Patents by Inventor Luciano Cippitani

Luciano Cippitani 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: 10400681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for supplying fuel for a motor of a vehicle by a fuel supply system comprising: a first tank for containing a first fuel; supply means for supplying fuel to the motor; a supply line, for allowing said first fuel to pass from said first tank to said supply means; a return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said supply means to said first tank; a recirculating line, connected with said supply line and said return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said return line to said supply line; and valve means, configured to selectively direct fuel from said return line to said supply line by said recirculating line, or to said first tank; wherein said method comprises the steps of controlling the speed vehicle; controlling the vehicle motor load; defining a first threshold value of the vehicle speed; defining a second threshold value for the vehicle motor load; letting said first fuel passing from said first tank to said supply means through said supply line, and from said s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ICOMET S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Publication number: 20170159582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for supplying fuel for a motor of a vehicle by a fuel supply system comprising: a first tank for containing a first fuel; supply means for supplying fuel to the motor; a supply line, for allowing said first fuel to pass from said first tank to said supply means; a return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said supply means to said first tank; a recirculating line, connected with said supply line and said return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said return line to said supply line; and valve means, configured to selectively direct fuel from said return line to said supply line by said recirculating line, or to said first tank; wherein said method comprises the steps of controlling the speed vehicle; controlling the vehicle motor load; defining a first threshold value of the vehicle speed; defining a second threshold value for the vehicle motor load; letting said first fuel passing from said first tank to said supply means through said supply line, and from said s
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Luciano CIPPITANI
  • Patent number: 9200598
    Abstract: A device for housing a pump in a tank is described. Such a device includes a gastight container where the pump is accommodated, fitted within the tank and accessible from the outside of the tank. The gastight container received LPG from the tank and the pump is fed with the LPG present in the container. Should the LPG pump break, it is sufficient to drain the gastight container that accommodates the pump removing the small amount of LPG present in it, loosening the lid of the gastight container and removing the faulty pump, with no need to drain the entire tank of the LPG contained in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: ICOMET SPA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: 9194289
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a methane pressure reducer/regulator for feeding internal combustion engines which comprises a body divided into three chambers, communicating with each other by means of high resistance conduits and by means of an opening/closing element which is integral with an elastic diaphragm, whose surface is proportionally larger than the opening/closing element so that a modest pressure in the chamber upstream from the elastic diaphragm is sufficient to bend it, overcoming both the methane pressure resistance in the adjacent chamber, and the methane pressure resistance in the chamber directly connected to the tank(s), as well as the counter spring resistance. When the elastic diaphragm bends, it pushes a stem whose end is integral with the opening/closing element that allows or prevents the methane passage through a hole connecting the chamber from which methane is sent to the engine to the chamber wherein methane comes directly from the tank(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ICOMET S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Publication number: 20140109859
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a methane pressure reducer/regulator for feeding internal combustion engines which comprises a body divided into three chambers, communicating with each other by means of high resistance conduits and by means of an opening/closing element which is integral with an elastic diaphragm, whose surface is proportionally larger than the opening/closing element so that a modest pressure in the chamber upstream from the elastic diaphragm is sufficient to bend it, overcoming both the methane pressure resistance in the adjacent chamber, and the methane pressure resistance in the chamber directly connected to the tank(s), as well as the counter spring resistance. When the elastic diaphragm bends, it pushes a stem whose end is integral with the opening/closing element that allows or prevents the methane passage through a hole connecting the chamber from which methane is sent to the engine to the chamber wherein methane comes directly from the tank(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ICOMET S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: 8180556
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/ammonia for direct-injection petrol or diesel engine includes an electronic control unit where the control unit governs a petrol/diesel pump, a supplementary petrol/diesel pump, a petrol/diesel-delivery solenoid vale, LPG/ammonia-return solenoid valve, LPG/ammonia pump, a supplementary LPG/ammonia pump, a LPG/ammonia-delivery solenoid vale and a LPG/ammonia injector, such that only one of LPG/ammonia and petrol/diesel is fed to the engine at any point in time, and a combination of i) LPG and petrol, ii) LPG and diesel, iii) ammonia and petrol, and iv) ammonia and diesel is never fed to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Icomet SpA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: 8146575
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/methane, ammonia, or gas for supply of petrol or diesel engines, which can be connectable to the electronic control unit (8) provided on board the vehicle, the system being equipped with a gas tank (1); a valve (2), a line (3) for delivery of the gas, a rail (6) for supply of the gas to the engine, a pressure and temperature sensor (7); injectors for the petrol (10), and injectors for the gas (11), is characterized in that, to carry out a continuous variation of the pressure of the gas supplied to the injectors (11), it further comprises an electronic pressure regulator and heat exchanger (5) with injector (4), as well as a control unit for deviation and regulation of the pressure (9), which, during operation of the engine with LPG/methane or ammonia or gas, is designed to receive from the electronic control unit of the engine (8) electrical signals as a function of the injection times, the engine r.p.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: ICOMET SpA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Publication number: 20110290220
    Abstract: A device for housing a pump in a tank is described. Such a device includes a gastight container where the pump is accommodated, fitted within the tank and accessible from the outside of the tank. The gastight container received LPG from the tank and the pump is fed with the LPG present in the container. Should the LPG pump break, it is sufficient to drain the gastight container that accommodates the pump removing the small amount of LPG present in it, loosening the lid of the gastight container and removing the faulty pump, with no need to drain the entire tank of the LPG contained in it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Publication number: 20100324801
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/ammonia for direct-injection petrol or diesel engines comprises, in combination: an electronic control unit for regulation and control of the strategies (1); a petrol/diesel tank provided on the vehicle (2); a petrol/diesel pump provided on the vehicle (3); one or more supplementary petrol/diesel pumps (4); a petrol/diesel-delivery solenoid valve (5); a petrol/diesel non-return valve (6); an original high-pressure pump of the vehicle (7); an LPG/ammonia pressure regulator (8); an LPG/ammonia-return valve (9); an additional radiator with cooling fan (10); an LPG/ammonia non-return valve (11); an LPG/ammonia tank (12); an LPG/ammonia pump (13); an LPG/ammonia-delivery solenoid valve (14); an LPG/ammonia non-return valve (15); a supplementary LPG/ammonia injector (16); original high-pressure injector rail (17) of the vehicle; an adapter (19) connected to the high-pressure pump (7), which enables circulation and return of the LPG/ammonia to the tank; an original electronic control unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: ICOMET SPA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Publication number: 20100010727
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/methane, ammonia, or gas for supply of petrol or diesel engines, which can be connectable to the electronic control unit (8) provided on board the vehicle, the system being equipped with a gas tank (1); a valve (2), a line (3) for delivery of the gas, a rail (6) for supply of the gas to the engine, a pressure and temperature sensor (7); injectors for the petrol (10), and injectors for the gas (11), is characterized in that, to carry out a continuous variation of the pressure of the gas supplied to the injectors (11), it further comprises an electronic pressure regulator and heat exchanger (5) with injector (4), as well as a control unit for deviation and regulation of the pressure (9), which, during operation of the engine with LPG/methane or ammonia or gas, is designed to receive from the electronic control unit of the engine (8) electrical signals as a function of the injection times, the engine r.p.m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: ICOMET SPA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: 5931335
    Abstract: Liquid propane gas tanks for vehicles, and cylindrical tanks in particular, wherein end (1) of cylinder (2) is provided with a cavity (3) housing the valve group ring (4), or the valve rings in the case of the embodiment designed for the foreign market, shaped in such a manner as to fit perfectly inside the cavity; in the preferred embodiment, the cavity has walls (6) and (7) at right angles and placed in the curved end (1) of the cylinder (2) so as to be flush-mounted with the end (1) of cylinder (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: 5488970
    Abstract: This invention concerns improvements to toroidal-shaped L.P.G. tanks (1) which, due to their particular shape, may be easily placed inside the spare wheel compartment (10). In the toroidal-shaped tank described herein, the hollow center of the tank is used for positioning the valve group connection rings (3), which may either project or be flush-mounted and also for allowing the passage of the pipes (4, 5) for connecting the tank with the engine fuel supply system and the filler. The valves are placed between a lid (6), at the top, and a bottom plate (7) tide to each other in such a manner as to constitute an airtight chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: RE45159
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/ammonia for direct-injection petrol or diesel engine includes an electronic control unit where the control unit governs a petrol/diesel pump, a supplementary petrol/diesel pump, a petrol/diesel-delivery solenoid vale, LPG/ammonia-return solenoid valve, LPG/ammonia pump, a supplementary LPG/ammonia pump, a LPG/ammonia-delivery solenoid vale and a LPG/ammonia injector, such that only one of LPG/ammonia and petrol/diesel is fed to the engine at any point in time, and a combination of i) LPG and petrol, ii) LPG and diesel, iii) ammonia and petrol, and iv) ammonia and diesel is never fed to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Icomet SpA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani
  • Patent number: RE46229
    Abstract: A system for supply of LPG/ammonia for direct-injection petrol or diesel engine includes an electronic control unit where the control unit governs a petrol/diesel pump, a supplementary petrol/diesel pump, a petrol/diesel-delivery solenoid vale, LPG/ammonia-return solenoid valve, LPG/ammonia pump, a supplementary LPG/ammonia pump, a LPG/ammonia-delivery solenoid vale and a LPG/ammonia injector, such that only one of LPG/ammonia and petrol/diesel is fed to the engine at any point in time, and a combination of i) LPG and petrol, ii) LPG and diesel, iii) ammonia and petrol, and iv) ammonia and diesel is never fed to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ICOMET SPA
    Inventor: Luciano Cippitani