Patents by Inventor Stefano Musolesi

Stefano Musolesi 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: 7815167
    Abstract: A valve for adjusting the air flow rate in an internal combustion engine; the valve presents: a valve body; a cylindrical tubular pipe obtained within the valve body and in which an air introduction channel is defined; a valve seat obtained along the air introduction channel of the tubular pipe; an actuation system; a shutter, mobile under the bias of the actuation system; and a connection flange, which is integral with a first end of the tubular pipe and presents a plurality of through holes which are crossed in use by corresponding fastening screws for rigidly fixing the valve body; the connection flange is provided with a lower plate and an upper plate, which are reciprocally parallel, facing and distanced and are arranged radially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe, and a number of ribs, which reciprocally connect the plates, are arranged perpendicularly to the plates, and are arranged axially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Colli, Nazario Bellato, Stefano Musolesi
  • Publication number: 20100049399
    Abstract: An acquisition system for detecting the angular position of a gas knob of a motorcycle; the acquisition system is provided with: a fixed supporting body; a mobile element, which is mounted mobile in the supporting body; a transmission device, mechanically connected to the gas knob and to the mobile element for transmitting the motion from the gas knob to the mobile element itself; and a main position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the mobile element for determining the angular position of the mobile element, and is designed to provide two mutually redundant measurements of the angular position of the mobile element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Giuseppe Gamberini, Claudio Grossi, Roberto Piciotti, Maurizio Fiorentini, Massimo Zanotti, Loris Lambertini, Stefano Musolesi
  • Publication number: 20080217566
    Abstract: A valve for adjusting the air flow rate in an internal combustion engine; the valve presents: a valve body; a cylindrical tubular pipe obtained within the valve body and in which an air introduction channel is defined; a valve seat obtained along the air introduction channel of the tubular pipe; an actuation system; a shutter, mobile under the bias of the actuation system; and a connection flange, which is integral with a first end of the tubular pipe and presents a plurality of through holes which are crossed in use by corresponding fastening screws for rigidly fixing the valve body; the connection flange is provided with a lower plate and an upper plate, which are reciprocally parallel, facing and distanced and are arranged radially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe, and a number of ribs, which reciprocally connect the plates, are arranged perpendicularly to the plates, and are arranged axially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Marcello Colli, Nazario Bellato, Stefano Musolesi
  • Patent number: 7387106
    Abstract: A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine, the throttle valve having: a valve seat; a throttle disk, which engages the valve seat and is rotated by an electric motor between an open position and a closed position; a gear transmission connecting the electric motor to a shaft of the throttle disk; a position sensor for determining the position of the throttle disk; a housing chamber housing the electric motor, the gear transmission, and the position sensor; and a rigid plate, which is housed inside the housing chamber, and supports a stator of the position sensor, electric terminals of an electric connector, and a connecting printed circuit which connects the stator of the position sensor and the electric motor electrically to the electric terminals of the electric connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Piciotti, Mario Marconi, Giorgio Ferretti, Claudio Fauni, Riccardo Nazzaro, Stefano Musolesi
  • Publication number: 20070266992
    Abstract: A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine, the throttle valve having: a valve seat; a throttle disk, which engages the valve seat and is rotated by an electric motor between an open position and a closed position; a gear transmission connecting the electric motor to a shaft of the throttle disk; a position sensor for determining the position of the throttle disk; a housing chamber housing the electric motor, the gear transmission, and the position sensor; and a rigid plate, which is housed inside the housing chamber, and supports a stator of the position sensor, electric terminals of an electric connector, and a connecting printed circuit which connects the stator of the position sensor and the electric motor electrically to the electric terminals of the electric connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Roberto Piciotti, Mario Marconi, Giorgio Ferretti, Claudio Fauni, Riccardo Nazzaro, Stefano Musolesi