Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Favaretto

Fabrizio Favaretto 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: 20200023734
    Abstract: A motor module for modularly making a front and/or rear electric axle, comprising an electric motor generator and a gear train enclosed in a gearbox case permanently fixed to a stator of said electric motor-generator, the module having an L-shape. Electric axle comprising a pair of L-shaped modules for making a T-shaped front electric axle and a U-shaped rear electric axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Francesco CROTTI, Renaud MARLIER, Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20200001872
    Abstract: High-performance road vehicle having: a plurality of replaceable or removable components; a control unit that supervises the operation of the road vehicle; at least one electronic identification device, which is fitted on a corresponding component, has a memory designed to contain at least one unique identifying code of the component and has a first transmission organ designed to send the data contained in the memory; and a second transmission organ designed to communicate with the first transmission organ and connected to the control unit to allow the control unit to interact with the electronic identification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190389426
    Abstract: High-performance road vehicle having: a plurality of replaceable or removable components; a control unit, which controls the operation of the road vehicle; at least one electronic identification device, which is fitted on a corresponding component, has a memory designed to contain at least one unique identifying code of the component and has a first transmission organ designed to send the data contained in the memory; and a second transmission organ, designed to communicate with the first transmission organ and connected to the control unit to allow the control unit to read the univocal identifying code of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190389310
    Abstract: A road vehicle with an electric drive comprising: at least one pair of drive wheels; a reversible electric machine, which can be connected to the drive wheels; an electronic power converter, which controls the electric machine; an electric energy storage system, which is connected to the electronic power converter; first power wirings comprising at least two first electric wires, which connect the electric machine to the electronic power converter; and second power wirings comprising at least two second electric wires, which connect the electronic power converter to the storage system; and a cooling system, which is thermally coupled to at least one power wiring in order to remove heat from the power wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190390913
    Abstract: A road vehicle having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an engine, which transmits the motion to drive wheels; and a cooling system, which is connected to the engine. The cooling system has: a cooling circuit where a cooling liquid flows; two first radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a first “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a right side of the road vehicle; and two second radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a second “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a left side of the road vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio FAVARETTO, Francesco CROTTI
  • Publication number: 20190375464
    Abstract: Sports car comprising a cockpit equipped with a windscreen that delimits the cockpit, the windscreen being supported by a peripheral frame made of high-resistance material comprising an upper crossbeam at the top, a lower crossbeam at the bottom and a pair of side uprights connecting said upper and lower crossbeams, the windscreen comprising a front central upright arranged between said front side uprights to connect said upper and lower crossbeams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190375269
    Abstract: A sports car provided with a conditioning system comprising a conditioning device for treating environmental air, an internal channel for delivering conditioned air generated by said conditioning device throughout a vehicle cockpit, wherein said conditioning device is arranged at the rear of said vehicle cockpit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190329651
    Abstract: Method for controlling a car, in particular a sports car, provided with a relative power train, relative braking devices and relative steering means, the method being based on a joystick comprising a lever, arranged in the car to identify a forward tilt and a backward tilt parallel to a longitudinal development of the car for interacting with said power train and with said braking devices, and two side tilts to the left and to the right for interacting with said steering means so as to determine a trajectory of the car, wherein the method, according to a first operating condition, comprises a first step of respectively associating said forward tilt and said backward tilt with a proportional forward and backward acceleration of the car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Fabrizio FAVARETTO
  • Publication number: 20190305395
    Abstract: Battery module for an electrical storage system for an electric drive vehicle; wherein the battery module includes: a set of parallel cylindrical chemical batteries arranged side by side, at least two conductive plates arranged on said opposite sides and welded to the corresponding opposite terminals of said set of batteries, at least one refrigerated wall set adherent to one of said at least two conductive plates, at least one pad sandwiched between said at least one refrigerated wall and said at least one respective conductive plate, in which said pad is made of an electrically insulating and thermally conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio FAVARETTO, Andrea PEZZATI
  • Patent number: 10305075
    Abstract: A battery module for a system for the storage of electrical energy for an electric drive vehicle. The battery module has: a group of chemical batteries arranged parallel to and beside one another; at least two connection plates which rest against opposite ends of the group of chemical batteries so as to electrically connect the poles of the chemical batteries to one another; two support bodies coupled to opposite ends of the group of chemical batteries so as to provide the chemical batteries with a stable mechanical support; two lids, which are coupled to the support bodies so as to create respective collecting chambers having at least one draining opening; and at least two tie rods, which are arranged on opposite sides of the battery module and tie together the lids and the support bodies in a packed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Publication number: 20180202353
    Abstract: A method to control an electrically-operated turbocharger in a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein the turbocharger has: a turbine, which is inserted in an exhaust duct to rotate under the thrust of the exhaust gases and operates an electric generator, and a compressor, which is mechanically independent of the turbine, is inserted in an intake duct to increase the air pressure and is operated by an electric engine; wherein the control method comprises the steps of: establishing when the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine needs to be increased; and reducing the mechanical power actually absorbed by the electric generator relative to the available mechanical power to increase the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 10003051
    Abstract: A system for the storage of electric energy for a vehicle with electric propulsion, which presents a longitudinal direction, which is parallel to the direction of the rectilinear motion, and a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the storage system is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and comprise respective electrochemical cells; each chemical battery has a cylindrical shape having a central symmetry axis; and a support matrix made of plastic material is provided, inside which the chemical batteries are embedded so that the chemical batteries are completely covered by the support matrix itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 9895981
    Abstract: An electric power system of a vehicle with electric propulsion having: an electric machine; a storage system provided with two chemical battery packs electrically separated from each other; an electronic DC/AC power converter, which exchanges electric energy with the storage system and controls the electric machine; a pair of electronic DC/DC power converters, each of which increases the voltage and has a low-voltage side, which is electrically connected only and exclusively to a corresponding chemical battery, and a high-voltage side, which is connected to the electronic DC/AC power converter in parallel to the high-voltage side of the other electronic DC/DC power converter; and a common container, which houses the storage system and the electronic power converters therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Cimatti, Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 9893339
    Abstract: A system for the storage of electric energy for a vehicle with electric propulsion; the storage system is provided with: a pack of chemical batteries, each of which has a cylindrical shape having a central symmetry axis and presents, at one end, a positive pole and, at an opposite end, a negative pole; the batteries are arranged in at least one row, in which all the chemical batteries of the row are parallel to each other and are arranged one next to the other with a predetermined pitch; and with a plurality of electrical connection elements for connecting the poles of the chemical batteries of a same row, so as to create groups of chemical batteries, in which the chemical batteries are connected to each other in parallel, and so as to connect the groups of chemical batteries to each other in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Publication number: 20180006282
    Abstract: A battery module for a system for the storage of electrical energy for an electric drive vehicle. The battery module has: a group of chemical batteries arranged parallel to and beside one another; at least two connection plates which rest against opposite ends of the group of chemical batteries so as to electrically connect the poles of the chemical batteries to one another; two support bodies coupled to opposite ends of the group of chemical batteries so as to provide the chemical batteries with a stable mechanical support; two lids, which are coupled to the support bodies so as to create respective collecting chambers having at least one draining opening; and at least two tie rods, which are arranged on opposite sides of the battery module and tie together the lids and the support bodies in a packed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 9397324
    Abstract: A system for the storage of electrical energy for a vehicle with electric propulsion; the storage system presents: at least one group of chemical batteries, which are arranged aligned with one another and each of which presents an upper wall, which is provided with a pair of electrical terminals and with a safety valve, and a lower wall, which is parallel and opposite to the upper wall; a container, which houses the group of chemical batteries; a relief duct, which rests against the upper walls of the chemical batteries and presents, for each safety valve, a corresponding opening, which is coupled to the safety valve; and a cooling element, which is parallel and opposite to the relief duct and rests against the lower walls of the chemical batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Publication number: 20150360573
    Abstract: An electric power system of a vehicle with electric propulsion having: an electric machine; a storage system provided with two chemical battery packs electrically separated from each other; an electronic DC/AC power converter, which exchanges electric energy with the storage system and controls the electric machine; a pair of electronic DC/DC power converters, each of which increases the voltage and has a low-voltage side, which is electrically connected only and exclusively to a corresponding chemical battery, and a high-voltage side, which is connected to the electronic DC/AC power converter in parallel to the high-voltage side of the other electronic DC/DC power converter; and a common container, which houses the storage system and the electronic power converters therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: FRANCO CIMATTI, FABRIZIO FAVARETTO
  • Patent number: 9188060
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having two cylinders, which are arranged in “V” configuration and accommodate respective pistons, and a first balancing body, which is fixed to a crankshaft at a first piston so that the first order reciprocating inertial forces of the first piston lie on a first straight line forming a first inclination angle which is not zero with the first cylinder; the combination of an angle between the cylinders with the first inclination angle is such that the first straight line on which the first order reciprocating inertial forces generated by the first piston lies is parallel to a second straight line on which the first order reciprocating inertial forces generated by the reciprocating motion of a second piston lie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 9115642
    Abstract: A turbocharger for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the turbocharger has: a turbine, which is provided with a shaft mounted in a rotatory manner; a compressor, which is provided with a shaft mounted in a rotatory manner and is mechanically independent from the shaft of the turbine; and a single electrical machine, which is interposed between the turbine and the compressor, and is provided with a first rotor, which is mechanically connected to the shaft of the turbine, and with a second rotor which is mechanically connected to the shaft of the compressor to work as an electromagnetic joint between the shaft of the turbine and the shaft of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 9102222
    Abstract: A vehicle with electric propulsion, having: a floor which makes up a bottom wall of the compartment and is provided with a bottom panel beneath which there is the external environment; a motor propulsion system provided with at least one electric machine; and a system for the storage of electric energy which lies on the bottom panel and is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and have respective electrochemical cells; the support panel has, for each chemical battery, a corresponding through hole which makes up a corresponding evacuation opening; and each chemical battery is provided with an outlet duct, which connects a safety valve of the chemical battery to the corresponding evacuation opening obtained through the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto