Patents by Inventor Patrick Gastaldi

Patrick Gastaldi 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: 12404802
    Abstract: A hydrogen direct injection engine includes a cylinder and a combustion chamber positioned at a center of the cylinder, where an axis of the combustion chamber is approximately identical to an axis of the cylinder. The hydrogen direct injection engine also includes one or more intake valves positioned around the cylinder, one or more exhaust valves positioned around the cylinder, a cylinder head mounted across a top surface of the cylinder, and a fuel injector positioned vertically at the center of the cylinder. The hydrogen direct injection engine further includes a piston disposed within the cylinder, and a spark plug positioned between the one or more intake valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick Gastaldi
  • Publication number: 20240344479
    Abstract: A hydrogen direct injection engine includes a cylinder and a combustion chamber positioned at a center of the cylinder, where an axis of the combustion chamber is approximately identical to an axis of the cylinder. The hydrogen direct injection engine also includes one or more intake valves positioned around the cylinder, one or more exhaust valves positioned around the cylinder, a cylinder head mounted across a top surface of the cylinder, and a fuel injector positioned vertically at the center of the cylinder. The hydrogen direct injection engine further includes a piston disposed within the cylinder, and a spark plug positioned between the one or more intake valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: ARAMCO OVERSEAS COMPANY B.V.
    Inventor: Patrick Gastaldi
  • Patent number: 11725571
    Abstract: A fuel ignition device for an engine having a plurality of cylinders. The fuel ignition device including an active pre-chamber, the active pre-chamber further including a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the active pre-chamber, a spark plug configured to ignite a fuel-air mixture in the active pre-chamber, and a plurality of holes arranged circumferentially around a lower end of the active pre-chamber, the plurality of holes being configured to provide fluid communication between the central chamber and a combustion main chamber of the gas engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Patrick Gastaldi
  • Patent number: 11359537
    Abstract: A spark ignition engine includes: a pre-chamber (PC); a main chamber (MC); and a cylinder head coupled with a water jacket. The PC includes: a spark plug; and a PC body. The spark plug is surrounded by a jacket with thermal-conductive substance. The thermal-conductive substance is solid at room temperature and liquid at working temperature of the PC. At working temperature of the PC, the liquid thermal-conductive substance conducts heat from the spark plug to the water jacket. The PC body is coated with a layer of non-thermal-conductive substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick Gastaldi
  • Patent number: 6418905
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with controlled ignition and direct ignition. In the internal combustion engine at least one intake duct can generate in a cylinder a flow referred to as “tumble”, at least for certain engine operating phases. Further, a fuel injector is implanted so as to emerge in the cylinder such that the fuel jet tends to be intercepted by the part of the flow circulating in the direction opposite to that of the jet which is directed towards the spark plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Renault
    Inventors: Francois Baudlot, Alain Floch, Patrick Gastaldi, Jean-Christophe Lucas, Didier Stephan