Patents by Inventor Flavio VOLPE

Flavio VOLPE 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: 10920308
    Abstract: Cylinder of piston-type internal combustion engine includes at least one bore with inner shell formed from a base material. The base material, in a region of the bore, includes a layer system, and a first boundary surface formed between base material and layer system. Layer system includes at least one thermally sprayed layer forming at least partially a shell surface of the bore and acts there as a functional layer. First boundary surface does not include any profiling applied for mechanical activation of the surface apart from surface roughness resulting from manufacture of the bore. The material of the layer system includes molybdenum and at least one further element in the region of the boundary surface to the base material and is bonded to the base material by a chemical bond. This boundary surface material differs from the material of the functional layer in composition and/or structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: OERLIKON METCO AG, WOHLEN
    Inventor: Flavio Volpe
  • Publication number: 20190292644
    Abstract: Cylinder of piston-type internal combustion engine includes at least one bore with inner shell formed from a base material. The base material, in a region of the bore, includes a layer system, and a first boundary surface formed between base material and layer system. Layer system includes at least one thermally sprayed layer forming at least partially a shell surface of the bore and acts there as a functional layer. First boundary surface does not include any profiling applied for mechanical activation of the surface apart from surface roughness resulting from manufacture of the bore. The material of the layer system includes molybdenum and at least one further element in the region of the boundary surface to the base material and is bonded to the base material by a chemical bond. This boundary surface material differs from the material of the functional layer in composition and/or structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: OERLIKON METCO AG, WOHLEN
    Inventor: Flavio VOLPE