Patents by Inventor Gustavo Loureiro Nieto

Gustavo Loureiro Nieto 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 device for purging an injector in a fuel injector system of use in the regeneration of a particulate filter
    Patent number: 8109076
    Abstract: A method and a device for purging an injector in a fuel injector system of use in regeneration of a particle filter. The aging of fuel is determined and compared with a fuel aging threshold value, and a purge request is activated if the threshold value is exceeded. On activating the purge request the satisfaction of the conditions of purge activation are verified and, if satisfied, the purge is activated. The purge is continued while the conditions are satisfied until the quantity of fuel purged reaches a quantity of fuel to be purged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francois Colet, Richard Roth, Gustavo Loureiro Nieto, Nicolas Palanque, Laurent Le Garff
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURGING AN INJECTOR IN A FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM OF USE IN THE REGENERATION OF A PARTICULATE FILTER
    Publication number: 20100139252
    Abstract: A method and a device for purging an injector in a fuel injector system of use in regeneration of a particle filter. The aging of fuel is determined and compared with a fuel aging threshold value, and a purge request is activated if the threshold value is exceeded. On activating the purge request the satisfaction of the conditions of purge activation are verified and, if satisfied, the purge is activated. The purge is continued while the conditions are satisfied until the quantity of fuel purged reaches a quantity of fuel to be purged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S. A.S
    Inventors: Francois Colet, Richard Roth, Gustavo Loureiro Nieto, Nicolas Palanque, Laurent Le Garff