Patents by Inventor Pierre Bugeja

Pierre Bugeja 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).

  • Agricultural vehicle cab fitted with an HVAC system
    Patent number: 11014426
    Abstract: A cab of an agricultural vehicle has having a seat for an operator and a console unit arranged forward of the seat for housing an instrument display. The cab is fitted with an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger unit located within the console unit and a blower located on the floor of the cab beneath or adjacent the seat and serving to blow air by way of a floor-level duct to the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Mario Amura, Pierre Bugeja, Alessio Cadalora, Tiziano Salvini, Lorena Stanzani
  • AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE CAB FITTED WITH AN HVAC SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190111757
    Abstract: A cab of an agricultural vehicle has having a seat for an operator and a console unit arranged forward of the seat for housing an instrument display. The cab is fitted with an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger unit located within the console unit and a blower located on the floor of the cab beneath or adjacent the seat and serving to blow air by way of a floor-level duct to the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Mario Amura, Pierre Bugeja, Alessio Cadalora, Tiziano Salvini, Lorena Stanzani
  • Agricultural vehicle cab fitted with an HVAC system
    Patent number: 10160287
    Abstract: A cab of an agricultural vehicle has having a seat for an operator and a console unit arranged forward of the seat for housing an instrument display. The cab is fitted with an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger unit located within the console unit and a blower located on the floor of the cab beneath or adjacent the seat and serving to blow air by way of a floor-level duct to the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Mario Amura, Pierre Bugeja, Alessio Cadalora, Tiziano Salvini, Lorena Stanzani
  • AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE CAB FITTED WITH AN HVAC SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130203333
    Abstract: A cab of an agricultural vehicle has having a seat for an operator and a console unit arranged forward of the seat for housing an instrument display. The cab is fitted with an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger unit located within the console unit and a blower located on the floor of the cab beneath or adjacent the seat and serving to blow air by way of a floor-level duct to the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Mario Amura, Pierre Bugeja, Alessio Cadalora, Tiziano Salvini, Lorena Stanzani
  • Air conditioning system for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6035658
    Abstract: An air conditioning system (10) for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle comprising a main tube (22) for fluidly connecting a compressor (12) to an outside heat exchanger (14), the outside heat exchanger to an expansion device (16), the expansion device to an inside heat exchanger (18), the inside heat exchanger to an accumulator (20), and the accumulator to the compressor; a bypass tube (28) fluidly connected to the main tube between the compressor and the outside heat exchanger and between the expansion device and the inside heat exchanger; and a valve (30) positioned in the bypass tube; wherein the valve has a closed position when refrigerant fluid flows through the main tube in a first direction (X) from the compressor through the outside heat exchanger, the expansion device, the inside heat exchanger and the accumulator back to the compressor, for cooling of the passenger compartment, and an open position when refrigerant fluid flows in the first direction and through the bypass tube and the valv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Launois, Thomas O. Engel, Pierre Bugeja, Jean-Jacques Dulin