Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Cianfichi

Kenneth P. Cianfichi 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: 5398657
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel injection system has a fuel metering body having a tubular injector chamber with an expansion chamber at one closed end thereof; the expansion chamber having openings for the passage of fuel from the chamber to the exterior of the fuel metering body. Additionally, a spool type silencer is positioned between the expansion chamber and a fuel injector located at the end of the silencer opposite that of the expansion chamber. The silencer has a hollow cylindrical core with an inlet to receive fuel from the injector and a multiplicity of outlets for the passage of the fuel to an outer annular region. The outer annular region has an upper wall for support of the injector within the tubular injector chamber and a lower wall having openings for passage of the fuel from the annular region to the expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Roman J. Press, Kenneth P. Cianfichi
  • Patent number: 5293856
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel injection system has a fuel metering body having a tubular injector chamber with an expansion chamber at one closed end thereof; the expansion chamber having openings for the passage of fuel from the chamber to the exterior of the fuel metering body. Additionally, a spool type silencer is positioned between the expansion chamber and a fuel injector located at the end of the silencer opposite that of the expansion chamber. The silencer has a hollow cylindrical core with an inlet to receive fuel from the injector and a multiplicity of outlets for the passage of the fuel to an outer annular region. The outer annular region has an upper wall for support of the injector within the tubular injector chamber and a lower wall having openings for passage of the fuel from the annular region to the expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Roman J. Press, Kenneth P. Cianfichi
  • Patent number: 4572436
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injector is provided with a tapered armature valve plate operatively positioned by means of a locator so that it is arranged so as to, in effect, pivot from a spring biased position at which it seats against a valve seat associated with a plurality of orifice discharge passages located concentrically about the axis of the injector to a second position adjacent to the working surface of the pole piece means of the associate solenoid. Preferably, the electromagnetic fuel injector is of the bottom feed type whereby it can be supplied with fuel in excess of the amount to be injected, with the flow path of fuel being arranged so that the excess fuel will purge vapors from the injector and cool the solenoid coil therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest R. Stettner, Kenneth P. Cianfichi, Donald D. Stoltman