Patents by Inventor Sonia Lorente

Sonia Lorente 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: 20250239717
    Abstract: A venting unit for venting a machinery space includes a base body mountable in a substantially fluid tight manner to an opening of the machinery space, the base body including a fluid permeable passageway for venting and an opening section configured to close the fluid permeable passageway and being attached to the base body in a substantially fluid tight manner. The venting unit further includes an actuator attached to the base body, and at least one sensor coupled to the actuator and configured to sense at least one harmful gas in the machinery space. The actuator includes an actuation element configured to open the opening section when the actuator receives, from the at least one sensor, a signal indicating a presence of an amount of the at least one harmful gas above a desired threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Giovanni GRIECO, Sonia LORENTE, Leopoldo MARZAL, Jaime GRACIA HERAS
  • Publication number: 20240381549
    Abstract: A venting unit for venting an electronics housing includes a base body configured to be connected to a pressure compensation opening of the electronics housing, the base body having an opening, a fluid-permeable cover disposed on the base body, a valve closure plate covering the opening of the base body and being covered by the cover, and a spring member interposed between the valve closure plate and the cover and engaging the valve closure plate and the cover. The cover is configured to be fixed in an actual mounting position among at least two mounting positions providing different heights of the cover above the valve closure plate, so that the actual mounting position of the cover sets a pre-compression of the spring member, the pre-compression corresponding to an opening pressure of the valve closure plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jorge RODRIGO, Juan Jose OLIVAN, Leopoldo MARZAL, Sonia LORENTE, Giovanni GRIECO
  • Patent number: 11585468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10) having a corrugated duct segment (12) interposed between two elbowed segments (14, 18), wherein at least one of the elbowed segments (18) is made of thermoplastic elastomeric and connected to an end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) by overmolding the elbowed segment (18) over the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12), and wherein the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) includes a guiding and sealing arrangement (50) pointing away from the corrugated duct segment (12) in a radial direction (32). The invention further relates to an air duct (80) having such a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Sonia Lorente, Jaime Gracia Heras, Leopoldo Marzal Lopez, Samuel Palau Fumanal
  • Publication number: 20210231238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10) having a corrugated duct segment (12) interposed between two elbowed segments (14, 18), wherein at least one of the elbowed segments (18) is made of thermoplastic elastomeric and connected to an end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) by overmolding the elbowed segment (18) over the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12), and wherein the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) includes a guiding and sealing arrangement (50) pointing away from the corrugated duct segment (12) in a radial direction (32). The invention further relates to an air duct (80) having such a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sonia LORENTE, Jaime GRACIA HERAS, Leopoldo MARZAL LOPEZ, Samuel PALAU FUMANAL
  • Patent number: 8114278
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fuel filter 10, in particular for diesel fuels, that comprises a housing 11 and a filter medium 12. The filter medium 12 is arranged by means of a filter medium holder 24 in the housing, wherein the filter medium holder comprises a venting bore 25. Through the venting bore 25 gases that collect in the upper area of the fuel filter can pass from the crude chamber 21 into the clean chamber 22. For avoiding that contaminants can escape through a clean outlet 18 from the fuel filter 10 and damage components downstream, a clean medium 26 is provided that retains such contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Sonia Lorente, Michael Wolf, Günter Jokschas, Horst Croissant
  • Publication number: 20100126920
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fuel filter 10, in particular for diesel fuels, that comprises a housing 11 and a filter medium 12. The filter medium 12 is arranged by means of a filter medium holder 24 in the housing, wherein the filter medium holder comprises a venting bore 25. Through the venting bore 25 gases that collect in the upper area of the fuel filter can pass from the crude chamber 21 into the clean chamber 22. For avoiding that contaminants can escape through a clean outlet 18 from the fuel filter 10 and damage components downstream, a clean medium 26 is provided that retains such contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Sonia Lorente, Michael Wolf, Guenter Jokschas, Horst Croissant