Patents by Inventor Serge Iafrate

Serge Iafrate 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).

  • Publication number: 20240024799
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a degassing tank (1) comprising a first inlet (20) and a dip tube (4) extending between the first inlet (20) and a lower part (3) of the tank (1), in which the dip tube (4) is movable, when in use, relative to the first inlet (20) between a first position in which the dip tube (4) provides a fluid line between the first inlet (20) and the lower part (3) of the tank (1), and a second position in which the fluid communication between the first inlet (20) and the lower part (3) of the tank (1) is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Serge IAFRATE
  • Publication number: 20230313731
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an anti-tampering device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) for securing a cap (103, 203, 303, 403, 503) onto a neck of a degassing tank of a vehicle cooling circuit, wherein the device comprises locking means that are either attached to a shell configured to surround and/or secure the cap on the neck (104, 204, 304), or attached to the cap and the neck (404, 504) of the tank. The device may comprise tamper-evident means (227?, 306) to provide evidence of unlocking the locking means. Additionally or alternatively, the device may be configured to be removed only by destruction such that once removed, it can no longer be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Serge IAFRATE, Arnaud MONTUS
  • Patent number: 11035286
    Abstract: A coolant reservoir tank includes a first compartment that is configured to receive and retain a first portion of a liquid coolant. The first compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a first liquid cooling circuit. A second compartment is configured to receive and retain a second portion of the liquid coolant. The second compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second liquid cooling circuit. A dividing wall separates the first compartment from the second compartment. The coolant reservoir tank further includes a fill port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Matthew Mark, Joseph Kuhn, Louis Sigioltzakis, Serge Iafrate
  • Patent number: 10794265
    Abstract: A venting tank (1) for a cooling system of a motor vehicle includes a main wall (3), which defines an inner venting volume (V) of the venting tank, the main wall including a bottom (5) and a cover (7) opposite one another, an intake (45, 47, 49, 51, 53) for a heat transfer fluid to be vented within the interior venting volume, and a discharge (55, 57) for discharging the vented heat transfer fluid outside the inner venting volume. This venting tank (1) further includes a heat transfer fluid duct (19), which crosses through the cover (7) and the bottom (5) and includes an inner segment (29) extending within the inner venting volume (V) from the cover (7) to the bottom (5) and whereof an inner volume (V29) is separated from the inner venting volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Dumas, Serge Iafrate
  • Patent number: 10543821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid reservoir for a vehicle that is subjected in service to inclinations in at least two different directions, the reservoir comprising a float well which delimits a bowl containing a float that is able to move depending on the level of liquid in the reservoir. The reservoir is characterized in that the float well comprises at least two retention means positioned successively along a flow path of the liquid as far as the bowl, from the outside toward the inside of the float well, each retention means keeping liquid in the float well if the reservoir is inclined in a set of directions specific to this retention means. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle system comprising such a liquid reservoir and means for binary detection of the level of liquid in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Dumas, Serge Iafrate
  • Publication number: 20190170053
    Abstract: A coolant reservoir tank includes a first compartment that is configured to receive and retain a first portion of a liquid coolant. The first compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a first liquid cooling circuit. A second compartment is configured to receive and retain a second portion of the liquid coolant. The second compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second liquid cooling circuit. A dividing wall separates the first compartment from the second compartment. The coolant reservoir tank further includes a fill port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Dennis Matthew Mark, Joseph Kuhn, Louis Sigioltzakis, Serge Iafrate
  • Patent number: 10215081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a venting tank, suitable for being fitted in a cooling system of a motor vehicle and defining an inner space intended for receiving a coolant, the venting tank including at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant which are arranged below a minimum liquid level when the vehicle is in service, wherein the venting tank also includes, opposite the inlet or at least some of the inlets, a member for guiding the coolant, penetrating into the inner space via the inlet, following a flow directed toward a lower wall of the venting tank opposite the flow arriving through the inlet, and forming a 180-degree arc. The invention also relates to a motor-vehicle cooling system provided with such a venting tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Serge Iafrate
  • Publication number: 20180266306
    Abstract: A venting tank (1) for a cooling system of a motor vehicle includes a main wall (3), which defines an inner venting volume (V) of the venting tank, the main wall including a bottom (5) and a cover (7) opposite one another, an intake (45, 47, 49, 51, 53) for a heat transfer fluid to be vented within the interior venting volume, and a discharge (55, 57) for discharging the vented heat transfer fluid outside the inner venting volume. This venting tank (1) further includes a heat transfer fluid duct (19), which crosses through the cover (7) and the bottom (5) and includes an inner segment (29) extending within the inner venting volume (V) from the cover (7) to the bottom (5) and whereof an inner volume (V29) is separated from the inner venting volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Dumas, Serge Iafrate
  • Publication number: 20150360661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid reservoir for a vehicle that is subjected in service to inclinations in at least two different directions, the reservoir comprising a float well which delimits a bowl containing a float that is able to move depending on the level of liquid in the reservoir. The reservoir is characterized in that the float well comprises at least two retention means positioned successively along a flow path of the liquid as far as the bowl, from the outside toward the inside of the float well, each retention means keeping liquid in the float well if the reservoir is inclined in a set of directions specific to this retention means. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle system comprising such a liquid reservoir and means for binary detection of the level of liquid in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Pascal DUMAS, Serge IAFRATE
  • Publication number: 20150144079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a venting tank, suitable for being fitted in a cooling system of a motor vehicle and defining an inner space intended for receiving a coolant, the venting tank including at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant which are arranged below a minimum liquid level when the vehicle is in service, wherein the venting tank also includes, opposite the inlet or at least some of the inlets, a member for guiding the coolant, penetrating into the inner space via the inlet, following a flow directed toward a lower wall of the venting tank opposite the flow arriving through the inlet, and forming a 180-degree arc. The invention also relates to a motor-vehicle cooling system provided with such a venting tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Serge Iafrate