Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Gasparro

Massimiliano Gasparro 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: 7146947
    Abstract: An arrangement for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft (5) relative to a crankshaft is provided. The arrangement requires many components, which partially also require different operational conditions. The new arrangement is structured in a modular fashion, so that the components of the arrangement are no longer arranged inside a common housing, but rather are separately constructed according to their function and/or operational conditions, for example, they are used jointly by other control or adjustment devices. It is particularly advantageous that such arrangements can be produced in a reduced size and in a more cost effective manner and can be used for adjusting the valve play of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Neubauer, Detlef Axmacher, Markus Wilke, Massimiliano Gasparro, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfutzenreuter
  • Patent number: 7137370
    Abstract: A gear arrangement has two turntables nested or arranged concentrically in one another, and interconnected with one another via a swashplate. The gear arrangement preferably is used for adjusting the angle of rotation of the camshaft relative to the angle of rotation of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to affect the control times of the charge-cycle valves of the engine. The swashplate is connected with the first turntable formed as a camshaft gear via at least one pin, and the swashplate is connected with the camshaft via the second turntable by means of a gear ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Axmacher, Massimiliano Gasparro, Dirk Neubauer, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfuetzenreuter, Markus Wilke
  • Patent number: 7036474
    Abstract: A control device and method for adjusting the angular velocity ratio (?N(t)/?K(t)) between a camshaft and a crankshaft is provided. Various control devices and methods for rotating the camshaft relative to the crankshaft provide a drive which may advance and retard the camshaft in comparison to the crankshaft. Previous systems have the disadvantage that either two drives in different directions are necessary for each actuation direction or the drive must have right-handed rotation and left-handed rotation. In the control device and the method according to the invention, the advancing of the camshaft is achieved by a drive in the running direction of the camshaft and the retarding is achieved by a braking device. It has been shown to be especially advantageous if an electric motor in two quadrant mode is used as the drive, which may then also be used as the braking device. Such a control device and method are required for setting the control times in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Axmacher, Massimiliano Gasparro, Dirk Neubauer, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfützenreuter, Markus Wilke
  • Publication number: 20050252469
    Abstract: An arrangement for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft (5) relative to a crankshaft is provided. The arrangement requires many components, which partially also require different operational conditions. The new arrangement is structured in a modular fashion, so that the components of the arrangement are no longer arranged inside a common housing, but rather are separately constructed according to their function and/or operational conditions, for example, they are used jointly by other control or adjustment devices. It is particularly advantageous that such arrangements can be produced in a reduced size and in a more cost effective manner and can be used for adjusting the valve play of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Neubauer, Detlef Axmacher, Markus Wilke, Massimiliano Gasparro, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfutzenreuter
  • Publication number: 20050229881
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the phase position between a camshaft and a crankshaft is provided. A quick and precise electronic adjustment for mechanical adjustment devices for adjusting the phase position between a camshaft and a crankshaft have previously not been known. The adjustment device is a component of an electronic circuit, either automatically adjusting the desired phase position directly or indirectly via another parameter, with the circuit including at least one loop between the control device and the adjustment path, by which a quick and precise adjustment can be achieved. Such arrangements are needed for a quick and precise adjustment of the phase position of a camshaft in reference to a crankshaft in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Neubauer, Detlef Axmacher, Markus Wilke, Massimiliano Gasparro, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfutzenreuter
  • Publication number: 20050211208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft in relation to the angle of rotation of a crankshaft, by means of a wobble-plate mechanism situated between the camshaft and the crankshaft, in which mechanical means for limiting the adjustment of the angle of rotation are situated between the crankshaft and the camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Axmacher, Massimiliano Gasparro, Dirk Neubauer, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfutzenreuter, Markus Wilke
  • Publication number: 20050183681
    Abstract: A control device and method for adjusting the angular velocity ratio (?N(t)/?K(t)) between a camshaft and a crankshaft is provided. Various control devices and methods for rotating the camshaft relative to the crankshaft provide a drive which may advance and retard the camshaft in comparison to the crankshaft. Previous systems have the disadvantage that either two drives in different directions are necessary for each actuation direction or the drive must have right-handed rotation and left-handed rotation. In the control device and the method according to the invention, the advancing of the camshaft is achieved by a drive in the running direction of the camshaft and the retarding is achieved by a braking device. It has been shown to be especially advantageous if an electric motor in two quadrant mode is used as the drive, which may then also be used as the braking device. Such a control device and method are required for setting the control times in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: AFT Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Axmacher, Massimiliano Gasparro, Dirk Neubauer, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfutzenreuter, Markus Wilke
  • Publication number: 20050145049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear with two turntables arranged into one another, which are interconnected via a swashplate, which gear preferably is used for adjusting the angle of rotation of the camshaft relative to the angle of rotation of the crankshaft of an IC engine. By adjusting these angles of rotation the control times of the charge-cycle valves in the valve clearance of the IC engine are affected. Here it is proposed to connect the swashplate with the first turntable formed as a camshaft gear via at least one pin, the swashplate being connected with the camshaft via the second turntable by means of a gear ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Detlef Axmacher, Massimiliano Gasparro, Dirk Neubauer, Frank Pachan, Lars Pfuetzenreuter, Markus Wilke