Patents by Inventor Nicola Piantadosi

Nicola Piantadosi 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).

  • Method and device for supplying internal combustion engines with fuel
    Patent number: 7438051
    Abstract: A method and a device for supplying fuel to internal combustion engines comprise a regulated high-pressure system and a controlled low-pressure system, wherein an adaptation value for correcting the desired preliminary pressure is detected in an adaptation mode, in order to adjust a variable preliminary pressure in the low-pressure system. For this purpose, the preliminary pressure is specifically changed in the adaptation mode until vapor bubbles are detected by a regulator response of the high-pressure regulator of the high-pressure system. When vapor bubbles are detected, current process parameters of the fuel supply system are determined and the adaptation value is derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Axel Wachtendorf, Leonhard Lang, Nicola Piantadosi
  • Method and Device for Supplying Internal Combustion Engines with Fuel
    Publication number: 20080072880
    Abstract: A method and a device for supplying fuel to internal combustion engines comprise a regulated high-pressure system and a controlled low-pressure system, wherein an adaptation value for correcting the desired preliminary pressure is detected in an adaptation mode, in order to adjust a variable preliminary pressure in the low-pressure system. For this purpose, the preliminary pressure is specifically changed in the adaptation mode until vapor bubbles are detected by a regulator response of the high-pressure regulator of the high-pressure system. When vapor bubbles are detected, current process parameters of the fuel supply system are determined and the adaptation value is derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Axel Wachtendorf, Leonhard Lang, Nicola Piantadosi