Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Dallacqua

Fabrizio Dallacqua 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).

  • Actuation apparatus
    Patent number: 11448102
    Abstract: An actuation transmission apparatus for actuating a component of a switchable valve train device of an internal combustion engine includes: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source; a contacting element for contacting the component of the switchable valve train device; and a biasing device for biasing the contacting element rotationally with respect to the shaft; wherein, in use, the biasing device becomes biased by the shaft when the actuation source rotates the shaft when the actuation source attempts to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device, via the contacting element, when the component of the switchable valve train device is not able to be actuated, whereby the biasing device is configured to cause the contacting element to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device when the component of the switchable valve train device becomes actuatable again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Michele Cecchi, Gennaro Buonocore, Fabrizio Dallacqua
  • ACTUATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200318500
    Abstract: An actuation transmission apparatus for actuating a component of a switchable valve train device of an internal combustion engine includes: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source; a contacting element for contacting the component of the switchable valve train device; and a biasing device for biasing the contacting element rotationally with respect to the shaft; wherein, in use, the biasing device becomes biased by the shaft when the actuation source rotates the shaft when the actuation source attempts to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device, via the contacting element, when the component of the switchable valve train device is not able to be actuated, whereby the biasing device is configured to cause the contacting element to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device when the component of the switchable valve train device becomes actuatable again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Michele Cecchi, Gennaro Buonocore, Fabrizio Dallacqua