Patents by Inventor Nico Biagioli
Nico Biagioli 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).
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Patent number: 11774093Abstract: A burner includes a main body having an outer surface and at least partially defining an interior. The main body further includes an upstream end axially spaced from a downstream end. The outer surface includes a burner front face at the downstream end of the main body. An annular cooling air plenum is defined in the main body radially inwardly from the outer surface. A cooling air passage extends from the outer surface to the annular cooling air plenum. A plurality of cooling channels is circumferentially spaced apart from one another along the burner front face. Each cooling channel of the plurality of cooling channels extends from a respective inlet in fluid communication with the annular cooling air plenum to a respective outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Nico Biagioli, Christian Steffen Terhaar, Holger Luebcke, Andre Theuer
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Patent number: 11692711Abstract: A pilot burner for a combustor includes an inner conduit configured to deliver a fuel, and an outer conduit concentric with the inner conduit and configured to deliver air. An inner wall defines an inner plenum, and a partition wall is radially outward of the inner wall and defines an intermediate plenum with at least a portion of the inner wall. Exit passages fluidly couple the inner plenum to the intermediate plenum. An outer wall defines an outer plenum with at least a portion of the partition wall. A crossover section includes passages fluidly coupling the inner conduit to the outer plenum, and passages fluidly coupling the outer conduit to the inner plenum. An end plate includes openings to direct fuel, air for combustion, and air for cooling from the respective plenums.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Patrick Thomas Monaghan, Holger Matthias Luebcke, Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli
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Publication number: 20230046745Abstract: A pilot burner for a combustor includes an inner conduit configured to deliver a fuel, and an outer conduit concentric with the inner conduit and configured to deliver air. An inner wall defines an inner plenum, and a partition wall is radially outward of the inner wall and defines an intermediate plenum with at least a portion of the inner wall. Exit passages fluidly couple the inner plenum to the intermediate plenum. An outer wall defines an outer plenum with at least a portion of the partition wall. A crossover section includes passages fluidly coupling the inner conduit to the outer plenum, and passages fluidly coupling the outer conduit to the inner plenum. An end plate includes openings to direct fuel, air for combustion, and air for cooling from the respective plenums.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Patrick Thomas Monaghan, Holger Matthias Luebcke, Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli
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Patent number: 11339968Abstract: A lance for a burner includes an innermost conduit defining a first fluid passage and a plurality of first fuel injection channels, each first fuel injection channel terminating at a first outlet; an intermediate conduit circumferentially surrounding the innermost conduit, the intermediate conduit defining a second fluid passage and a plurality of second fuel injection channels, each second fuel injection channel terminating at a second outlet; an outermost conduit circumferentially surrounding the intermediate conduit, the outermost conduit defining a third fluid passage, a plurality of third air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the first outlets, a plurality of fourth air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the second outlets, and a plurality of cooling microchannels; wherein each cooling microchannel includes and extends between a microchannel inlet in fluid communication with the third fluid passage and a microchannel outlet on an outer surface of the outermost conduType: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli, Mario Pudrlja, Rohit Madhukar Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20210317986Abstract: A burner includes a main body having an outer surface and at least partially defining an interior. The main body further includes an upstream end axially spaced from a downstream end. The outer surface includes a burner front face at the downstream end of the main body. An annular cooling air plenum is defined in the main body radially inwardly from the outer surface. A cooling air passage extends from the outer surface to the annular cooling air plenum. A plurality of cooling channels is circumferentially spaced apart from one another along the burner front face. Each cooling channel of the plurality of cooling channels extends from a respective inlet in fluid communication with the annular cooling air plenum to a respective outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Christian Steffen Terhaar, Holger Luebcke, Andre Theuer
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Publication number: 20200072469Abstract: A lance for a burner includes an innermost conduit defining a first fluid passage and a plurality of first fuel injection channels, each first fuel injection channel terminating at a first outlet; an intermediate conduit circumferentially surrounding the innermost conduit, the intermediate conduit defining a second fluid passage and a plurality of second fuel injection channels, each second fuel injection channel terminating at a second outlet; an outermost conduit circumferentially surrounding the intermediate conduit, the outermost conduit defining a third fluid passage, a plurality of third air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the first outlets, a plurality of fourth air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the second outlets, and a plurality of cooling microchannels; wherein each cooling microchannel includes and extends between a microchannel inlet in fluid communication with the third fluid passage and a microchannel outlet on an outer surface of the outermost conduType: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli, Mario Pudrlja, Rohit Madhukar Kulkarni
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Patent number: 10544940Abstract: A fuel injector device includes a body having a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a streamwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The fuel injector device body includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, each surface extending between and including the leading edge and the trailing edge, and the surfaces conjoining each other at the leading edge and the trailing edge. The trailing edge, when seen in the streamwise direction, undulates along a trailing edge mean line and, along its extent, deviates in opposite directions from the mean line and includes at least one inflection point along its extent.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kaspar Loeffel, Yang Yang, Adnan Eroglu, Michael Thomas Maurer, Nico Biagioli, Alexey Stytsenko, Sergey Mylnikov, Igor Baibuzenko
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Patent number: 10371057Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injector device having a body with a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a streamwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the fuel injector device body having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, each wall extending between and including the leading edge and the trailing edge and the walls conjoining each other at the leading edge and the trailing edge, each wall having a streamwise extent and a crosswise extent, the walls further enclosing an internal space, at least one fluid plenum being provided within the internal space, the fluid plenum at least at one of an upstream end and/or a downstream end being delimited by an internal wall structure, wherein at least one surface of the wall structure is an inclined surface which forms an angle with the streamwise direction which is smaller than or equal to a maximum angle, wherein the maximum angle is 60°.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kaspar Loeffel, Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli, Alexey Stytsenko, Sergey Mylnikov, Igor Baibuzenko
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Patent number: 9909758Abstract: Gas burner, particularly for household cooking appliances, with an horizontal or vertical gas supply conduit (1), a burner body with one more flame crowns, an horizontal or vertical Venturi (4), a nozzle (5) to inject the gas flow from said gas conduit into said Venturi pipe and, means to provide the primary air flow which include a tubular conduit which is coaxial and placed outside said gas conduit, and an opening to allow the gas flow, placed between said nozzle and the inlet of the Venturi pipe. The coaxial conduit draws the respective air flow from a zone inside the body of said cooking appliance, and said opening allows the passage of the respective primary air flow sucked and coming from over the appliance top surface (12). In order to stir the primary air flow passing through said coaxial conduit, a plurality of radial wings (10A) is arranged, said wings being shaped either planar or helical, and being connected on the outer surface of said gas supply conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini
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Patent number: 9593854Abstract: A gas stove having an upper work plate with at least one integrated gas burner, said gas burner including a bowl-shaped base body, a burner crown, and an upper cap, with several flame ports provided to let out a gas-air mixture towards a recipient to be heated, and an annular mixing zone, whose cross section incrementally expands towards the flame ports, defined between the burner crown and the upper cap with the burner crown including a Venturi pipe which feeds the gas-air mixture into the mixing zone and is designed to suck primary air from above the upper work plate the flame ports are formed in the upper cap as through-holes, and the bottom side of the upper cap, which defines the upper side of the mixing zone, is at least partially inclined upwardly towards the flame ports to define the incrementally expanding cross section of the mixing zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Fabio Rasi, Cedric Catalogne, Nico Biagioli
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Publication number: 20160290648Abstract: A fuel injector device includes a body having a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a streamwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The fuel injector device body includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, each surface extending between and including the leading edge and the trailing edge, and the surfaces conjoining each other at the leading edge and the trailing edge. The trailing edge, when seen in the streamwise direction, undulates along a trailing edge mean line and, along its extent, deviates in opposite directions from the mean line and includes at least one inflection point along its extent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kaspar LOEFFEL, Yang-Belinda YANG, Adnan EROGLU, Michael Thomas MAURER, Nico BIAGIOLI, Alexey STYTSENKO, Sergey MYLNIKOV, Igor BAIBUZENKO
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Publication number: 20160290238Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injector device having a body with a leading edge and a trailing edge and defining a streamwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the fuel injector device body having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, each wall extending between and including the leading edge and the trailing edge and the walls conjoining each other at the leading edge and the trailing edge, each wall having a streamwise extent and a crosswise extent, the walls further enclosing an internal space, at least one fluid plenum being provided within the internal space, the fluid plenum at least at one of an upstream end and/or a downstream end being delimited by an internal wall structure, wherein at least one surface of the wall structure is an inclined surface which forms an angle with the streamwise direction which is smaller than or equal to a maximum angle, wherein the maximum angle is 60°.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kaspar LOEFFEL, Andre THEUER, Nico BIAGIOLI, Alexey STYTSENKO, Sergey MYLNIKOV, Igor BAIBUZENKO
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Patent number: 8753112Abstract: A gas burner with a plurality of concentric flame crowns including a burner body, a first central burner, and a second outer annular burner surrounding the first central burner, where the first central burner includes a first diffusion chamber and a first gas injector configured to inject a gas flow into a first Venturi pipe which is configured to convey the gas flow to the first diffusion chamber, and where the second outer annular burner includes two separate outer diffusion chambers and two distinct outer injectors each of which is configured to inject a gas flow into one of two outer Venturi pipes which are configured to convey the gas flows to the two separate outer diffusion chambers, and where the first gas injector, the first Venturi pipe, and the two outer Venturi pipes are substantially horizontally oriented.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini, Nico Biagioli, Nicola Guardigli
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Publication number: 20130087137Abstract: A gas stove (10) having an upper work plate (12) with at least one integrated gas burner (14), said gas burner (14) comprising a bowl-shaped base body (16), a burner crown (18) arranged on the base body (16), and an upper cap (20) arranged on the burner crown (18), wherein several flame ports (34) are provided to let out a gas-air mixture towards a recipient to be heated, and wherein an annular mixing zone (30), whose cross section incrementally expands towards the flame ports (34), is defined between the burner crown (18) and the upper cap (20), characterized in that the burner crown (18) is provided with a Venturi pipe (28), which feeds the gas-air mixture into the mixing zone (30) and is designed to suck primary air (25) from above the upper work plate (12), in that the flame ports (34) are formed in the upper cap (20) as through-holes, and in that the bottom side of the upper cap (20), which defines the upper side of the mixing zone (30), is at least partially inclined upwardly towards the flame ports witType: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Fabio Rasi, Cedric Catalogne, Nico Biagioli
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Patent number: 8221116Abstract: Gas burner provided with a plurality of concentric flame crowns, and comprising a first central burner to supply a peripheral flame ring, a second annular burner surrounding the central burner at a defined distance and able of supplying at least a respective peripheral ring, a burner body apt to be mounted on the surface of a cooking hob, a first gas inlet in communication with the body, a first vertical gas injector, the central burner being provided with a first chamber for the diffusion of the air/gas mixture, a second gas inlet in communication with the body, wherein the second annular burner is provided with two separate chambers for the diffusion of the mixture, wherein the second gas inlet is in communication with the two separate chambers through suitable injection and conveying means, which comprise two distinct injectors in communication with the second gas inlet, and two respective horizontal Venturi pipes each of which being able of supplying with the air/gas mixture a respective of the two diffusType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini, Cedric Catalogne
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Publication number: 20120070791Abstract: Gas burner provided with a plurality of concentric circular flame crowns, with a burner body apt to be mounted on the surface of a cooking plate, a burner body apt to be mounted on the surface of a cooking plate and provided with a first chamber for the diffusion of the air/gas mixture, and whose top is closed by a first cover, a second outer annular burner surrounding said central burner, a first gas inlet in communication with said body, a first gas injector able of injecting a gas flow into a respective Venturi pipe to said first central burner, a second gas inlet in communication with said body, wherein said second annular burner is provided with two separate diffusion chambers, and whose top is closed by a second cover, wherein said second gas inlet is in communication with said two separate chambers which are not in communication to each other, two distinct injectors connected with said second gas inlet and placed on the same end position of said second gas inlet, two respective horizontally oriented VeType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini, Nico Biagioli, Nicola Guardigli
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Publication number: 20110048400Abstract: Gas burner, particularly for household cooking appliances, with an horizontal or vertical gas supply conduit (1), a burner body with one more flame crowns, an horizontal or vertical Venturi (4), a nozzle (5) to inject the gas flow from said gas conduit into said Venturi pipe and, means to provide the primary air flow which include a tubular conduit which is coaxial and placed outside said gas conduit, and an opening to allow the gas flow, placed between said nozzle and the inlet of the Venturi pipe. The coaxial conduit draws the respective air flow from a zone inside the body of said cooking appliance, and said opening allows the passage of the respective primary air flow sucked and coming from over the appliance top surface (12). In order to stir the primary air flow passing through said coaxial conduit, a plurality of radial wings (10A) is arranged, said wings being shaped either planar or helical, and being connected on the outer surface of said gas supply conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini
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Publication number: 20100233643Abstract: Gas burner provided with a plurality of concentric flame crowns, and comprising a first central burner to supply a peripheral flame ring, a second annular burner surrounding said central burner at a defined distance and able of supplying at least a respective peripheral ring, a burner body apt to be mounted on the surface of a cooking hob, a first gas inlet in communication with said body, a first vertical gas injector, said central burner being provided with a first chamber for the diffusion of the air/gas mixture, a second gas inlet in communication with said body, wherein said second annular burner is provided with two separate chambers for the diffusion of said mixture, wherein said second gas inlet is in communication with said two separate chambers through suitable injection and conveying means, which comprise two distinct injectors in communication with said second gas inlet, and two respective horizontal Venturi pipes each of which being able of supplying with said air/gas mixture a respective of saidType: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Piero Armanni, Marco Starnini, Cedric Catalogne
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Patent number: D743531Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Fabio Rasi
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Patent number: D743532Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Fabio Rasi