Patents by Inventor Andrea NATTA

Andrea NATTA 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: 11912075
    Abstract: Tyre (1) comprising a monitoring device (10) comprising an electronic unit (11) comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver; an electric power supplier (12) having a housing body (50), a first pole (22) and a second pole (24); an electric circuit (18) for connecting the two poles (22, 24) to the electronic unit (11); a flexible support (13) on which the electronic unit is fixed (11), wherein the housing body (50) is fixed onto the flexible support (13) at a first face (23), wherein the monitoring device (10) comprises a tab (26) integral with the flexible support (13) and folded so that a portion (27) of the tab is fixed to a second face (25) of the housing body (50), and wherein the electric circuit (18) comprises a connecting track (28) extending along the tab (26) up to electrically contact the second pole (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Puppi, Andrea Natta, Ivan Gildo Boscaino, Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh
  • Publication number: 20240017573
    Abstract: Method (200), and related system (100), for monitoring a status of a tyre (99) fitted on a vehicle, the method (200) comprising: —in a first operative phase with the tyre (99) in a reference status: —during an advancement of the vehicle, acquiring (3) at least one first signal representative of a motion of a crown portion (31) of the tyre (99); —obtaining (4) a first frequency spectrum of the at least one first signal, the first frequency spectrum comprising a first plurality of peaks; —identifying (5) a first determined peak in the first plurality of peaks and determining a first frequency of the first determined peak; —in a second operative phase subsequent to the first operative phase: —during an advancement of said vehicle, acquiring (6) a second signal representative of the motion of the crown portion (31); —obtaining (7) a second frequency spectrum of the second signal, the second frequency spectrum comprising a second plurality of peaks; —identifying (8) a second determined peak in the second plurality
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renan OZELO RODRIGUES DE MELLO, Andrea NATTA, Massimiliano SALLUSTI, Marian PALKA
  • Publication number: 20240003780
    Abstract: Method (200), and related system (100), for monitoring a status of a tyre (99) fitted on a vehicle, the method (200) comprising: —with said vehicle in motion and said tyre in rotation, acquiring (3) a motion signal representative of a motion of a crown portion (31) of the tyre (99), the motion signal temporally corresponding to a plurality of turns of the tyre (99); —obtaining (4) a frequency spectrum of the motion signal; —determining (11) the status of the tyre (99) based the frequency spectrum, wherein the motion signal is representative of an axial component of the motion of the crown portion (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Diego SABATO, Renan OZELO RODRIGUES DE MELLO, Andrea NATTA, Massimiliano SALLUSTI, Dario SCALTRITTI
  • Patent number: 11780276
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tyre with a monitoring device fixed on an inner surface at a crown portion, wherein the monitoring device includes an electronic unit and an electric power supplier, wherein the electronic unit includes a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device includes a flexible support on which the electronic unit and the electric energy supplier are fixed, and wherein an acute angle (A) formed between a main development direction (L) of the flexible support and a direction of intersection of the equatorial plane of the tyre with the inner surface of the tyre is greater than or equal to 20° and lower than or equal to 70°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Puppi, Ivan Gildo Boscaino, Andrea Natta
  • Publication number: 20230001753
    Abstract: Tyre (1) for motor-cycles comprising a monitoring device (10) fixed onto the inner surface (2) of the tyre (1) at a crown portion (16), wherein the monitoring device (10) comprises a flexible support (13) in single body on which an electronic unit (11) and an electric power supplier (12) are fixed, wherein the electronic unit (11) comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea NATTA, Cristiano PUPPI, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO
  • Publication number: 20220055424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tyre (11) having an inner surface (111) and provided with at least one monitoring device (3) adhering to said inner surface (111), wherein said monitoring device (3) is made on a flexible support, and wherein the adhesion of said flexible support to said inner surface (111) is achieved through a decoupling element (4) interposed between said at least one monitoring device (3) and said inner surface (111) of the tyre (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano PUPPI, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO, Andrea NATTA, Luca GIANNINI, Pier Luigi DE CANCELLIS
  • Publication number: 20220016944
    Abstract: Tyre (1) comprising a monitoring device (10) comprising an electronic unit (11) comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver; an electric power supplier (12) having a housing body (50), a first pole (22) and a second pole (24); an electric circuit (18) for connecting the two poles (22, 24) to the electronic unit (11); a flexible support (13) on which the electronic unit is fixed (11), wherein the housing body (50) is fixed onto the flexible support (13) at a first face (23), wherein the monitoring device (10) comprises a tab (26) integral with the flexible support (13) and folded so that a portion (27) of the tab is fixed to a second face (25) of the housing body (50), and wherein the electric circuit (18) comprises a connecting track (28) extending along the tab (26) up to electrically contact the second pole (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano PUPPI, Andrea NATTA, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO, Jan-Eric Jack Martijn RUBINGH
  • Publication number: 20210339584
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on an inner surface at a crown portion, wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier, wherein the electronic unit comprises a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device comprises a flexible support on which the electronic unit and the electric energy supplier are fixed, and wherein an acute angle (A) formed between a main development direction (L) of the flexible support and a direction of intersection of the equatorial plane of the tyre with the inner surface of the tyre is greater than or equal to 20° and lower than or equal to 70°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano PUPPI, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO, Andrea NATTA
  • Publication number: 20210309057
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on the inner surface at a crown portion of the tyre, wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier electrically connected to the electronic unit, the electronic unit comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation, a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device comprises a flexible support in a single body, the electronic unit being fixed on the flexible support, wherein the electric power supplier comprises a plurality of electric energy accumulators electrically connected to the electronic unit for supplying the electronic unit, and wherein each accumulator is fixed onto the flexible support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano PUPPI, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO, Andrea NATTA
  • Publication number: 20210276374
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tyre with a monitoring device equipped with an electronic unit, an electric power supplier and an electrical connection between the electronic unit and the electric power supplier, wherein the electronic unit comprises a rigid printed circuits board on which a sensor is fixed to detect temperature, pressure and/or acceleration, a processing unit and a transceiver and wherein the electronic unit and the electric power supplier are both fixed on an inner surface of the tyre at the crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano PUPPI, Ivan Gildo BOSCAINO, Andrea NATTA, Marco SABATINI