Patents Assigned to UFI Filters S.p.A.
  • Publication number: 20210340942
    Abstract: A fuel filter includes: a casing having a chamber for collecting water separated from fuel; a water level sensor that extends into the casing and is provided with an electrical water level contact extending into the collection chamber and an intermediate electrical contact arranged inside the casing and outside the collection chamber; and a water separator element having: a filtering element; a filtering element support provided with a through opening crossed by the water level sensor so that the electrical water level contact extends into the collection chamber; and a conductive element provided on the filtering element support and provided with: a water level electrode extending into the collection chamber; and a contact electrode electrically connected with the water level electrode, spaced apart from it and in contact with the intermediate electrical contact of the water level sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 10953358
    Abstract: An air filter group for air supply to internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, of a type comprising an external casing provided with an inlet opening of the air to be filtered, and an outlet opening of the filtered air, and a removable cover, the inlet and outlet openings being separated by a removable filter cartridge which comprises a hollow cylindrical filter wall crossed by the air in a centripetal direction, in which the at least a filter cartridge is fixed to the cover in which cover a chamber is present, delimited by a base provided with at least a hole at which the at least a cartridge is fixed, by an opposite wall to the base and by an annular wall located between the base and the opposite wall and comprising the outlet hole of the filtered air, the cover being destined to be inserted sealedly in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Girondi, Jörn Timm Kiener
  • Patent number: 10914207
    Abstract: A valve group (10) is housed in a duct (40) of a support body (4) of an oil filtering assembly or a temperature management assembly. The valve group (10) is provided with a valve body (11) fixed to the support body (4), an obturator (15) fitted axially movably on the valve body (11) and obturator positioner and mover (18). The obturator (15) is movable by the obturator positioner and mover (18) as a function of the oil temperature values respectively in a first, a second and a third operating configuration, in which the oil is cooled, heated, for example by a heat exchanger, or sent directly to the filtering device. The obturator (15) is movable by the obturator positioner and mover (18) as a function of the oil pressure values directly to the filtering device, preventing oil access to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 10814265
    Abstract: An air filter cartridge (1) for an air intake system for a vehicle engine extends along a main axis (X-X). The air filter cartridge includes a filter element (5), suitable to filter the air sucked through the filter eleemtn and having extension along the main axis (X-X) and an internal structure (3) that extends inside of the filter element (5). The internal structure (3) identifies a plurality of ducts (30) fluidically independent from each other through which the filtered air flows separately. Each duct (30) extends between an inlet mouth (31), placed in proximity of a respective filter element portion (51), and an outlet mouth (32) placed in proximity of the head element (2) in such a way as to induce the intake of air through each duct (30) through the respective portion of the filter element (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 10533468
    Abstract: A valve group (10) is housed in a duct (40) of a pressurized oil circuit of a vehicle. The valve group (1) extends along an axis (X-X) including a valve body (11) axially fixed to the conduit (40) and an obturator (15) fitted axially movably, on the valve body (11). The obturator (15) has an exchanger aperture (153) through which oil flows to a heat exchanger (3) in the circuit and an auxiliary aperture (152) through which the oil flows to an auxiliary component of the circuit. The valve group (10) includes a pair of elastically yieldable elements (180) of a material selected from among the shape-memory alloys, operatively connected between the valve body (11) and obturator (15), and suitable, as a function of the oil temperature and/or the oil pressure, to axially move and to maintain the obturator (15) in a predefined axial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 10335722
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (30) comprising a substantially tubular filter wall (33) and a support plate (32) fixed to an end of the filter wall (33), where the support plate (32) comprises a hooking body (34, 2120) rising from a surface of the support plate (32) opposite the filter wall (30) and defining a profiled surface (3410,3411;2130,2131) substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the filter wall (33) and defining at least two corners (3412,3413;2132,2133) proximal to the central axis, which exhibit different distances from the central axis of the filter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20190153915
    Abstract: A valve group (10) is housed in a duct (40) of a pressurized oil circuit of a vehicle. The valve group (1) extends along an axis (X-X) including a valve body (11) axially fixed to the conduit (40) and an obturator (15) fitted axially movably, on the valve body (11). The obturator (15) has an exchanger aperture (153) through which oil flows to a heat exchanger (3) in the circuit and an auxiliary aperture (152) through which the oil flows to an auxiliary component of the circuit. The valve group (10) includes a pair of elastically yieldable elements (180) of a material selected from among the shape-memory alloys, operatively connected between the valve body (11) and obturator (15), and suitable, as a function of the oil temperature and/or the oil pressure, to axially move and to maintain the obturator (15) in a predefined axial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20190063275
    Abstract: A valve group (10) is housed in a duct (40) of a support body (4) of an oil filtering assembly provided with a valve body (11) fixed to the support body (4). An obturator (15) is fitted in an axially movable manner on the valve body (11) and includes an obturator positioner and mover (18). The obturator (15) is movable by the obturator positioner and mover (18) as a function of the oil temperature values respectively in a first, a second and a third operating configuration, in which the oil is cooled, heated, for example by a heat exchanger, or sent directly to the filtering device. Moreover, the obturator (15) is movable by the obturator positioner and mover (18) as a function of the oil pressure values directly to the filtering device, preventing oil access to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 10213713
    Abstract: A filter cartridge for filtering fuel comprising a filter wall having a tubular conformation, a first support plate fixed to an end of the filter wall and a second support plate fixed to the opposite end of the filter wall, a support core coaxially inserted internally of the filter wall and provided with radial openings for passage of the fuel, in which the support core exhibits, at an upper end thereof, a housing seating of a hydrophobic wall having a tubular shape which is positioned coaxially internally of the core, the hydrophobic wall comprising a support shank, configured such as to be housed in the housing seating and provided with at least a portion of a bypass conduit which enables placing an internal volume of the filter wall in fluid communication with an outlet hole of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20170319998
    Abstract: An air filter group for air supply to internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, of a type comprising an external casing provided with an inlet opening of the air to be filtered, and an outlet opening of the filtered air, and a removable cover, the inlet and outlet openings being separated by a removable filter cartridge which comprises a hollow cylindrical filter wall crossed by the air in a centripetal direction, in which the at least a filter cartridge is fixed to the cover in which cover a chamber is present, delimited by a base provided with at least a hole at which the at least a cartridge is fixed, by an opposite wall to the base and by an annular wall located between the base and the opposite wall and comprising the outlet hole of the filtered air, the cover being destined to be inserted sealedly in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio GIRONDI, Jörn Timm KIENER
  • Publication number: 20170312664
    Abstract: A filter cartridge for filtering fuel comprising a filter wall having a tubular conformation, a first support plate fixed to an end of the filter wall and a second support plate fixed to the opposite end of the filter wall, a support core coaxially inserted internally of the filter wall and provided with radial openings for passage of the fuel, in which the support core exhibits, at an upper end thereof, a housing seating of a hydrophobic wall having a tubular shape which is positioned coaxially internally of the core, the hydrophobic wall comprising a support shank, configured such as to be housed in the housing seating and provided with at least a portion of a bypass conduit which enables placing an internal volume of the filter wall in fluid communication with an outlet hole of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 9731236
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (40) for filtering a fluid comprising a tubular filter wall (43) and at least a longitudinal core (45) inserted axially in the internal cavity of the filter wall (43), made of at least an electrically insulating material and provided with a plurality of radial openings (450), comprising at least a conductive strip (50), realized in an electrically conductive material, fixed to the longitudinal core and provided with at least a first portion (51) exposed from the longitudinal core externally of the internal cavity of the filter wall (43) and a second portion (52) exposed from the longitudinal core and axially located at a different height with respect to the first portion (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20170216745
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (30) comprising a substantially tubular filter wall (33) and a support plate (32) fixed to an end of the filter wall (33), where the support plate (32) comprises a hooking body (34, 2120) rising from a surface of the support plate (32) opposite the filter wall (30) and defining a profiled surface (3410,3411;2130,2131) substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the filter wall (33) and defining at least two corners (3412,3413;2132,2133) proximal to the central axis, which exhibit different distances from the central axis of the filter wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: UFI Filters S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 9631590
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (30) for filtering fuel, comprising a filter wall (31) having a tubular shape, a first support plate (32) fixed to an end of the filter wall (31) and a second support plate (33) fixed to the opposite end of the filter wall, each support plate (32, 33) defining a respective portion (324,325;335,336) of a discharge conduit (324,325; 50; 335,336) of the water which separates from the fuel during filtration of the fuel; the peculiarity of the invention consists in the fact that it comprises a connecting cannula (50) able to connect the portions (324,325;335,336) and arranged externally of the filter wall (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20170065916
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (40) for filtering a fluid comprising a tubular filter wall (43) and at least a longitudinal core (45) inserted axially in the internal cavity of the filter wall (43), made of at least an electrically insulating material and provided with a plurality of radial openings (450), comprising at least a conductive strip (50), realised in an electrically conductive material, fixed to the longitudinal core and provided with at least a first portion (51) exposed from the longitudinal core externally of the internal cavity of the filter wall (43) and a second portion (52) exposed from the longitudinal core and axially located at a different height with respect to the first portion (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20160375382
    Abstract: A filter group (10), comprising: a support body (25) provided with at least an engaging seating (252) and a filter cartridge (30) provided with a substantially toroidal filter wall (33) and a support plate (31) provided with at least an engaging tooth (311) able to snap-engage to the engaging seating (252), where the engaging seating (252) is provided with a rest surface (253) lying on a substantially perpendicular plane to the axis (A) of the filter wall (33) and two opposite flanks (256, 257) that rise from opposite sides of the rest surface (253). The particularity of the invention is that at least a flank (257) of the flanks (256, 257) comprises a first portion (2571) substantially squared with respect to the rest surface (253) and a second portion (2572) axially prolonging the first portion (2571) and defining a disengaging ramp that is inclined with respect to the lie plane of the first portion (2571).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 9511662
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a vehicle (100) comprising a body (105), an internal combustion engine (140) and a filter cartridge (180) able to filter the aspirated comburent air in arrival in the internal combustion engine (140), the filter cartridge (180) being contained internally of the body (105) and located in a position in which the plan volume of the filter cartridge (180) is completely external of the plan volume of the internal combustion engine (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 9504943
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (40) for filtering a fluid comprising a tubular filter wall (43) and at least an annular support plate (42) fixed to a lower end of the filter wall (43) and made of at least an electrically-insulated material, comprising at least a conductive strip (50) made of an electrically conductive material, partially sunk in the support plate (42) and provided with at least a portion (51, 52) exposed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 9447758
    Abstract: A filter for internal combustion engines of vehicles, comprising: an external casing (11) and an upper closing cover (12), which close an internal chamber (13) having an inlet for the liquid to be filtered and an outlet for filtered liquid; a filter cartridge (20) having a tubular filter means (21) located internally of the internal chamber (13) which separates the chamber (13) into a first zone communicating with the inlet and a second zone communicating with the outlet, and a lower plate (22) joined to a lower end of the filter means (21); the filter means being removably fixed to the casing (11) such as to remain internally of the casing when the casing is separated from the cover; the lower plate comprising hooking teeth (31), developing axially and having an elastic action in a radial direction; the base of the casing comprising a generally cylindrical surface sub-divided into a number of sectors which is equal to a number of hooking teeth (31), each sector defining a hooking zone (43) for axially constr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20160236123
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (40) for filtering a fluid comprising a tubular filter wall (43) and at least an annular support plate (42) fixed to a lower end of the filter wall (43) and made of at least an electrically-insulated material, comprising at least a conductive strip (50) made of an electrically conductive material, partially sunk in the support plate (42) and provided with at least a portion (51, 52) exposed therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI