Patents by Inventor Mike R. Salemi

Mike R. Salemi 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).

  • Shape memory alloy fuel injector
    Patent number: 6691977
    Abstract: An actuator for controlling the flow of a fluid stream through a valve comprising a shape memory alloy element that positions a valve element to a first position when said SMA element is in an ambient temperature state and a second position when said SMA element is in an elevated temperature state, and a flow plate situated in the fluid stream in a position upstream of the SMA element and having a through-hole pattern to increase the velocity of fluid around the SMA element while it is in its elevated temperature state so as to cool the SMA element by fluid controlled by said valve and return the SMA element to its ambient temperature state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert M. Knebel, Mike R. Salemi
  • Shape memory alloy fuel injector
    Publication number: 20020130284
    Abstract: An actuator for controlling the flow of a fluid stream through a valve comprising a shape memory alloy element that positions a valve element to a first position when said SMA element is in an ambient temperature state and a second position when said SMA element is in an elevated temperature state, and a flow plate situated in the fluid stream in a position upstream of the SMA element and having a through-hole pattern to increase the velocity of fluid around the SMA element while it is in its elevated temperature state so as to cool the SMA element by fluid controlled by said valve and return the SMA element to its ambient temperature state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Albert M. Knebel, Mike R. Salemi