Patents Assigned to FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.
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Patent number: 10815834Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system has at least one working medium, in particular a combustible working medium, and a working medium circuit with at least one evaporator, a pump, and at least one expansion machine to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AVL LIST GMBH, FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A., IVECO S.P.A.Inventors: Michael Glensvig, Susanne Mahler, Markus Thaler
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Patent number: 10788080Abstract: A dog clutch comprising a sleeve and a relative crown with respective teeth conformed for engaging each one alternatively to the others wherein, during operation a pulling side for said teeth is defined, that identifies a surface through which the torque is transferred, and wherein, the teeth pulling side or at least the crown and/or the sleeve is conformed so that the relative tooth is tapered from a relative base towards a relative vertex, wherein said pulling side comprises at least three portions of which a first portion is adjacent to said base and a third portion is adjacent to said vertex following a rectilinear path and being approximately parallel to generating line of said crown or sleeve, and having a second portion adjoining said first portion with said third portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.p.A.Inventors: Alex Marcello, Alessandro Mantovan
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Patent number: 10788005Abstract: System for controlling an internal combustion engine, the system comprising stop means to stop automatically an internal combustion engine according to a predefined operating condition of the internal combustion engine, verification and/or restoration means to verify or to restore a first component of the internal combustion engine, learning means to learn a control variable of a second component of the internal combustion engine, inhibition means of the stop means to prevent/ignore an engine stop, wherein only the verification and/or restoration means, when activated, are suitable to cause an activation of the inhibition means, and wherein the learning means are enabled to activate only when the verification and/or restoration means are active.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.p.A.Inventors: Alberto Pettigiani, Agostino Gnasso, Damiano Bussei, Orazio Fiume
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Method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine
Patent number: 10677678Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system (5) of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system (5) has at least one combustible working medium, a working medium circuit (6) with at least one EGR evaporator (7), a pump (8), and at least one expansion machine (9). The aim of the invention is to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the EGR evaporator (7) of a heat recovery system (5) in the simplest manner possible. This is achieved in that the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the overrun mode, the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is ascertained and compared with a defined lower threshold, and if the lower threshold is undershot, a leakage in the EGR evaporator (7) is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: AVL List GmbH, Iveco S.P.A., FPT Industrial S.P.A.Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Gerald Gradwohl, Helmut Altendorfer, Fabio Cococcetta, Thomas Eckhardt -
Patent number: 10661875Abstract: Hybrid boat comprising an internal combustion engine provided with a reversing device to allow at least one condition of forward movement and one of reverse movement of the boat, transmission means connected between said reversing device and a propeller or impeller, wherein said transmission means comprise a transfer box having a first inlet, a second inlet and a single outlet, and a first drive shaft interposed between said reversing device and said first inlet and a second drive shaft interposed between said single outlet and said propeller or impeller, and an electric motor operatively connected with said second inlet, wherein said transfer box comprises means for selectively connecting said internal combustion engine and/or said electric motor with said single outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Francesco Bellio, Massimiliano Modica, Roberto Rossi, Alessandro Bernardini
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Publication number: 20190242274Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system has at least one working medium, in particular a combustible working medium, and a working medium circuit with at least one evaporator, a pump, and at least one expansion machine to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicants: AVL LIST GMBH, FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A., IVECO S.P.A.Inventors: Michael Glensvig, Susanne Mahler, Markus Thaler
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Publication number: 20190211771Abstract: A method for controlling a delivery of driving torque of an engine of an agricultural tractor comprising a first step of monitoring a speed of said engine, and when said speed is stable, comprising a second step of maintaining it subsequently stable by compensating a load variation applied to the engine. The invention also concerns a fuel injection system implementing the above method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Salvatore Musumeci, Simon Porter
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Method for Detecting an Unsealed Location in a Heat Recovery System of an Internal Combustion Engine
Publication number: 20180252609Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system (5) of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system (5) has at least one combustible working medium, a working medium circuit (6) with at least one EGR evaporator (7), a pump (8), and at least one expansion machine (9). The aim of the invention is to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the EGR evaporator (7) of a heat recovery system (5) in the simplest manner possible. This is achieved in that the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the overrun mode, the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is ascertained and compared with a defined lower threshold, and if the lower threshold is undershot, a leakage in the EGR evaporator (7) is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: AVL LIST GMBH, IVECO S.P.A., FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Gerald Gradwohl, Helmut Altendorfer, Fabio Cococcetta, Thomas Eckhardt -
Patent number: 10054040Abstract: System for protecting a turbo-supercharging unit (T, C), in particular for preventing a respective damage when a pressure of a respective lubrication oil is insufficient, comprising first bypass means (OV, GB) of exhaust gas, controlled as a function of a pressure of the lubricating oil of the turbo-supercharging unit (T, C), in order to allow to at least a part of the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine (T) when the pressure is below a first predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Michele Lafiandra, Enrico Sticchi
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Publication number: 20180202311Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a waste-heat utilization system (20) for a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine (10) by means of a drive train (13), wherein the waste-heat utilization system (20) has at least one expander (22), at least one evaporator (21), and at least one pump (24) for an operating medium, in particular ethanol. At least the evaporator (21) is arranged in the region of the exhaust gas system (11) of the internal combustion engine (10). The expander (22), which can be operated in several operating modes, performs work in at least one operating mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: AVL LIST GMBH, IVECO S.P.A., FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Oswald Lackner, Gerald Gradwohl, Fabio Cococcetta, Ivan CALAON, Michael GLENSVIG
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Patent number: 10024159Abstract: A method for detecting a leaking point in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, wherein the heat recovery system includes a combustible working medium and a working medium circuit with an evaporator, a pump and an expansion machine. The recirculated exhaust gas of the engine flows through or around the evaporator which is arranged in an exhaust-gas return line. At least one oxidation catalytic converter is arranged in an exhaust gas line of the engine. A first temperature sensor is arranged in the exhaust gas line upstream and a second exhaust gas temperature sensor is arranged downstream of the oxidation catalytic converter. Temperatures of the exhaust gas are measured with these temperature sensors during operation of the engine in the exhaust gas line upstream and downstream of the oxidation catalytic converter.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: AVL List GmbH, FPT Industrial S.P.A., Iveco S.P.A.Inventors: Michael Glensvig, Markus Thaler, Susanne Mahler
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Publication number: 20180016901Abstract: Temperatures of exhaust gas upstream and downstream of an oxidation catalytic converter in an exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine are measured and the differences analyzed to detect a leakage in the EGR evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicants: AVL LIST GMBH, FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A., IVECO S.P.A.Inventors: MICHAEL GLENSVIG, Markus Thaler, Susanne Mahler
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Patent number: 9856814Abstract: A system for detecting a leakage/failure in in an intake line of an internal combustion engine comprising an intake line (IL) and an exhaust line (EL), means (HFM) for measuring or for estimating a quantity of fresh air ({dot over (m)}HFM) entering said intake line (IL), means for measuring or for estimating a quantity of fuel ({dot over (m)}FUEL) injected in the engine (E), measurement or estimation means (? and/or NOx), on the exhaust line, adapted to provide a first value (?measured) of an air/fuel ratio introduced in the internal combustion engine (E), the system comprising processing means (ECU) adapted to calculate a second value (?exp) of said air/fuel ratio, calculated on the basis of the measured and estimated quantities of fresh air ({dot over (m)}HFM) and fuel ({dot over (m)}FUEL) to calculate an error (?err) between the first and the second value (?measured??exp) and to detect a condition of leakage/failure if said error is outside a predefined interval [?err?, ?err+] containing the value zero.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Fabio Odello, Salvatore Musumeci, Francesco Dell'Unto
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Patent number: 9803521Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling a piston cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine wherein said circuit comprises at least a circulation pump and means for emitting cooling oil connected to the delivery of the pump. According to the method, said pistons are cooled by a jet generated by said emitting means only during the upward stroke of said pistons from the bottom dead center to the top dead center.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventor: Clino D'Epiro
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Patent number: 9725150Abstract: System for aiding the planing of a planing boat comprising a hull, having a critical transition speed from a displacement sailing and a planing sailing and at least an internal combustion engine comprising means for transmitting an engine displaced power to the water; transmission means defining a gear ratio and identifying a critical speed of rotation of the engine corresponding to the critical speed of the hull; the system comprises a centrifugal supercharger, for supercharging said internal combustion engine, activated by speed multiplying means to be operating in a predetermined interval of speeds of the at least an internal combustion engine including said critical engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Fabio Buzzi, Enzo Pierro
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Patent number: 9689287Abstract: Bypass valve for a lubrication circuit of an internal combustion engine equipped with a cooler of a respective lubricating fluid, the valve comprising a tubular body, a first outlet opening, a second outlet opening and a movable shutter slidingly associated to the tubular body so as to define a slide valve, wherein the valve comprises a bypass duct having development parallel to said development axis and partially penetrating in the tubular body to bypass said shutter.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventor: Dario Lauria
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Patent number: 9463689Abstract: Hydraulic motor integrated in a vehicular wheel comprising a hub having a cylindrical symmetry supported by a articulated stub axle and defining a development axis of the hub and of the hydraulic motor, a motor body, rotatably integral with the articulated stub axle, having an annular shape and being equipped with radial pistons, a ring nut integral with a hub and wherein said radial pistons act, an hydraulic oil distributor, wherein the hydraulic oil distributor is housed in the hub.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Emanuele Colacito, Edoardo Curti, Massimo Melluso, Giorgio Rossia
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Patent number: 9341103Abstract: The present invention refers to a device (1) for water circulation in a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine (3). The device comprises a pump and a suction chamber (8) which develop in a circular way around the axis of the pump impeller. The device comprises also a water manifold (50) that can be connected to the outlet of a radiator (40) of said cooling circuit. The device comprises a first duct (5) connected to the manifold and a first opening (5?) which defines an axial inlet for said first flow in said chamber (8). The device comprises also a second duct (6) connected to the manifold (50) and to the suction chamber (8?) by means of a second opening (6?). The latter defines a tangential intake for water, so that it is subject to a rotation around the axis of the impeller. The device further comprises flow rate partition means (9) suitable to vary the flow rate of the water circulating in both ducts (5,6) as a function of the operating conditions of said engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventor: Clino D'Epiro
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Publication number: 20150204231Abstract: A system for pressurizing a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbocompressor unit. The turbocompressor has a turbine arranged on an exhaust line of the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine and a compressor arranged on the intake line internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine comprises a cooling circuit comprising an expansion tank connected, by a pneumatic pipe, to a point of the intake line downstream of the compressor. The pneumatic pipe comprises a mechanical valve, adapted to open and to close said pneumatic pipe in relation to a differential pressure between a point upstream and a point downstream of the mechanical valve itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: FPT Industrial S.p.A.Inventors: Giancarlo Dellora, Luca Greco, Diego Voglione
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Patent number: 8919098Abstract: In a diesel engine equipped with a system for automatic regeneration of a particulate filter, an automatic regeneration mode is inhibited in the case where there is recorded a number higher than a pre-set threshold of unfavorable event. When the automatic regeneration mode is inhibited, an on-demand regeneration mode is simultaneously enabled, which can be activated manually by the driver. If an on-demand regeneration is not performed before the vehicle has covered a certain mileage since the automatic regeneration mode was inhibited, the vehicle is set in a condition of limited performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignees: Fiat Powertrain Technologies S.p.A., FPT Industrial S.p.A.Inventors: Enrico Barucchi, Giovanni Cerciello, Danilo Garombo, Paola Baratta, Bruno Aimar