Patents by Inventor Joseph Ciaravino

Joseph Ciaravino 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: 20190309692
    Abstract: An assembly for controlling a flow of exhaust gas from an engine includes a blowdown manifold and a scavenge manifold adapted to be coupled to the engine for receiving the exhaust gas. The assembly also includes a valve system including a blowdown pipe coupled to the blowdown manifold, a scavenge pipe coupled to the scavenge manifold, a scavenge valve member coupled to the scavenge pipe and disposed within the scavenge passage, and at least one actuator operably coupled to the scavenge valve member. The assembly further includes a turbocharger coupled to the blowdown pipe, with the turbocharger including a turbine housing defining a turbine housing interior. The scavenge valve member of the valve system is disposed outside of the turbine housing interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: David B. Roth, B. Jerry Song, Iago González Tabarés, Xurxo Perez, Joseph A. Ciaravino
  • Patent number: 8511727
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching and aligning a forward-looking radar (FLR) having a front face is disclosed according to one embodiment. The bracket includes a bracket frame having an attachment feature for attaching the FLR to the bracket frame. The bracket also includes a first mounting feature extending from the bracket frame for coupling the bracket face and the first mounting surface of the conveyance to define a first mounting surface angle. The bracket also includes a bracket member extending from the bracket frame. The bracket member includes an end portion disposed proximate to the bracket face and a distal end portion, which includes a second mounting feature for coupling the bracket member and the second mounting surface thereby defining a second mounting surface angle and aligning the FLR front face to an alignment angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hartley, Paul Schmitt, John V. Bond, III, John Wuerth, Michael Czarnecki, Joseph Ciaravino, John Juronoc, Aaron Mills, Kurt Peterson, Paul L. Stanko, John Wilds, Sr., Harish Dutt
  • Publication number: 20110247194
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching and aligning a forward-looking radar (FLR) having a front face is disclosed according to one embodiment. The bracket includes a bracket frame having an attachment feature for attaching the FLR to the bracket frame. The bracket also includes a first mounting feature extending from the bracket frame for coupling the bracket face and the first mounting surface of the conveyance to define a first mounting surface angle. The bracket also includes a bracket member extending from the bracket frame. The bracket member includes an end portion disposed proximate to the bracket face and a distal end portion, which includes a second mounting feature for coupling the bracket member and the second mounting surface thereby defining a second mounting surface angle and aligning the FLR front face to an alignment angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hartley, Paul Schmitt, John V. Bond, III, John Wuerth, Michael Czarnecki, Joseph Ciaravino, John Juronoc, Aaron Mills, Kurt Peterson, Paul L. Stanko, John Wilds, SR., Harish Dutt
  • Patent number: 7988212
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching and aligning a forward-looking radar (FLR) having a front face is disclosed according to one embodiment. The bracket includes a bracket frame having an attachment feature for attaching the FLR to the bracket frame. The bracket also includes a first mounting feature extending from the bracket frame for coupling the bracket face and the first mounting surface of the conveyance to define a first mounting surface angle. The bracket also includes a bracket member extending from the bracket frame. The bracket member includes an end portion disposed proximate to the bracket face and a distal end portion, which includes a second mounting feature for coupling the bracket member and the second mounting surface thereby defining a second mounting surface angle and aligning the FLR front face to an alignment angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hartley, Paul Schmitt, John V. Bond, III, John Wuerth, Michael Czarnecki, Joseph Ciaravino, John Juronoc, Aaron Mills, Kurt Peterson, Paul L. Stanko, John Wilds, Sr., Harish Dutt
  • Publication number: 20080179900
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching and aligning a forward-looking radar (FLR) having a front face is disclosed according to one embodiment. The bracket includes a bracket frame having an attachment feature for attaching the FLR to the bracket frame. The bracket also includes a first mounting feature extending from the bracket frame for coupling the bracket face and the first mounting surface of the conveyance to define a first mounting surface angle. The bracket also includes a bracket member extending from the bracket frame. The bracket member includes an end portion disposed proximate to the bracket face and a distal end portion, which includes a second mounting feature for coupling the bracket member and the second mounting surface thereby defining a second mounting surface angle and aligning the FLR front face to an alignment angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hartley, Paul Schmitt, John V. Bond, John Wuerth, Michael Czarnecki, Joseph Ciaravino, John Juronoc, Aaron Mills, Kurt Peterson, Paul L. Stanko, John Wilds, Harish Dutt
  • Patent number: 5697706
    Abstract: A temperature probe assembly for reading heat gradients occurring in internal combustion engines or other components. The assembly has a plurality of separate thermocouples each having an inner junction mounted in an associated heat contact ring. These rings are mounted in spaced relationship on a tip of a cylindrical probe member to provide axially spaced and multiple heat pick-up points when the tip is mounted in a test bore in the cylinder head near the combustion chamber. Leads from the thermocouples feed to separate gages remote from the engine. The gages collectively detect temperature gradient by reading electric currents proportional to temperature occurring in the thermocouples during engine testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Ciaravino, Peter Stryker