Patents by Inventor Mirco Alberghini

Mirco Alberghini 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).

  • Regulating device for regulating the air intake of a vehicle internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7320305
    Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the air intake of an internal combustion engine, and comprising at least one throttled body having at least one air feed conduit connectable to the engine, and a first and second throttle housed in said at least one feed conduit to regulate air intake of the engine on command; the regulating device comprises a manually operated accelerator control device connected mechanically to the first throttle to rotate the first throttle about a first axis of rotation into an operating angular position related to the engine torque demanded by the user operating the accelerator control device; and electric control means for rotating the second throttle about a second axis of rotation into a target angular position determined as a function of the operating angular position of the first throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mirco Alberghini, Maurizio Fiorentini, Claudio Grossi
  • Regulating device for regulating the air intake of a vehicle internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20070079806
    Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the air intake of an internal combustion engine, and comprising at least one throttled body having at least one air feed conduit connectable to the engine, and a first and second throttle housed in said at least one feed conduit to regulate air intake of the engine on command; the regulating device comprises a manually operated accelerator control device connected mechanically to the first throttle to rotate the first throttle about a first axis of rotation into an operating angular position related to the engine torque demanded by the user operating the accelerator control device; and electric control means for rotating the second throttle about a second axis of rotation into a target angular position determined as a function of the operating angular position of the first throttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Mirco Alberghini, Maurizio Fiorentini, Claudio Grossi