Patents by Inventor Marcello Gargano

Marcello Gargano 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: 20090320801
    Abstract: The injector comprises a dosing servo valve for controlling a rod for opening/closing a nebulizer. The servo valve has a valve body having a control chamber provided with an outlet passage that is opened/closed by an open/close element that is axially movable. The open/close element is separate from an anchor of an electromagnet, and is slidable on an axial guide element for closing the outlet passage. The open/close element is held in the closing position by a spring acting through an intermediate body. The anchor can be displaced with respect to the axial guide element between a flange of the intermediate body and a projection element of the guide member, for eliminating the rebounds of the open/close element upon closing of the solenoid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Mario RICCO, Sergio STUCCHI, Raffaele RICCO, Onofrio DE MICHELE, Marcello GARGANO, Antonio GRAVINA
  • Patent number: 7603986
    Abstract: A fuel adjustment and filtering device for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, the device comprising at least one filter, comprising a removable filter cartridge, comprising a filtering body, housed within a filter casing; a shut-off solenoid valve for metering fuel; and, a pressure control valve for the fuel. The solenoid valve and pressure control valve are housed in a block separate from the pump. In one embodiment, in which the pressure control valve is optional, the solenoid valve may be mounted on the filter casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: C.R.f Societa Consortio per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Raffaele Ricco, Sergio Stucchi, Onofrio De Michele, Domenico Lepore, Marcello Gargano
  • Publication number: 20090032620
    Abstract: A metering servovalve for a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine has an electro-actuator and a fixed valve body, which defines a control chamber communicating with an inlet and with an outlet channel. The outlet channel has at least one calibrated restriction and exits through the lateral surface of an axial stem, on which a sleeve slides, in a substantially fluid-tight manner, to open/close the outlet channel and so vary the pressure in the control chamber. The outlet channel is closed by an end portion of the sleeve that is elastically deformable in a radially outward direction, under the thrust of the fuel pressure, to increase the diameter at which the seal against the valve body is formed, with respect to a non-deformed state, and to generate a radial unbalancing force on the sleeve upon opening when the outlet channel is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Raffaele Ricco, Sergio Stucchi, Antonio Gravina, Chiara Altamura, Marcello Gargano
  • Publication number: 20080257989
    Abstract: The injector comprises a balanced metering servovalve to control a rod for the opening/closing of a nozzle. La servovalve has a valve body with a control chamber radially delimited by a tubular portion and fitted with an outlet passage that is opened/closed by an axially movable shutter. The servovalve is also integral with an axial stem, provided with a lateral surface, through which the outlet channel exits. The shutter is coupled to the stem in an axially sliding manner and, when it closes the outlet passage, it is subjected to substantially null axial fuel pressure. The outlet passage has a calibrated segment distanced from the shutter and close to a bottom wall of the control chamber. The calibrated segment is carried by an element fixed to the valve body in correspondence to an axial segment of the outlet passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Raffaele Ricco, Antonio Gravina, Marcello Gargano, Sergio Stucchi, Onofrio De Michele
  • Publication number: 20080116300
    Abstract: A fuel adjustment and filtering device for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, the device comprising at least one filter, comprising a removable filter cartridge, comprising a filtering body, housed within a filter casing; a shut-off solenoid valve for metering fuel; and, a pressure control valve for the fuel. The solenoid valve and pressure control valve are housed in a block separate from the pump. In one embodiment, in which the pressure control valve is optional, the solenoid valve may be mounted on the filter casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Raffaele Ricco, Sergio Stucchi, Onofrio De Michele, Domenico Lepore, Marcello Gargano