Patents by Inventor Pierfrancesco DE GIOVANNI

Pierfrancesco DE GIOVANNI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240011567
    Abstract: A poppet valve, in particular, a hollow poppet valve, can include a valve stem; a valve cap; a valve body comprising a longitudinal axis with a stem end to which the valve stem is arranged and a cap end to which the valve cap is arranged, the valve body further comprising a cavity with a stem opening towards the stem end and a cap opening towards the cap end; wherein the stem opening of the cavity is configured to be closed by the valve stem and the cap opening of the cavity is configured to be closed by the valve cap; wherein the valve cap comprises a cap wall protruding into the cavity along an interior circumference of the valve cap; and wherein the cap wall comprises a cap wall formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Aimo Boot, Pierfrancesco De Giovanni, Luigi Lia
  • Patent number: 10024200
    Abstract: A roller tappet for a fuel unit pump of an internal combustion engine is provided with a roller tappet bore for inserting the roller tappet within the internal combustion engine. The roller tappet includes a roller tappet body having a body longitudinal axis for connecting the roller tappet to a reciprocating element of the fuel unit pump. A cam roller contacts a cam lobe of a rotatable shaft of the internal combustion engine. The cam roller is rotatably mounted to the roller tappet body around a cam roller rotation axis. The external surface of the roller tappet body is configured to allow tilting of the roller tappet within the roller tappet bore for aligning the roller tappet with respect to the cam lobe of the rotatable shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Davide Di Nunno, Mirco De Marco, Luca Trabucchi, Pierfrancesco De Giovanni
  • Publication number: 20170107863
    Abstract: A roller tappet for a fuel unit pump of an internal combustion engine is provided with a roller tappet bore for inserting the roller tappet within the internal combustion engine. The roller tappet includes a roller tappet body having a body longitudinal axis for connecting the roller tappet to a reciprocating element of the fuel unit pump. A cam roller contacts a cam lobe of a rotatable shaft of the internal combustion engine. The cam roller is rotatably mounted to the roller tappet body around a cam roller rotation axis. The external surface of the roller tappet body is configured to allow tilting of the roller tappet within the roller tappet bore for aligning the roller tappet with respect to the cam lobe of the rotatable shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Davide DI NUNNO, Mirco DE MARCO, Luca TRABUCCHI, Pierfrancesco DE GIOVANNI