Patents by Inventor Francesco BELLATO

Francesco BELLATO 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: 10823022
    Abstract: A muffler (4) for motor vehicles comprising an intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gases that separates, at a fork (10), into a main pipe (12) and a secondary pipe (16), a muffler body (24) which delimits an expansion volume (28) and houses at least partly the main pipe (12) and the secondary pipe (16), wherein the intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gas is in fluid continuous connection with the main pipe (12) through the secondary pipe (16), and wherein the main pipe (12) comprises, downstream of the fork (10), a throttle valve (32) which allows or prevents a further fluidic connection of the intake pipe (8) of exhaust gas with the main pipe (12), and an output of the exhaust gases (40), for the expulsion of the gases from the muffler pipe (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Piero Soatti, Francesco Bellato
  • Publication number: 20200056519
    Abstract: A muffler (4) for motor vehicles comprising an intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gases that separates, at a fork (10), into a main pipe (12) and a secondary pipe (16), a muffler body (24) which delimits an expansion volume (28) and houses at least partly the main pipe (12) and the secondary pipe (16), wherein the intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gas is in fluid continuous connection with the main pipe (12) through the secondary pipe (16), and wherein the main pipe (12) comprises, downstream of the fork (10), a throttle valve (32) which allows or prevents a further fluidic connection of the intake pipe (8) of exhaust gas with the main pipe (12), and an output of the exhaust gases (40), for the expulsion of the gases from the muffler pipe (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Piero SOATTI, Francesco BELLATO