Patents Assigned to Alfa Romeo Auto S.p.A.
  • Modular multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with supercharging
    Patent number: 4452208
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-cylinder Otto cycle internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, of the type in which the number of working cylinders varies with the power delivered, and in which the working cylinders for any power condition have a compression ratio which is greater than the compression ratio of the complementary cylinders, these latter being supercharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Alfa Romeo Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Merlini, Aldo Bassi, Giuseppe Satta
  • Motor vehicle having an internal-combustion engine fitted with means for controlling the air stream flowing through the engine compartment
    Patent number: 4429666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle driven by an internal-combustion engine housed in a compartment, the latter having at least one opening (24) through which the flow of air is controlled by a vane (22) which is operatively connected to means (25) sensing the temperature of the engine-cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Alfa Romeo Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Filippo Surace, Giampaolo Garcea