Patents by Inventor Marco Petrachi

Marco Petrachi 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: 7845617
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve for the dosage of fuel in an internal combustion engine; the electromagnetic valve is provided with: a cylindrical tubular valve body; an obturator, which is arranged within the tubular valve body and is mobile between an open position and a closed position; and an electromagnetic actuator to shift the obturator and comprising a coil arranged outside the tubular valve body, a fixed magnetic pole is arranged within the tubular valve body, a mobile keeper arranged within the tubular valve body, mechanically connected to the obturator and is adapted to be magnetically attracted by the magnetic pole when the coil is excited, a tubular magnetic armature arranged outside the tubular valve body around the coil, and a magnetic washer having an annular shape arranged above the coil between the tubular valve body and the tubular magnetic armature to guide the closing of the magnetic flow around the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Cobianchi, Pasquale Dragone, Marco Petrachi
  • Publication number: 20080251747
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve for the dosage of fuel in an internal combustion engine; the electromagnetic valve is provided with: a cylindrical tubular valve body; an obturator, which is arranged within the tubular valve body and is mobile between an open position and a closed position; and an electromagnetic actuator to shift the obturator and comprising a coil arranged outside the tubular valve body, a fixed magnetic pole is arranged within the tubular valve body, a mobile keeper arranged within the tubular valve body, mechanically connected to the obturator and is adapted to be magnetically attracted by the magnetic pole when the coil is excited, a tubular magnetic armature arranged outside the tubular valve body around the coil, and a magnetic washer having an annular shape arranged above the coil between the tubular valve body and the tubular magnetic armature to guide the closing of the magnetic flow around the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Andrea Cobianchi, Pasquale Dragone, Marco Petrachi
  • Patent number: 7255289
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1) for an internal-combustion engine has a shell (2) provided with two opposite terminal portions; the first terminal portion (4) has an inlet (7) for supply of the fuel and is generally designed to extend outside the engine, whilst the second terminal portion (5) has a nozzle (9) communicating with said inlet (7), is designed to be housed in the engine and has, in the radial direction, dimensions smaller than those of the first portion (4); the injector (1) further has an actuator (16) and a servo valve (15) housed in the first terminal portion (4); the servo valve (15) is provided with an open/close element (32), which can slide axially, under the action of the actuator (16) and substantially in a fluid-tight way, in a seat (27) and is subjected to an axial resultant of pressure of the fuel that is substantially zero; the fuel inlet (7) is made laterally in an intermediate axial position between the actuator (16) and the nozzle (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societe Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Sisto Luigi De Matthaeis, Adriano Gorgoglione, Marco Petrachi
  • Publication number: 20060102755
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1) for an internal-combustion engine has a shell (2) provided with two opposite terminal portions; the first terminal portion (4) has an inlet (7) for supply of the fuel and is generally designed to extend outside the engine, whilst the second terminal portion (5) has a nozzle (9) communicating with said inlet (7), is designed to be housed in the engine and has, in the radial direction, dimensions smaller than those of the first portion (4); the injector (1) further has an actuator (16) and a servo valve (15) housed in the first terminal portion (4); the servo valve (15) is provided with an open/close element (32), which can slide axially, under the action of the actuator (16) and substantially in a fluid-tight way, in a seat (27) and is subjected to an axial resultant of pressure of the fuel that is substantially zero; the fuel inlet (7) is made laterally in an intermediate axial position between the actuator (16) and the nozzle (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Sisto De Matthaeis, Andriano Gorgoglione, Marco Petrachi