Patents by Inventor Fernando Lepsch

Fernando Lepsch 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).

  • Publication number: 20240018923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for heating injected fuel in internal combustion engines integrated with a temperature sensor capable of measuring the temperature of the fuel immediately after heating, forming a unique set that provides great accuracy in the amount of power supplied to the heater and accuracy in fuel preheating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Publication number: 20240003321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for managing the temperature of fuel injected into internal combustion engines from a mixture of an air flow and fuel applicable to a vehicle that uses an injection system with high pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Publication number: 20230366366
    Abstract: Method of temperature management of fuel injected in internal combustion engines (1) applicable to said system, which takes into account the measurement of the fuel flow to be injected and one or more dynamic data of the engine demand level (1) in an immediate current instant, providing accuracy in the transformation of electrical energy into heat by controlling the fuel heating temperature and, consequently, great precision in the reduction of pollutant gases, without deterioration of the vehicle's energy balance (battery).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Patent number: 11746722
    Abstract: Method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into a combustion engine to enable a reduction in the amount of fuel injected into engines which may be powered both by pure gasoline and by ethanol or by any biofuel mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Limitada
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando de Oliveira, Jr., Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Patent number: 11519370
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into combustion engines, which provides a reduced amount of fuel injected into engines propelled with either pure gasoline or ethanol or any bi-fuel mixture by precisely controlling the amount of heat supplied to the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Limitada
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla, Fernando de Oliveira Junior
  • Patent number: 11339738
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into combustion engines, which provides a reduced amount of fuel injected into engines propelled with either pure gasoline or ethanol or any bi-fuel mixture by precisely controlling the amount of heat supplied to the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH LIMITADA
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla, Fernando de Oliveira Junior
  • Publication number: 20210239746
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying the condition of fluids inside a container, by means of a resistive element associated with a control unit of the resistive element, preferably used for identifying the condition of water for application in a fuel vehicle water injection system, but not limited to this application. The control unit of the resistive element is comprised of a processing unit capable of obtaining the reading of the resistance of a resistive element and processing the information for performing the identification of the condition of the fluid, and also the composition can use the resistive element as a heating element through a heater control unit when it is identified that the condition of the fluid is solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Patent number: 11053901
    Abstract: Method of preheating and controlling the temperature of fuel injected into a combustion engine to enable a reduction in the amount of fuel injected into engines which may be powered both by pure gasoline and by ethanol or any biofuel mixture, where the engine is located in environments with low temperatures and extremely cold temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH LIMITADA
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando de Oliveira, Jr., Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Publication number: 20210199080
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into combustion engines, which provides a reduced amount of fuel injected into engines propelled with either pure gasoline or ethanol or any bi-fuel mixture by precisely controlling the amount of heat supplied to the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla, Fernando de Oliveira Junior
  • Publication number: 20210199066
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into combustion engines, which provides a reduced amount of fuel injected into engines propelled with either pure gasoline or ethanol or any bi-fuel mixture by precisely controlling the amount of heat supplied to the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla, Fernando de Oliveira Junior
  • Publication number: 20200208588
    Abstract: Method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into a combustion engine to enable a reduction in the amount of fuel injected into engines which may be powered both by pure gasoline and by ethanol or by any biofuel mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando de Oliveira, JR., Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Publication number: 20200208595
    Abstract: Method of preheating and controlling the temperature of fuel injected into a combustion engine to enable a reduction in the amount of fuel injected into engines which may be powered both by pure gasoline and by ethanol or any biofuel mixture, where the engine is located in environments with low temperatures and extremely cold temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando de Oliveira, JR., Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Patent number: 9372182
    Abstract: This invention refers to a fuel composition identification system and method (2) for an automotive vehicle combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Limitida
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Tulio Italico Moreira Coletto, Fernando de Oliveira Júnior
  • Patent number: 9303606
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system (10,100). The said rail is applied, mainly, in the form of devices for aiding the cold start of engines which consume fuels whose specific vaporization heat is high, for example, alcohol. The fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system presents reduced cost and weight and the same functional characteristics if compared to the fuel rails known by the state of the art, which are usually made of metal. Furthermore, the said fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system presents internal compartments configured in such a manner that the sliders containing slide pins (51, 52, 53) of the injection mold can be easily removed, since there is no formation of negative faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Limitada
    Inventors: Tulio Italico Moreira Coletto, Fernando Lepsch, Alvaro Augusto Vasconcelos
  • Publication number: 20140109881
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system (10,100). The said rail is applied, mainly, in the form of devices for aiding the cold start of engines which consume fuels whose specific vaporization heat is high, for example, alcohol. The fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system presents reduced cost and weight and the same functional characteristics if compared to the fuel rails known by the state of the art, which are usually made of metal. Furthermore, the said fuel rail made of plastic material with a heating system presents internal compartments configured in such a manner that the slider sliders containing slide pins (51, 52, 53) of the injection mold can be easily removed, since there is no formation of negative faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH LIMITADA
    Inventors: Tulio Italico Moreira Coletto, Fernando Lepsch, Alvaro Augusto Vasconcelos
  • Publication number: 20130315278
    Abstract: This invention refers to a fuel composition identification system and method (2) for an automotive vehicle combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH LIMITADA
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Tulio Italico Moreira Coletto, Fernando de Oliveira Júnior
  • Patent number: 8359168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel identification system and method normally applied to internal combustion engine vehicles of the flex-fuel type by means of which it is possible to identify the composition of the fuel used at each point in time, particularly the ratio used in a gasoline/ethanol blend or detect the presence of air or fuel in the vapor state in the fuel line, using the same device that heats the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Limitada
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcos Melo Araujo, Hilton Rafael Spiler, Carlos Henrique De Oliveira Melo, Hans Hugo Eichel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7942136
    Abstract: A heating assembly that allows an adequate pre-heating of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando Marron, Franz Thommes, Rosalvo Bertolucci Filho, Alvaro Augusto Vasconcelos, Marcos Melo Araujo, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
  • Publication number: 20100204928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel identification system and method normally applied to internal combustion engine vehicles of the flex-fuel type by means of which it is possible to identify the composition of the fuel used at each point in time, particularly the ratio used in a gasoline/ethanol blend or detect the presence of air or fuel in the vapor state in the fuel line, using the same device that heats the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marco Melo Araujo, Carlos Henrique De Oliveira Melo, Hars Hugo Eichel, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090133676
    Abstract: A heating assembly that allows an adequate pre-heating of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Fernando Augusto Marron, Franz Thommes, Rosalvo Bertolucci Filho, Alvaro Augusto Vasconcelos, Marcos Melo Araujo, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla