Patents by Inventor Jean C. Lucas

Jean C. Lucas 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).

  • Fuel-dispersing skirt for an injector of a fuel-injected engine
    Patent number: 5575263
    Abstract: The tubular skirt (12) in the partition between the air ports (2, 3) supports the injector (11) and forms two fuel passages (19) emerging in the ports (2, 3) between two opposed lateral walls (15) each thinned to a bevel (16) toward the downstream end with a free edge (17) in the form of a thin blade and with a notch having concavity turned toward the downstream end, a region (23) of the internal face of each lateral wall (15) upstream of the bevel (16) preferably being struck by at least one jet of fuel coming from the injector (11).Application to fuel-injected engines with two inlet valves per cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli France
    Inventors: Michael Pontoppidan, Bruno Covin, Jean C. Lucas, Christophe Preterre