Patents by Inventor Sandra Ranaldo

Sandra Ranaldo 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: 7814886
    Abstract: A shut-off valve of the flow rate of a fuel pump for an internal combustion engine; the shut-off valve is provided with: a tubular cylindrical body, which is closed on top, displays a cylindrical seat, the lower portion of which performs the function of fuel pipe, and comprises a number of radial through holes to allow the introduction of fuel within the cylindrical seat; a lower plate, which is arranged within the tubular cylindrical body and underneath the radial holes and has a central through hole which defines an outlet opening of the fuel; and a cylindrical shutter, which is coupled to the lower plate and is mobile between an open position, in which the outlet opening is in communication with the radial holes, and a closed position, in which the outlet opening is isolated from the radial holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sandra Ranaldo, Pasquale Dragone, Andrea Cobianchi
  • Patent number: 7775192
    Abstract: A radial piston pump has a pump housing containing pump elements and whose high-pressure conduits extending in the pump housing are embodied so as to significantly increase the permissible operating pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Wuetherich, Josef Guentert, Karl-Heinz Linek, Florian Kleer, Gerd Loesch, Peter Grabert, Nicola Cimaglia, Antonio Diaferia, Rosanna Iorizzo, Sandra Ranaldo, Giuseppe Palma
  • Patent number: 7384246
    Abstract: A pump element and a piston pump for generating high fuel pressure are proposed, in which tilting of the piston base relative to a drive shaft is effectively suppressed, so that the service life of the high-pressure fuel pump is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Diaferia, Giuseppe Putignano, Stefano Polito, Sandra Ranaldo
  • Publication number: 20080054213
    Abstract: A shut-off valve of the flow rate of a fuel pump for an internal combustion engine; the shut-off valve is provided with: a tubular cylindrical body, which is closed on top, displays a cylindrical seat, the lower portion of which performs the function of fuel pipe, and comprises a number of radial through holes to allow the introduction of fuel within the cylindrical seat; a lower plate, which is arranged within the tubular cylindrical body and underneath the radial holes and has a central through hole which defines an outlet opening of the fuel; and a cylindrical shutter, which is coupled to the lower plate and is mobile between an open position, in which the outlet opening is in communication with the radial holes, and a closed position, in which the outlet opening is isolated from the radial holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Sandra Ranaldo, Pasquale Dragone, Andrea Cobianchi
  • Publication number: 20050207908
    Abstract: A radial piston pump has a pump housing containing pump elements and whose high-pressure conduits extending in the pump housing are embodied so as to significantly increase the permissible operating pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Wuetherich, Josef Guentert, Karl-Heinz Linek, Florian Kleer, Gert Loesch, Peter Grabert, Nicola Cimaglia, Antonio Diaferia, Rosanna Iorizzo, Sandra Ranaldo, Giuseppe Palma
  • Patent number: 6886536
    Abstract: Fuel injection system of the common rail type provided with a high-pressure pump, which supplies fuel to a common channel that in turn supplies a series of injectors, and with a control unit, which is capable of keeping the pressure of the fuel within the common channel, moment by moment, equal to a desired value that generally varies over time; the control unit is coupled to a device for regulating the flow rate of the high-pressure pump in order to control the flow rate of the high-pressure pump so as to supply the common channel, moment by moment, with the amount of fuel required in order to have the desired value for pressure inside said common channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sandra Ranaldo, Alberto Bastia, Paolo Pasquali, Rita Di Gioia
  • Publication number: 20040094128
    Abstract: Fuel injection system of the common rail type provided with a high-pressure pump, which supplies fuel to a common channel that in turn supplies a series of injectors, and with a control unit, which is capable of keeping the pressure of the fuel within the common channel, moment by moment, equal to a desired value that generally varies over time; the control unit is coupled to a device for regulating the flow rate of the high-pressure pump in order to control the flow rate of the high-pressure pump so as to supply the common channel, moment by moment, with the amount of fuel required in order to have the desired value for pressure inside said common channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sandra Ranaldo, Alberto Bastia, Paolo Pasquali, Rita Di Gioia
  • Publication number: 20040089146
    Abstract: A pump element (1) and a piston pump for generating high fuel pressure are proposed, in which tilting of the piston base (15) relative to a drive shaft (5) is effectively suppressed, so that the service life of the high-pressure fuel pump is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Antonio Diaferia, Giuseppe Putignano, Stefano Polito, Sandra Ranaldo