Patents by Inventor Gianluca Bollito

Gianluca Bollito 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: 7504171
    Abstract: System for feeding gaseous fuel, in particular hydrogen, for fuel cells which comprises a storage tank for the gaseous fuel of the type comprising a case containing a material absorbing the gaseous fuel, in particular a metal hydride, and means for applying an amount of heat to the material absorbing gaseous fuel and determining the flow of the gaseous fuel from the absorbing material towards an anode of one or more fuel cell. The storage tank and the one or more fuel cell are mutually arranged in such a way as to achieve a heat exchange relationship between the anode of one or more fuel cells and the gas absorbing material, the means for applying an amount of heat comprising the heat exchange between the anode of one or more fuel cells and the gas absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Gianfranco Innocenti, Mauro Sgroi, Gianluca Bollito
  • Patent number: 7442460
    Abstract: Described herein is a fuel-cell stack, which comprises a plurality of direct-alcohol fuel cells electrically connected together. Each cell has a miniaturized structure comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte set between the first electrode and the second electrode, means for conducting electrical current to the first electrode, and means for conducting electrical current to the second electrode. The miniaturized structure of each cell is made up of a plurality of layers set on top of one another, and the various miniaturized structures are associated in an unremovable way to a flexible substrate capable of being wound up in a roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Gianluca Bollito, Piero Perlo, Mauro Sgroi, Gianfranco Innocenti
  • Patent number: 7291010
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a structure defining an orderly and periodic series of cavities of nanometric dimensions, in which a process of catalytic combustion is confined. The dimensions and/or the distance between the micro-cavities are selected to obtain a light emission in the visible and prevent and/or attenuate at the same time emission of infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Piero Perlo, Gianfranco Innocenti, Piermario Repetto, Vito Lambertini, Gianluca Bollito, Mauro Sgroi, Mauro Brignone, Nello Li Pira, Rossella Monferino, Marzia Paderi, Cosimo Carvignese, Roberto Finizio
  • Publication number: 20060199066
    Abstract: System for feeding gaseous fuel, in particular hydrogen, for fuel cells which comprises a storage tank for said gaseous fuel of the type comprising a case containing a material absorbing said gaseous fuel, in particular a metal hydride, and means for applying an amount of heat to said material absorbing gaseous fuel and determining the flow of said gaseous fuel from said absorbing material towards an anode of one or more fuel cell. The storage tank and the one or more fuel cell are mutually arranged in such a way as to achieve a heat exchange relationship between said anode of one or more fuel cells and said gas absorbing material, said means for applying an amount of heat comprising said heat exchange between said anode of one or more fuel cells and said gas absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Gianfranco Innocenti, Mauro Sgroi, Gianluca Bollito
  • Patent number: 7061129
    Abstract: The generator comprises at least one source of pressurized gas and a closed hydraulic circuit containing a solution comprising an electrically conducting vehicle liquid in which a charge of micro- or nanoparticles of a metal material is dispersed. The circuit has at least one inlet port connected to the source so that, when in operation, it receives a flow of pressurized gas capable of causing circulation of the solution within the circuit in a predetermined direction, forming a two-phase gas-liquid mixture with it, a restriction in cross section, downstream from the inlet port calibrated in such a way as to cause an increase in velocity and condensation of the two-phase mixture, and at least one outlet port, located downstream from the restriction through which the gas mixed with the solution can be released and discharged from the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Pietro Perlo, Anatolii Zvezdin, Gianfranco Innocenti, Mauro Brignone, Piermario Repetto, Mauro Sgroi, Vito Lambertini, Gianluca Bollito, Nello Li Pira, Marzia Paderi, Rossella Monferino, Daniele Pullini, Marco Pizzi
  • Patent number: 6932030
    Abstract: Described herein is a microgenerator of electrical energy with a high power density, which uses an internal-combustion micromotor with two combustion chambers set opposite to one another, within which a piston is displaced with reciprocating motion. The piston is at least in part made of magnetic material and is wound with a coil, within which is generated an electric current by induction. The fuel, the oxidant, and preferably a catalyst, are injected into each of the two combustion chambers by means of injectors that are substantially of the same type as those used in ink-jet printer heads. The dimensions of the device are comparable to those of a 1.5-V NiCd battery of a traditional standard type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Piero Perlo, Gianfranco Innocenti, Gianluca Bollito, Bartolomeo Pairetti, Alessandro Zanella, Cosimo Carvignese
  • Publication number: 20050167987
    Abstract: The generator comprises at least one source of pressurized gas and a closed hydraulic circuit containing a solution comprising an electrically conducting vehicle liquid in which a charge of micro- or nanoparticles of a metal material is dispersed. The circuit has at least one inlet port connected to the source so that, when in operation, it receives a flow of pressurized gas capable of causing circulation of the solution within the circuit in a predetermined direction, forming a two-phase gas-liquid mixture with it, a restriction in cross section, downstream from the inlet port calibrated in such a way as to cause an increase in velocity and condensation of the two-phase mixture, and at least one outlet port, located downstream from the restriction through which the gas mixed with the solution can be released and discharged from the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Pietro Perlo, Anatolii Zvezdin, Gianfranco Innocenti, Mauro Brignone, Piermario Repetto, Mauro Sgroi, Vito Lambertini, Gianluca Bollito, Nello Li Pira, Marzia Paderi, Rossella Monferino, Danielle Pullini, Marco Pizzi
  • Publication number: 20050160737
    Abstract: The combustor comprises a stationary structure and at least one tubular rotor supported rotatably about an axis by the structure by means of contactless suspension devices there being formed within this rotor at least one combustion chamber having at least one orientated lateral outflow aperture for the ejection of the combustion gases. The rotor has a narrow circumferential slot through which there extend at least one controlled stationary injector of fuel and combustion agent and an associated igniter which is also stationary. A control unit operates the injector and the igniter according to predetermined procedures, in such a way as to generate a detonation wave which is propagated in the chamber, and to cause the rotor to rotate as a result of the thrust due to the combustion gases emitted through the lateral outflow aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Pietro Perlo, Gianfranco Innocenti, Piermario Repetto, Mauro Sgroi, Gianluca Bollito, Bartolo Pairetti, Rossella Monferino, Roberto Finizio, Cosimo Carvignese
  • Publication number: 20050155639
    Abstract: The device includes a combustor comprising an inlet chamber or region intended to receive a flow of fuel and a combustion supporter at high pressure, an outlet chamber or region or combustion product exhaust at relatively lower pressure, and at least one separation element of nano-porous or micro-porous semi-conductor material which separates the inlet chamber or region from the outlet chamber or region. The separation element has a plurality of nano-pores or micro-pores passing therethrough which define communication passages between the inlet clad chamber or region and the outlet chamber or region. The surface of these pores is at least partly clad in a layer of an electrically conductive or semi-conductive material which, relative to the semi-conductor material of the separation element forms an essentially extended junction, in particular a p-n junction or a Schottky junction or a hetero junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Pietro Perlo, Anatolii Zvezdin, Gianfranco Innocenti, Piermario Repetto, Mauro Brignone, Marco Pizzi, Gianluca Bollito, Mauro Sgroi, Roberto Finizio, Cosimo Carvignese
  • Publication number: 20050142512
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a structure defining an orderly and periodic series of cavities of nanometric dimensions, in which a process of catalytic combustion is confined. The dimensions and/or the distance between the micro-cavities are selected to obtain a light emission in the visible and prevent and/or attenuate at the same time emission of infrared radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Piero Perlo, Gianfranco Innocenti, Piermario Repetto, Vito Lambertini, Gianluca Bollito, Mauro Sgroi, Mauro Brignone, Nello Li Pira, Rossella Monferino, Marzia Paderi, Cosimo Carvignese, Roberto Finizio
  • Publication number: 20050140341
    Abstract: The electricity generator comprises a microcombustor provided with a fuel injector and acting to produce at an exhaust outlet a flow of exhaust gas in plasma state comprising positive ions and electrons separated from one another, and a conversion device coupled to the outlet of the microcombustor. The conversion device comprises an electrically insulating duct coupled to the said outlet of the microcombustor and provided in its initial portion with separation and capture electrodes for capturing the negative charges (electrons) of the plasma in such a way that downstream the plasma comprises only positive ions. After the initial portion the duct has an intermediate portion provided with an outer cladding of conductive material insulated from the plasma, the ends of which are connectable to a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Anatolii Zvezdin, Mauro Brignone, Piermario Repetto, Gianfranco Innocenti, Marco Pizzi, Nello Li Pira, Vito Lambertini, Mauro Sgroi, Gianluca Bollito
  • Publication number: 20040079301
    Abstract: Described herein is a microgenerator of electrical energy with a high power density, which uses an internal-combustion micromotor with two combustion chambers set opposite to one another, within which a piston is displaced with reciprocating motion. The piston is at least in part made of magnetic material and is wound with a coil, within which is generated an electric current by induction. The fuel, the oxidant, and preferably a catalyst, are injected into each of the two combustion chambers by means of injectors that are substantially of the same type as those used in ink-jet printer heads. The dimensions of the device are comparable to those of a 1.5-V NiCd battery of a traditional standard type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Piero Perlo, Gianfranco Innocenti, Gianluca Bollito, Bartolomeo Pairetti, Alessandro Zanella, Cosimo Carvignese
  • Publication number: 20040018423
    Abstract: Described herein is a fuel-cell stack, which comprises a plurality of direct-alcohol fuel cells electrically connected together. Each cell has a miniaturized structure comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte set between the first electrode and the second electrode, means for conducting electrical current to the first electrode, and means for conducting electrical current to the second electrode. The miniaturized structure of each cell is made up of a plurality of layers set on top of one another, and the various miniaturized structures are associated in an unremovable way to a flexible substrate capable of being wound up in a roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Gianluca Bollito, Piero Perlo, Mauro Sgroi, Gianfranco Innocenti