Patents by Inventor Christophe Preterre

Christophe Preterre 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: 5694898
    Abstract: The injector comprises a body (1) with a tip (2) exhibiting at least one calibrated outlet hole for jets of fuel as well as a skirt (25) for dispersing the fuel received in the form of jets, the skirt (25) being tubular and extending the body (1) to which it is fixed by its upstream part (14), and its downstream part (26) is formed, at least toward the downstream end, by at least one lateral wall thinned to a bevel (28) of thickness decreasing toward the downstream end as far as its downstream free edge in the form of a thinned blade (29). For preference, a concave notch turned toward the downstream end is formed in the free edge of each bevel, and each jet (J1, J2) of fuel from the two-hole injector strikes a region (30) on the internal face of a lateral wall of the skirt.Application to injectors, particularly multi-hole injectors, for automobile engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Magnetic Marelli France
    Inventors: Michael Pontoppidan, Bruno Covin, Jean Christopher Lucas, Christophe Preterre
  • Patent number: 5575263
    Abstract: The tubular skirt (12) in the partition between the air ports (2, 3) supports the injector (11) and forms two fuel passages (19) emerging in the ports (2, 3) between two opposed lateral walls (15) each thinned to a bevel (16) toward the downstream end with a free edge (17) in the form of a thin blade and with a notch having concavity turned toward the downstream end, a region (23) of the internal face of each lateral wall (15) upstream of the bevel (16) preferably being struck by at least one jet of fuel coming from the injector (11).Application to fuel-injected engines with two inlet valves per cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli France
    Inventors: Michael Pontoppidan, Bruno Covin, Jean C. Lucas, Christophe Preterre