Patents by Inventor Ezio Merlo

Ezio Merlo 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).

  • Method for producing a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6802121
    Abstract: Method for making a cylinder block for internal combustion engine, in which at least one cylinder liner (10) is arranged inside a mould and aluminium-based material is cast into the mould and cooled, so that the cylinder liner (10) is incorporated in the cylinder block. The cylinder liner (10) is made of aluminium-based material and has protuberances destined to melt in contact with the molten material cast into the mould arranged on its external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Antonio Fuganti, Paolo Barban, Ezio Merlo, Stefano Plano
  • Method for producing a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030000086
    Abstract: Method for making a cylinder block for internal combustion engine, in which at least one cylinder liner (10) is arranged inside a mould and aluminium-based material is cast into the mould and cooled, so that the cylinder liner (10) is incorporated in the cylinder block. The cylinder liner (10) is made of aluminium-based material and has protuberances destined to melt in contact with the molten material cast into the mould arranged on its external surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Antonio Fuganti, Paolo Barban, Ezio Merlo, Stefano Plano