Patents by Inventor Giorgio Ferretti

Giorgio Ferretti 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: 20080229623
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an aeration system for shoes comprising an aeration device, specifically pumping means like a bellows pump, which constitutes a further object of the invention. More specifically, the present invention concerns an aeration system for shoes, comprising a hollow sole (1) having an aeration device in fluid communication both with the inside of the shoe and with the outside, at least one first and a second cavity (2, 3) being formed inside said hollow sole (1), pumping means (9) being housed in said at least one first cavity (2), wherein said pumping means (9) comprise a shell (10) and a distribution nozzle (11), a flexible core (12) being housed inside said shell (10), and a pad (18) is housed in said second cavity (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Giorgio Ferretti
  • Patent number: 7387106
    Abstract: A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine, the throttle valve having: a valve seat; a throttle disk, which engages the valve seat and is rotated by an electric motor between an open position and a closed position; a gear transmission connecting the electric motor to a shaft of the throttle disk; a position sensor for determining the position of the throttle disk; a housing chamber housing the electric motor, the gear transmission, and the position sensor; and a rigid plate, which is housed inside the housing chamber, and supports a stator of the position sensor, electric terminals of an electric connector, and a connecting printed circuit which connects the stator of the position sensor and the electric motor electrically to the electric terminals of the electric connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Piciotti, Mario Marconi, Giorgio Ferretti, Claudio Fauni, Riccardo Nazzaro, Stefano Musolesi
  • Publication number: 20070266992
    Abstract: A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine, the throttle valve having: a valve seat; a throttle disk, which engages the valve seat and is rotated by an electric motor between an open position and a closed position; a gear transmission connecting the electric motor to a shaft of the throttle disk; a position sensor for determining the position of the throttle disk; a housing chamber housing the electric motor, the gear transmission, and the position sensor; and a rigid plate, which is housed inside the housing chamber, and supports a stator of the position sensor, electric terminals of an electric connector, and a connecting printed circuit which connects the stator of the position sensor and the electric motor electrically to the electric terminals of the electric connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Roberto Piciotti, Mario Marconi, Giorgio Ferretti, Claudio Fauni, Riccardo Nazzaro, Stefano Musolesi
  • Patent number: 6845963
    Abstract: A butterfly valve for an internal combustion engine; a valve body houses a valve seat engaged by a butterfly body keyed on a shaft in order to rotate between an open position and a closed position under the action of an electric actuator coupled to the shaft by means of a cascade of gears; the electric actuator has a cylindrical body which is bounded at the location of tits base by a metal plate electrically connected to the valve body and provided with a pair of through holes through which two electrical conductors pass and supply electricity to the electric actuator; two respective bushings are interposed between the conductors and the holes of the plate, each of which is disposed electrically in contact both with the metal plate and with the respective electrical conductor and is made from partially conducting material having a specific resistance of between 103 and 106 Ohm·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Giorgio Ferretti, Roberto Piciotti
  • Publication number: 20040065856
    Abstract: A butterfly valve for an internal combustion engine; a valve body houses a valve seat engaged by a butterfly body keyed on a shaft in order to rotate between an open position and a closed position under the action of an electric actuator coupled to the shaft by means of a cascade of gears; the electric actuator has a cylindrical body which is bounded at the location of tits base by a metal plate electrically connected to the valve body and provided with a pair of through holes through which two electrical conductors pass and supply electricity to the electric actuator; two respective bushings are interposed between the conductors and the holes of the plate, each of which is disposed electrically in contact both with the metal plate and with the respective electrical conductor and is made from partially conducting material having a specific resistance of between 103 and 106 Ohm·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Giorgio Ferretti, Roberto Piciotti