head and a second end in abutment on the upper end of the stem of the intake or exhaust valve; two electromagnets being provided in order to move, on command, the oscillating arm in order axially to displace the valve between a closed position and a position of maximum opening, the oscillating arm comprising a central plate positioned in the space between the polar heads of the two electromagnets, a cylindrical tubular member rigid with a lateral edge of the central plate and a projection extending in a projecting manner from the central plate on the side opposite the cylindrical tubular member, the central plate being formed by a pack of sheets of ferromagnetic material stacked on one another and seam welded on the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical tubular member and by a stiffening rib welded to the p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Magnetti Marelli, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Cristiani, Massimo Marchioni, Nicola Morelli
  • Patent number: 6427649
    Abstract: Electromagnetic actuator of an improved type for controlling the valves for induction or exhaust of an internal-combustion engine, wherein an oscillating arm has a first end which is pivoted on a support frame which is secured to the head of the engine, and a second end which abuts the upper end of the stem of the valve for induction or exhaust; two electromagnets being provided to move the oscillating arm by command, such as to displace the said valve axially, between a position of closure and a position of maximum opening; the frame being pivoted on the head of the engine, such as being able to rotate around an axis of rotation, which is perpendicular to the axis of movement of the valve for induction or exhaust, and the electromagnetic actuator also being provided with a device to regulate the position of the frame relative to the head, which device can rotate the said frame by command around the said axis of rotation, such as to be able to maintain at a pre-determined value the mechanical play which exist
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Cristiani, Domenico Cannone, Massimo Marchioni
  • Publication number: 20010054401
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for the actuation of the intake or exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine in which an oscillating arm has a first end hinged on a support frame secured to the engine head and a second end in abutment on the upper end of the stem of the intake or exhaust valve; two electromagnets being provided in order to move, on command, the oscillating arm in order axially to displace the valve between a closed position and a position of maximum opening, the oscillating arm comprising a central plate positioned in the space between the polar heads of the two electromagnets, a cylindrical tubular member rigid with a lateral edge of the central plate and a projection extending in a projecting manner from the central plate on the side opposite the cylindrical tubular member, the central plate being formed by a pack of sheets of ferromagnetic material stacked on one another and seam welded on the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical tubular member and by a stiffening rib welded to the p
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Marcello Cristiani, Massimo Marchioni, Nicola Morelli
  • Publication number: 20010037778
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for the actuation of the intake or exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine, in which an oscillating arm has a first end hinged on a support frame secured to the head of the engine and a second end in abutment on the upper end of the stem of the intake or exhaust valve; two electromagnets being provided in order to move, on command, the oscillating arm so as axially to displace this valve between a closed position and a position of maximum opening; the frame being connected to the head of the engine so as to be able to oscillate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of movement of the intake or exhaust valve and the electromagnetic actuator further being provided with a device for adjusting the position of the frame with respect to the head, which is adapted to rotate, on command, the frame about the axis of rotation so as to maintain the mechanical play between the second end of the oscillating arm and the upper end of the stem of the valve at a predetermined
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Massimo Marchioni, Nicola Morelli