Patents by Inventor Marco Colantoni

Marco Colantoni 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: 10132229
    Abstract: An expansion tank for a motor-vehicle cooling system has an inlet port and an outlet port and is provided with a plastic shell having a container and two protruding collars, respectively at the two ports; at least one of the collars defines a seat, which is engaged by a tubular insert coaxial to the collar; elastically deformable teeth are provided for snap-coupling the tubular insert and the shell to each other and axially retaining the tubular insert in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FCA Italy S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Grava, Maurizio Giani, Salvatore Danise, Marco Colantoni, Giacinto Giai Gischia, Davide Balestro
  • Publication number: 20170284280
    Abstract: An expansion tank for a motor-vehicle cooling system has an inlet port and an outlet port and is provided with a plastic shell having a container and two protruding collars, respectively at the two ports; at least one of the collars defines a seat, which is engaged by a tubular insert coaxial to the collar; elastically deformable teeth are provided for snap-coupling the tubular insert and the shell to each other and axially retaining the tubular insert in the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Giorgio Grava, Maurizio Giani, Salvatore Danise, Marco Colantoni, Giacinto Giai Gischia, Davide Balestro