Patents by Inventor Fabio Menotti

Fabio Menotti 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: 10227948
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from an upper part connected to a lower part. The upper part has a combustion bowl, a top land, and a ring belt extending circumferentially around the piston upper part. The lower part contains pin bosses and a piston skirt. A circumferential cooling channel is formed by joining the upper and lower parts. There is an oil inlet formed in one piece with the piston lower part. The inlet has a lower extremity and an upper extremity that terminates at the floor of the cooling channel. A bore extends through the oil inlet from the lower extremity up though the floor of the cooling channel. The circumference of the bore increases from the upper extremity to the lower extremity, so the oil inlet forms a funnel shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio Menotti, Ioan Stefan, Dieter Gabriel, Ralph Klein, Luiz Perrone, Michael Lapp, Joachim Wagenblast
  • Publication number: 20170175671
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from an upper part connected to a lower part. The upper part has a combustion bowl, a top land, and a ring belt extending circumferentially around the piston upper part. The lower part contains pin bosses and a piston skirt. A circumferential cooling channel is formed by joining the upper and lower parts. There is an oil inlet formed in one piece with the piston lower part. The inlet has a lower extremity and an upper extremity that terminates at the floor of the cooling channel. A bore extends through the oil inlet from the lower extremity up though the floor of the cooling channel. The circumference of the bore increases from the upper extremity to the lower extremity, so the oil inlet forms a funnel shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio MENOTTI, Ioan STEFAN, Dieter GABRIEL, Ralph KLEIN, Luiz PERRONE, Michael LAPP, Joachim WAGENBLAST
  • Patent number: 9429101
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston includes an upper surface configured to at least partly face a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The upper surface includes a combustion bowl surface, and a squish face having an internal edge disposed a first distance from the longitudinal axis along a radial direction. The combustion bowl surface includes a planar surface extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the piston, a first concave surface disposed outside the planar surface in the radial direction, the first concave surface having a first radius of curvature, and a second concave surface disposed outside the first concave surface in the radial direction, the second concave surface having a second radius of curvature, the second radius of curvature being smaller than the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nacke, Stuart Niese, Aaron Ness, Fabio Menotti, Chris Hoops, Andrew Gaarder
  • Publication number: 20150053167
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston includes an upper surface configured to at least partly face a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The upper surface includes a combustion bowl surface, and a squish face having an internal edge disposed a first distance from the longitudinal axis along a radial direction. The combustion bowl surface includes a planar surface extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the piston, a first concave surface disposed outside the planar surface in the radial direction, the first concave surface having a first radius of curvature, and a second concave surface disposed outside the first concave surface in the radial direction, the second concave surface having a second radius of curvature, the second radius of curvature being smaller than the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nacke, Stuart Niese, Aaron Ness, Fabio Menotti, Chris Hoops, Andrew Gaarder
  • Patent number: 6530711
    Abstract: A ball joint for different applications in special car suspension is disclosed. The ball joint includes a pin (1) with a first end for fixing in a counterpart, and a second spherical end (2),that is encased in a bearing (3) of consequently spherical internal profile, that by its turn is mounted in the internal area of a housing (4), whose external area is intended for fixing in a second counterpart. The housing (4) is closed over a retaining ring (5), that by its turn presses the bearing (3) and the pin (1), in such a way as to prevent axial or radial moving between the parts, including the dismounting of the assembly, but allowing rotational and oscillatory movements required for the operation of the assembly. Further, the retaining ring (5) supports the external (6) and the internal (7) sealings, preferably vulcanized, both of the area between the retaining ring (5) and the housing (4) and of the area between the retaining ring (5) and the pin (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: Fabio Menotti
  • Publication number: 20010036385
    Abstract: A ball joint for different applications in special car suspension is disclosed. The ball joint includes a pin (1) with a first end for fixing in a counterpart, and a second spherical end (2), that is encased in a bearing (3) of consequently spherical internal profile, that by its turn is mounted in the internal area of a housing (4), whose external area is intended for fixing in a second counterpart. The housing (4) is closed over a retaining ring (5), that by its turn presses the bearing (3) and the pin (1), in such a way as to prevent axial or radial moving between the parts, including the dismounting of the assembly, but allowing rotational and oscillatory movements required for the operation of the assembly. Further, the retaining ring (5) supports the external (6) and the internal (7) sealings, preferably vulcanized, both of the area between the retaining ring (5) and the housing (4) and of the area between the retaining ring (5) and the pin (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: DANA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fabio Menotti
  • Patent number: D886155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio Menotti, Ioan Stefan, Dieter Gabriel, Ralph Klein, Luiz Perrone, Michael Lapp, Joachim Wagenblast