Patents by Inventor Giovanni Di Lorenzo

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 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).

  • Method and a relative device for diagnosing misfire or partial combustion conditions in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7251990
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing misfire or partial combustion conditions in an internal combustion engine without using a phonic wheel discriminates the combustion conditions with soft-computing techniques directly exploiting a combustion pressure signal generated by a common pressure sensor installed in the cylinder. There exists an exploitably close correlation between the instantaneous values of the internal cylinder pressure and the occurrence of misfire or partial combustion conditions, and thus the cylinder pressure signal may be reliably used for diagnosing misfires or partial combustions in functioning conditions of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Ferdinando Taglialatela-Scafati, Nicola Cesario, Giovanni Di Lorenzo
  • Method and a relative device for diagnosing misfire or partial combustion conditions in an internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20060230821
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing misfire or partial combustion conditions in an internal combustion engine without using a phonic wheel discriminates the combustion conditions with soft-computing techniques directly exploiting a combustion pressure signal generated by a common pressure sensor installed in the cylinder. There exists an exploitably close correlation between the instantaneous values of the internal cylinder pressure and the occurrence of misfire or partial combustion conditions, and thus the cylinder pressure signal may be reliably used for diagnosing misfires or partial combustions in functioning conditions of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Ferdinando Taglialatela-Scafati, Nicola Cesario, Giovanni Di Lorenzo