Patents by Inventor Sam Penzato

Sam Penzato 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: 10871017
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is disclosed having a safety system that includes an electronic controller controlling an electronically controlled mechanism in response to inputs from a number of rear parking sensors to prevent movement of a rear closure of the motor vehicle in a closing direction when more than one object is sensed to be within a rear protection zone and the rear closure member is in a fully open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gregory, Sam Penzato, William Gerald Barr, Matthew David Bunn
  • Patent number: 10337470
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) apparatus for a turbocharged internal combustion engine, the EGR apparatus comprising: an air intake duct with a throttle valve configured to control an intake air quantity flowing through the air intake duct to a turbocharger compressor; an exhaust gas recirculation inlet connected to the air intake duct downstream of the throttle valve; and an EGR valve configured to control an exhaust gas quantity recirculated to the turbocharger compressor via the exhaust gas recirculation inlet, wherein the throttle valve and the EGR valve are combined in a single valve unit in which the valves are separated by a separating element configured to substantially prevent exhaust gas from entering the air intake duct in a vicinity of the throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Publication number: 20180371812
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is disclosed having a safety system that includes an electronic controller controlling an electronically controlled mechanism in response to inputs from a number of rear parking sensors to prevent movement of a rear closure of the motor vehicle in a closing direction when more than one object is sensed to be within a rear protection zone and the rear closure member is in a fully open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gregory, Sam Penzato, William Gerald Barr, Matthew David Bunn
  • Patent number: 10119418
    Abstract: A turbocharger bearing assembly of a split turbocharger for an engine is disclosed in which key rotational parts are rotatably supported by a pair of spaced apart bearings located in a bore of a tubular bearing housing forming part of a bearing assembly. The rotational parts of the turbocharger bearing assembly are balanced as a unit before the turbocharger bearing assembly is assembled to a cylinder block of the engine by insertion into a bore formed in the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Publication number: 20180080342
    Abstract: A turbocharger bearing assembly of a split turbocharger for an engine is disclosed in which key rotational parts are rotatably supported by a pair of spaced apart bearings located in a bore of a tubular bearing housing forming part of a bearing assembly. The rotational parts of the turbocharger bearing assembly are balanced as a unit before the turbocharger bearing assembly is assembled to a cylinder block of the engine by insertion into a bore formed in the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Patent number: 9885252
    Abstract: A turbocharger bearing assembly of a split turbocharger for an engine is disclosed in which key rotational parts are rotatably supported by a pair of spaced apart bearings located in a bore of a tubular bearing housing forming part of a bearing assembly. The rotational parts of the turbocharger bearing assembly are balanced as a unit before the turbocharger bearing assembly is assembled to a cylinder block of the engine by insertion into a bore formed in the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Publication number: 20170145967
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) apparatus for a turbocharged internal combustion engine, the EGR apparatus comprising: an air intake duct with a throttle valve configured to control an intake air quantity flowing through the air intake duct to a turbocharger compressor; an exhaust gas recirculation inlet connected to the air intake duct downstream of the throttle valve; and an EGR valve configured to control an exhaust gas quantity recirculated to the turbocharger compressor via the exhaust gas recirculation inlet, wherein the throttle valve and the EGR valve are combined in a single valve unit in which the valves are separated by a separating element configured to substantially prevent exhaust gas from entering the air intake duct in a vicinity of the throttle valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Publication number: 20160138420
    Abstract: A turbocharger bearing assembly of a split turbocharger for an engine is disclosed in which key rotational parts are rotatably supported by a pair of spaced apart bearings located in a bore of a tubular bearing housing forming part of a bearing assembly. The rotational parts of the turbocharger bearing assembly are balanced as a unit before the turbocharger bearing assembly is assembled to a cylinder block of the engine by insertion into a bore formed in the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Sam Penzato
  • Publication number: 20160097345
    Abstract: A turbocharger for an engine is disclosed having a compressor and a turbine mounted remotely from one another on opposite sides of a major structural component of the engine. As one example, an engine system comprises a cylinder block and a turbocharger including a compressor and turbine rotatably coupled via a drive shaft, where the compressor and turbine are positioned on opposite sides of the cylinder block relative to a crankshaft axis. Further, the drive shaft traverses the cylinder block and is rotatably supported at each end by a bearing supported by a part of the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Sam Penzato