Patents by Inventor Daniele DeFranceschi

Daniele DeFranceschi 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).

  • Valve cover assembly and method of construction
    Patent number: 7827950
    Abstract: A valve cover assembly for sealed engagement with a cylinder block includes a cover portion, a rail and a molded-in-place elastomeric bridge molded to the cover portion and the rail maintaining the cover portion and the rail in spaced relation to one another. The rail has an outwardly extending mounting flange providing a hard mounting bottom surface that is coplanar with the rail sealing surface. A seal depends from the sealing surface of the rail when in an uninstalled, uncompressed state for compression against the cylinder block upon the sealing surface and the hard mounting bottom surface being brought into engagement with the cylinder block, thereby establishing fluid-tight seal between the valve cover assembly and the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Jake Hu, Daniele DeFranceschi, Tom Swasey, Jim Zwick
  • VALVE COVER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20090044773
    Abstract: A valve cover assembly for sealed engagement with a cylinder block includes a cover portion, a rail and a molded-in-place elastomeric bridge molded to the cover portion and the rail maintaining the cover portion and the rail in spaced relation to one another. The rail has an outwardly extending mounting flange providing a hard mounting bottom surface that is coplanar with the rail sealing surface. A seal depends from the sealing surface of the rail when in an uninstalled, uncompressed state for compression against the cylinder block upon the sealing surface and the hard mounting bottom surface being brought into engagement with the cylinder block, thereby establishing fluid-tight seal between the valve cover assembly and the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jake Hu, Daniele DeFranceschi, Tom Swasey, Jim Zwick