Patents by Inventor Giorgio Girondi

Giorgio Girondi 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: 11965441
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to an internal combustion engine crankcase venting circuit. The filtration assembly has an axis and a main body including a filtration chamber with a flow aperture delimited by an aperture edge concentric to the axis. The filtering assembly includes a filter group; including a filter cavity crossed by blow-by gases; a command group connected to the filter group; an annular collar connected to the filter group; an annular alignment and fixing group between the aperture edge and the annular collar, for coupling the filter group to the main body. A dynamic element includes a first radial face engaged at the aperture edge and a second radial face radially facing the annular collar; an annular element between the dynamic element and the annular collar. The annular element elastically yields to a flattened configuration compressed between the second radial face and the annular collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20240053106
    Abstract: An evaporator assembly fluidically connects to a refrigerant fluid circulation circuit and to a cooling circuit of an operating unit, in which cooling liquid flows. The evaporator assembly, performs heat exchange between the refrigerant fluid and the cooling liquid, managing temperature of the refrigerant fluid. The evaporator assembly includes: a heat exchanger; a lamination member connectable to a conduit of the circulation circuit to receive liquid refrigerant fluid; a base body having first and second fluid regions. The heat exchanger and the lamination member fluidly connect to the base body. The base body includes a body inlet mouth connecting the lamination member and the first fluid region; an exchanger inlet mouth connecting the first fluid region and the heat exchanger; an exchanger outlet mouth connecting the heat exchanger and the second fluid region; a body outlet mouth connected to the second fluid region and a circulation circuit conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20240044269
    Abstract: A valve group extending along a conduit and conduit axis includes conduit side walls and first and second axially spaced conduit openings, fluidically connected to operating and heat exchanger groups. The valve group includes a valve body with an axial guide slot, having a body cavity, and first and second body openings axially spaced apart, facing the first and second conduit openings. A shutter includes an axially movable shutter body between the valve body and conduit side walls. The shutter includes first and second shutter openings and a guide element extending radially through the guide slot. A control device engages the valve body and the shutter to control an axis between a base position in which a first hydraulic passage section is at least as great as a second hydraulic passage section, and an adjustment position in which the first passage section is smaller than the second passage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 11891931
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to a vehicle engine system to receive blow-by gases and filter the suspended particles. A filtration assembly main body includes a filtration chamber and an outlet mouth. A filter group is radially crossable by blow-by gases from outside to inside, including a central cavity. A command group partially houses and supports on the main body operatively connected to the filter group to command the filter group in rotation. A support group supporting the filter group includes a bearing element with an outer fifth wheel sealingly engaging an outlet edge, an inner fifth wheel defining an outlet passage for filtered blow-by gases, and a hollow tubular member defining an outlet duct, including a bearing end operatively connected to the inner fifth wheel and a support portion extending from the bearing end, in the central cavity, mounting the filter group on the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20240035403
    Abstract: An oil temperature regulator assembly fluidly connects to both an oil circulation system and a cooling system of an operating group of a vehicle. The oil temperature regulator assembly includes a beat exchanger including an upper exchanger plate, intermediate exchanger plates, and a lower exchanger plate. The stacking of the plates defines an oil flow zone and a cooling fluid flow zone including, planar oil flow regions and planar fluid flow regions alternating with each other along the vertical axis and including, respectively, vertical oil ducts and vertical fluid ducts fluidly connected to respective planar flow regions. The oil temperature regulator assembly includes a base device engaged to the lower exchanger plate. The upper exchanger plate or base device includes an operating opening vertically aligned with a vertical oil duct. The oil temperature regulator assembly includes a filtering cartridge insertable through an operating opening in the vertical oil duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20240026806
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to an internal combustion engine crankcase venting circuit. The filtration assembly has an axis and a main body including a filtration chamber with a flow aperture delimited by an aperture edge concentric to the axis. The filtering assembly includes a filter group, including a filter cavity crossed by blow-by gases; a command group connected to the filter group; an annular collar connected to the filter group; an annular alignment and fixing group between the aperture edge and the annular collar, for coupling the filter group to the main body. A dynamic element includes a first radial face engaged at the aperture edge and a second radial face radially facing the annular collar; an annular element between the dynamic element and the annular collar. The annular element elastically yields to a flattened configuration compressed between the second radial face and the annular collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20240001275
    Abstract: The invention is a filter group (1) comprising a filtration region (R) extending between an inlet area (IN) through which fluid to be filtered flows, and an outlet area (OUT) through which filtered fluid flows. The filter group (1) extends along a longitudinal axis (X-X), along a transverse axis (Y-Y) and, in height, along a vertical axis (V-V). Furthermore, the filter group (1) comprises: a filtering panel (3) extending with respect to an imaginary plane (F) and which may be crossed by the filtration fluid in a direction substantially orthogonal to the imaginary plane (F); —a baffle panel (4) impermeable to fluid; —an inlet chamber (5) defined between the filtering panel (3) and the baffle panel (4), wherein the inlet chamber (5) is open in a proximal region to the inlet area (IN) and is closed in a region which is proximal to the outlet area (OUT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 11845026
    Abstract: A filter cartridge is for a vehicle fluid filter group that includes a filter body and cartridge engagement members in the filter cartridge and body engagement members in the filter body. The cartridge engagement members and body engagement members are configurable by mutual axial movement between an engagement configuration and a disengagement configuration. The cartridge filter includes an end plate with the cartridge engagement members arranged around the cartridge axis. The cartridge engagement members include two blocking groups, each blocking group including a blocking element. Each blocking element includes a stem and a tooth laterally projecting from the stem and defining an engagement undercut. In the blocking configuration, the tooth is in a housing region of the body engagement members, and an engagement projection is housed in the undercut. In axial movements, each stem yields elastically radially and/or laterally upon action of the engagement projection on the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20230226480
    Abstract: A vehicle air filtration assembly includes a box having a longitudinal axis and a wall extending along first and second axes. A filter cartridge includes tubular filter media operatively connected to a plate group. The plate group has a first face with a sealing profile and a second face having at least two contact profiles. The filter cartridge is insertable into the box along an insertion direction substantially parallel to the first or second axis. The box includes a housing region between the wall and contact elements longitudinally spaced from the wall and axially spaced from each other. The plate group is housed in the housing region with the a sealing profile engaged with the wall and the contact profiles engaged to the contact elements. The sealing profile or contact profiles are shaped/positioned at variable vertical distances relative to an imaginary extension plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 11697083
    Abstract: A cartridge group is for a filter assembly of a fuel filtration system. The cartridge group extends along an axis and includes a filter septum crossable in an axial direction by the fuel. The filter septum has an annular shape and defines at the axis a central cavity. A water separation and support device supporting the filter septum includes: i) a base element supporting the filter septum and presenting channels and/or holes through which the filtered fuel flows; ii) a tubular element extending into the central cavity presenting an outlet duct having a substantially annular cross-section delimited by an outer circumferential wall and an inner circumferential wall delimiting along the axis a through central passage; iii) a separator element crossable by the filtered fuel to be separated from the water. The separator element is housed on the base element and/or on the inner circumferential wall of the tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 11638888
    Abstract: A filter cartridge of a filter group of a fluid of a vehicle extends along a main axis including a base assembly and engagement members including first engagement members in the filter cartridge and second engagement members in the base assembly, respectively specially shaped to engage each other in a blocking configuration. The filter cartridge extends along a cartridge axis and includes at an axial end an engagement plane on which the first engagement members are made including at least two tooth elements diametrically opposite the cartridge axis. Each tooth element extends in height from the engagement plane extending on an imaginary surface parallel to the cartridge axis, having a substantially T shape. Each tooth element is elastically yielding in a radial direction, so that the blocking configuration is achievable following the radial movement of the tooth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 11596880
    Abstract: A filter cartridge (1) is for a fluid filtration assembly (10). The filtration assembly (10) includes a bowl body (11) and a head body (12) having respectively a first and second collars (111, 121) to engage each other in rototranslation. The bowl body (11) has a filtration chamber (110) accessible through an access mouth (110?) delimited peripherally by the first collar (11) while the head body (12) has in the second collar (121) a slot (125). The filter cartridge (1) is housable in the bowl body (11) having a filter medium (2) and an end plate (3) to engage the first collar (111). The filter cartridge (1) is snap-blockable in the axial direction to the bowl body (11) by an active blocking member (31). The filter cartridge (1) includes an anti-rotation element (32) extending radially from the end plate (3) for being housed in the slot (125).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: UFI Filters S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 11590437
    Abstract: A filter cartridge of a filter group of a fluid of a vehicle extending along a main axis has a base assembly and engagement members, including first engagement members in the filter cartridge and second engagement members in the base assembly, shaped to block each other. The filter cartridge extends along a cartridge axis and includes an engagement plane on which the first engagement members are made having tooth elements diametrically opposite the cartridge axis. Each tooth element extends from the engagement plane parallel to the cartridge axis, having a stalk and a head. In the blocking configuration, the second engagement members engage the head. Each tooth element is radially elastically yielding, so the blocking configuration is achievable following radial movement of the tooth element. The first engagement members include for each tooth element a command device extending radially. Radial movement of the tooth element actuates the command device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: UFI Filters S.P.A
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20230054374
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly has an axis and includes an assembly body including a filtration chamber, an inlet mouth for filtering the blow-by gases, and an outlet mouth for the filtered blow-by gases. A filter group includes a central cavity radially crossed by blow-by gases. An electric drive operatively connects to the filter group to command rotation about the axis and filtration, and includes an electric motor including a stator and rotor. An axial shaft includes a filter portion mounting the filter group, a command portion mounting the rotor, and a support portion axially between the filter and command portions. A support bearing radially engages the support portion and the assembly body. The filter assembly screwably engages the filter group and filter portion, by respective filter and shaft threads so the filter group screws to the shaft until the support bearing is axially engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Patent number: 11565204
    Abstract: A water separation group is for a fuel filtration and separation assembly of a vehicle fuel circulation system. The assembly extends along a longitudinal axis positionable in the vehicle in a horizontal position having a filtration group. The water separation assembly is associable to the filtration group for receiving filtered fuel, being positioned in series along the longitudinal axis. The water separation assembly has a main body defining a separation chamber and at an axial end, an outlet wall with an outlet mouth. A separator is accommodated in the separation chamber. A blocking device is below the separator to prevent the return of water to the separator. The blocking device has a blocking surface extending longitudinally forming an angle that inclines at least a portion of the blocking surface to allow water separated from the fuel to flow towards the outlet wall from which the blocking surface extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 11536173
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly (1) fluidly connects an internal combustion engine crankcase ventilation circuit to receive blow-by gases and filter from the gases the suspended particles contained therein. The filtration assembly (1) includes a hollow cylindrical filter group (2) which can be radially crossed by the blow-by gases. In addition, the filtration assembly (1) has a control group (3) that supports and commands in rotation the filter group (2) including: i) a hollow shaft (4) extending along the axis (X-X) in the filter group (2), defining an inner duct (400) fluidly connected with the central cavity (200) for the circulation of the blow-by gases. An electric motor (5) includes a stator (51) and a hollow rotor (52) operatively connected to the hollow shaft (4) to receive an electromagnetic control action from the stator (51) and command in rotation the hollow shaft (4) and thus the filter group (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Patent number: 11480095
    Abstract: An oil temperature control assembly mounts on a vehicle's operating group fluidically connected to an oil circulation system and a cooling system. A heat exchanger has plate-shaped exchanger elements defining reciprocally alternate ducts through which oil and refrigerant fluid flow, and a support and oil control device. The support and oil control device has a plate-shaped base element including the oil inlet and outlet ducts having a first surface in contact and engageable by the heat exchanger and a second opposite surface. The support and oil control device includes a control group having a housing body projecting from the first surface next to the heat exchanger having a housing cavity fluidically connected to the inlet and outlet ducts and an exchanger duct and a valve member in the housing cavity including an obturator element and a control element which moves the obturator element according to oil operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20220298937
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to a crankcase ventilation circuit of an internal combustion engine. The filtration assembly has an axis and includes a filter group having a hollow cylindrical shape with a central chamber radially traversable by the blow-by gases, preferably from the outside to the inside. In addition, the filtration assembly includes a support and control member engageable to the filter group for supporting it in an axial position along the axis and for controlling it in rotation around the axis to perform the filtration operations. The member and the filter group respectively include a locking crown and a locking ring specially shaped to accommodate each other. The blow-by gas filtration assembly also includes a locking insert insertable radially with respect to the axis through the locking crown and the locking ring to perform reciprocal locking of the filter group to the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20220290590
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly fluidically connects to a crankcase ventilation circuit of an internal combustion engine. The filtration assembly has an axis and includes a filter group having a hollow cylindrical shape with a central chamber radially traversable by the blow-by gases, preferably from the outside to the inside. In addition, the filtration assembly includes a support and control member engageable to the filter group for supporting it in an axial position along the axis and for controlling it in rotation around the axis to perform the filtration operations. The member and the filter group include, respectively, a threaded member portion and a threaded filter portion engageable by reciprocal screwing. The member and the filter group also include, respectively, a member abutment and a filter abutment axially engageable along the axis to prevent further screwing of the threaded member portion and a threaded filter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI
  • Publication number: 20220290591
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly an axis and includes a support body including a filtration chamber, an inlet mouth of the blow-by gases to be filtered, and an outlet mouth of the filtered blow-by gases. The filtration assembly includes a hollow, cylindrical filter group having a central chamber traversable radially from the outside to the inside by blow-by gases, a control drive operatively connected to the filter group to control it in rotation and a shaft, for support and control, extending along the axis defining internally an air duct through which the filtered blow-by gases flow. The shaft includes a filter portion on which the filter group is mounted, a control portion operatively connected to the control drive and an outflow portion axially positioned between the filter portion and the control portion including at least one outflow window through which the filtered blow-by gases flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Giorgio GIRONDI