Patents by Inventor Michele Cagnoni

Michele Cagnoni 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: 7124741
    Abstract: A method for controlling an injector with verification that plunger movement has occurred; the method providing application of a time-variable voltage to the terminals of an injector drive circuit in order to cause a current wave to flow through said drive circuit; detection of a verification voltage between the terminals of the drive circuit once the current through the drive circuit has died away at the end of the injection phase, measurement of a verification time during which the verification voltage is greater than a first predetermined threshold value and diagnosis of the absence of plunger movement if the verification time is less than a second predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michele Cagnoni, Fausto Calcagno
  • Patent number: 6944021
    Abstract: A ventilation system is described for electrical wiring arrangements of electrical circuits comprising a plurality of electrical connection terminals arranged within an insulating element; the ventilation system comprising a plurality of electrical ventilation cables connected to the respective electrical terminals of the electrical circuit; a plurality of connection chambers each produced in the body of the insulating element in such a manner as to accommodate therein the connection between the electrical ventilation cable and the corresponding terminal while maintaining the connection insulated from the outside; and at least one communication duct between the connection chambers produced in the body of the insulating element and designed so as to permit the passage of air between the connection chambers and through the electrical ventilation cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Giuseppe Caudera
  • Publication number: 20050140351
    Abstract: A method for controlling an injector with verification that plunger movement has occurred; the method providing application of a time-variable voltage to the terminals of an injector drive circuit in order to cause a current wave to flow through said drive circuit; detection of a verification voltage between the terminals of the drive circuit once the current through the drive circuit has died away at the end of the injection phase, measurement of a verification time during which the verification voltage is greater than a first predetermined threshold value and diagnosis of the absence of plunger movement if the verification time is less than a second predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Michele Cagnoni, Fausto Calcagno
  • Publication number: 20050002164
    Abstract: A ventilation system is described for electrical wiring arrangements of electrical circuits comprising a plurality of electrical connection terminals arranged within an insulating element; the ventilation system comprising a plurality of electrical ventilation cables connected to the respective electrical terminals of the electrical circuit; a plurality of connection chambers each produced in the body of the insulating element in such a manner as to accommodate therein the connection between the electrical ventilation cable and the corresponding terminal while maintaining the connection insulated from the outside; and at least one communication duct between the connection chambers produced in the body of the insulating element and designed so as to permit the passage of air between the connection chambers and through the electrical ventilation cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A.
    Inventors: Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Giuseppe Caudera
  • Patent number: 6601567
    Abstract: A method for control of an injector in an internal combustion engine in which for a specific engine cycle, a control unit calculates a desired value of the opening time of the injector and forwards this desired value to a drive circuit of the injector, a supervision device calculates an actual value of the opening time of the injector during the injection phase, compares this actual value with the desired value and generates an error signal if the difference between the desired value and the actual value is outside a predetermined acceptability range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Marceca, Luca Poggio, Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Andrea Nepote
  • Patent number: 6584961
    Abstract: A method and device for driving an injector in an internal combustion engine in which a current wave which is variable over time, which comprises an initial section substantially of a pulse type and having a relatively high current intensity, an intermediate section during which the current intensity is rapidly reduced to substantially zero values and a final section having a substantially constant and relatively low current intensity, is caused to circulate through a control circuit of the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Marceca, Luca Poggio, Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Andrea Nepote
  • Publication number: 20020017279
    Abstract: A method for control of an injector in an internal combustion engine in which for a specific engine cycle, a control unit calculates a desired value of the opening time of the injector and forwards this desired value to a drive circuit of the injector, a supervision device calculates an actual value of the opening time of the injector during the injection phase, compares this actual value with the desired value and generates an error signal if the difference between the desired value and the actual value is outside a predetermined acceptability range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Paolo Marceca, Luca Poggio, Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Andrea Nepote
  • Publication number: 20020014223
    Abstract: A method and device for driving an injector in an internal combustion engine in which a current wave which is variable over time, which comprises an initial section substantially of a pulse type and having a relatively high current intensity, an intermediate section during which the current intensity is rapidly reduced to substantially zero values and a final section having a substantially constant and relatively low current intensity, is caused to circulate through a control circuit of the injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Paolo Marceca, Luca Poggio, Michele Cagnoni, Piero Carbonaro, Andrea Nepote