Patents by Inventor Massimo Neretti

Massimo Neretti 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: 6834812
    Abstract: Fuel injector provided with a piezoelectric actuator, a valve activated by the piezoelectric actuator and regulating a fuel supply that flows in a working direction, and a mechanical transmission placed between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve; an expansion of the piezoelectric actuator displaces the valve in the working direction from a closed position to an open position in an opposite direction to that of the fuel outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Neretti, Michele Petrone, Andrea Ricci, Cecilia Lamberti
  • Patent number: 6817546
    Abstract: Valve body for a fuel injector; the valve body is provided with a cylindrical tubular container which has a central cylindrical cavity, a valve seat which is disposed at a lower end of the tubular container, a pin which can engage the valve seat and is accommodated in a sliding manner inside the tubular container, a lower guide for the pin, which guide is accommodated in the valve seat, and an upper guide for the pin which is contained in a support element, which is disposed at an upper end of the tubular container and defines a pair of supply apertures which open into the cavity for supply of fuel to the cavity itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Battistini, Massimo Neretti, Andrea Ricci
  • Patent number: 6772963
    Abstract: A fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator, which activates a shutter to move the shutter in a work direction between a closed position and an open position; the piezoelectric actuator is housed inside a casing having an inner chamber insulated from the fuel, and an outer surface wet by the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Neretti, Michele Petrone, Andrea Ricci, Cecilia Lamberti
  • Publication number: 20030038263
    Abstract: Electromagnetic actuator for a fuel injector; the electromagnetic actuator is provided with an electromagnet, which has a fixed magnetic core which is delimited at the base by a first annular contact surface, and with an anchor, which is mechanically integral with a shutter, it can be displaced against the action of a spring towards the magnetic core by the effect of the force of magnetic attraction produced by the electromagnet, and is delimited at the top by a second annular contact surface, which is parallel to, and faces the first contact surface; between the two contact surfaces there is interposed an annular separation body, which is substantially flat, is made of non-magnetic material, and is integral with the magnetic core or with the anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Lorenzo Battistini, Massimo Neretti, Andrea Ricci
  • Publication number: 20030038187
    Abstract: Valve body for a fuel injector; the valve body is provided with a cylindrical tubular container which has a central cylindrical cavity, a valve seat which is disposed at a lower end of the tubular container, a pin which can engage the valve seat and is accommodated in a sliding manner inside the tubular container, a lower guide for the pin, which guide is accommodated in the valve seat, and an upper guide for the pin which is contained in a support element, which is disposed at an upper end of the tubular container and defines a pair of supply apertures which open into the cavity for supply of fuel to the cavity itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Lorenzo Battistini, Massimo Neretti, Andrea Ricci
  • Publication number: 20030006299
    Abstract: A fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator, which activates a shutter to move the shutter in a work direction between a closed position and an open position; the piezoelectric actuator is housed inside a casing having an inner chamber insulated from the fuel, and an outer surface wet by the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Massimo Neretti, Michele Petrone, Andrea Ricci, Cecilia Lamberti
  • Publication number: 20030006300
    Abstract: Fuel injector provided with a piezoelectric actuator, a valve activated by the piezoelectric actuator and regulating a fuel supply that flows in a working direction, and a mechanical transmission placed between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve; an expansion of the piezoelectric actuator displaces the valve in the working direction from a closed position to an open position in an opposite direction to that of the fuel outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Massimo Neretti, Michele Petrone, Andrea Ricci, Cecilia Lamberti
  • Patent number: 6318646
    Abstract: A fuel injector comprising a main tubular body provided with at least one through duct that terminates in a spray nozzle adapted to atomise the fuel contained in the through duct, a shutter member moving axially in this through duct from and to a closed position in which the shutter member is disposed in abutment on the spray nozzle closing it off in such a way as to prevent any discharge of fuel, and lastly a hydraulic damper adapted to brake the shutter member during its return to the above-mentioned closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Mattioli, Massimo Neretti, Luca Tassinari
  • Patent number: 6286770
    Abstract: Fuel injector, comprising a main tubular body, provided with at least one through pipe which ends in a spray nozzle which can spray the fuel present inside the through pipe, and a shutter unit, which is mobile axially inside the through pipe, from and towards a position of closure, in which the shutter unit itself abuts a sealing surface provided on the spray nozzle, and seals it in a fluid-tight manner; the shutter unit being made of a cup-type body, the base of which is defined by a sealing disc made of flexible material, on which there are provided an annular sealing projection and an annular stop projection, which is co-axial relative to the former; the annular stop projection having a height which is lower than the annular sealing projection, such as to abut the sealing surface of the spray nozzle only temporarily, subject to resilient deformation of the sealing disc itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Boaro, Marcello Cristiani, Massimo Neretti