Patents by Inventor Maurício José Oliveira Capucho

Maurício José Oliveira Capucho 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).

  • System and method for balancing fuel levels among multiple fuel tanks
    Patent number: 10780778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for balancing levels of liquid fuel among multiple vehicle-mounted fuel tanks utilize at least one control valve that is configured to admit pressurized gas into a first fuel tank while a second fuel tank is ventilated, responsive to detection of a difference of liquid fuel levels within the first and second fuel tanks. Admission of pressurized gas into one fuel tank and ventilation of another fuel tank creates a pressure imbalance that causes liquid fuel to flow through a balancing line connecting the fuel tanks. Balancing may be performed in a bidirectional manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Maurício José Oliveira Capucho, Rafael Hilario Fonseca Mazzorana
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BALANCING FUEL LEVELS AMONG MULTIPLE FUEL TANKS
    Publication number: 20200290455
    Abstract: Systems and methods for balancing levels of liquid fuel among multiple vehicle-mounted fuel tanks utilize at least one control valve that is configured to admit pressurized gas into a first fuel tank while a second fuel tank is ventilated, responsive to detection of a difference of liquid fuel levels within the first and second fuel tanks. Admission of pressurized gas into one fuel tank and ventilation of another fuel tank creates a pressure imbalance that causes liquid fuel to flow through a balancing line connecting the fuel tanks. Balancing may be performed in a bidirectional manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Maurício José Oliveira Capucho, Rafael Hilario Fonseca Mazzorana