Patents by Inventor Donald J. Chiavaroli

Donald J. Chiavaroli 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: 5272294
    Abstract: A pressure system has a pressure vessel holding gas under pressure and has a pressure responsive device arranged to be responsive to loss of gas from the vessel to provide a warning signal or the like corresponding to the gas loss. The device has two springs opposing movement of a device diaphragm in response to the gas pressure in the vessel, one spring being arranged to oppose diaphragm movement resulting from change in the gas pressure due to change in gas temperature from a selected temperature in accordance with the gas law, and the other spring being arranged to permit diaphragm movement to change position of a control to provide a signal corresponding to a gas loss when change in the gas pressure in the vessel decreases to a selected level at the selected gas temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Texas Instruements Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Charboneau, Donald J. Chiavaroli, Patrick F. Meleney
  • Patent number: 4467773
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine has an electrical resistance heater accommodated in a chamber in gasket means which space a throttle body flange from a mating flange on an intake manifold of the engine for transferring heat to the throttle body flange to avoid freeze up in the throttle body during furnishing of an air-fuel mixture to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald J. Chiavaroli
  • Patent number: 4387690
    Abstract: A fuel evaporation device for enhancing fuel evaporation in an automotive fuel supply system without excessively interfering with the flow of an air-fuel mixture to an automotive engine is particularly adapted for use where the system has an air-fuel passage directing the air-fuel mixture into an intake manifold and where fuel tends to condense on the walls of the passage during engine start up on cold days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald J. Chiavaroli