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| 20090114180 | INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH INTEGRATED CANISTER CIRCUIT FOR A SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake manifold with integrated canister circuit for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: a tubular body in which a plenum is defined; a sorting chamber, which is obtained in a wall of the tubular body; a canister solenoid valve, which is arranged in the sorting chamber and is adapted to adjust the introduction of gasoline vapours into the sorting chamber itself; a first pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body, puts the sorting chamber into communication with the plenum, and defines a first branch of a recovery pipe; a one-way valve, which is arranged in the sorting chamber at the first pipe; and a second pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body, puts the sorting chamber into communication with the intake pipe upstream of a compressor, and defines an initial portion of a second branch of the recovery pipe. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090127484 | COMBINED ACTUATOR WITH RHEOLOGICAL CONTROL BRAKE - A combined actuator provided with: a mobile element; a driver for displacing the mobile element; and a rheological control brake, which is mechanically coupled to the mobile element to adjust the displacement of the mobile element; the rheological control brake has: two contiguous adjustment chambers; a rheological fluid contained in the two adjustment chambers; a sliding piston, which tightly separates the two adjustment chambers and is mechanically connected to the mobile element; at least one external connection pipe, which reciprocally connects the two adjustment chambers; and a driving device which is coupled to the external connection pipe so as to apply a variable electromagnetic field to the rheological fluid contained in the external connection pipe for varying the viscosity of the rheological fluid between a minimum value and a maximum value. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090133657 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDED WITH METALLIC REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS FOR FASTENING THE FUEL COMMON RAIL - An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine comprising an engine head in which there are obtained a number of cylinders; the intake manifold comprises a central body, wherein there are obtained an intake chamber which receives the intake air and a number of conduits each of which connects the chamber to a corresponding cylinder of the internal combustion engine; first passage through holes obtained in the central body for fastening the intake manifold to the engine head by means of first fastening screws screwed into the engine head; a common rail which receives the pressurized fuel and is connected to a number of injectors, each of which injects the fuel into a corresponding cylinder; second blank threaded fastening holes obtained in the central body for fastening the common rail to the central body itself by means of the second fastening screws screwed into the central body and, for each second fastening hole, a metallic reinforcement bracket, which presents a first assembly through hole arranged over and coaxially to a corresponding first fastening hole in order to be locked onto the central body by the corresponding first fastening screw and a second assembly through hole arranged over and coaxially to a corresponding second fastening hole in order to be locked onto the central body of the corresponding second fastening screw. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100018491 | SUCTION MANIFOLD WITH A PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR MECHANICALLY COUPLED TO A SHAFT OF A CHOKING DEVICE BY MEANS OF A RACK - A suction manifold for an internal combustion engine provided with a head in which a number of cylinders are obtained; the suction manifold displays: a body of the suction manifold in which a suction chamber, which receives fresh air from the external environment, and a number of suction pipes, each of which connects the suction chamber to a corresponding cylinder of the internal combustion engine, are defined and which ends with an outlet mouth; and a choking system for varying the geometry of the suction manifold and comprising, for each suction pipe, a corresponding choking valve provided with a choking element, which is arranged inside the suction pipe and is fitted to a shaft which is rotated about a rotation axis by an actuator device; the shaft of the choking system is provided with a toothed wheel arranged at one end of the shaft itself; and the actuator device displays a movable rod, which is linearly movable and provided with a rack which meshes with the toothed wheel of the shaft of the choking system. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100018496 | INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH A SWIRL SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake manifold with a swirl system for an internal combustion engine provided with a number of cylinders; the intake manifold has, for each cylinder, an intake pipe, which is adapted to connect the intake manifold to the cylinder and has, in turn, two reciprocally parallel channels; the swirl system is provided with: for each intake pipe, a choking valve, which is arranged inside a channel of the intake pipe and is adapted to vary the air introduction section through the channel; and a single actuator device, which simultaneously and synchronically displaces all the choking valves and is provided with a motor and a mechanical transmission system which transmits the motion from the motor to all the choking valves. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100218749 | Intake Manifold With Integrated Canister Circuit For A Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine - An intake manifold with integrated canister circuit for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: a tubular body in which a plenum is defined; a sorting chamber, which is obtained in a wall of the tubular body; a canister solenoid valve, which is arranged in the sorting chamber and is adapted to adjust the introduction of gasoline vapours into the sorting chamber itself; a first pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body, puts the sorting chamber into communication with the plenum, and defines a first branch of a recovery pipe; a second pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body and defines an initial portion of a second branch of the recovery pipe; a first one-way valve which is arranged in the sorting chamber in correspondence of the first pipe and allows, through the first pipe, only a flow towards the plenum; a second one-way valve which is arranged in the sorting chamber in correspondence of the second pipe and allows, through the second pipe, only a flow through the intake pipe. | 09-02-2010 |
