Patents by Inventor Filippo Para

Filippo Para 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).

  • Torque control method of a road vehicle
    Patent number: 8135517
    Abstract: A control method of the torque of a road vehicle having a powertrain system provided with an engine and a driveline which transmits the torque generated by the engine to the road surface; the method contemplates the steps of: determining a target torque; modeling the powertrain system as a single physical component which presents a characteristic mechanical inertia and a characteristic torsional elasticity; determining a current load torque of the vehicle; determining a target torsion of the powertrain system according to the target torque and the current load torque; determining a current torsion of the powertrain system and a current torsion speed of the powertrain system; determining a requested torque on the basis of the energy balance according to the target torsion, the current torsion, the current torsion speed, and the current load torque; and using the requested torque on the basis of the energy balance to control the torque generation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.
    Inventors: Savino Luigi Lupo, Gabriele Serra, Filippo Para
  • TORGUE CONTROL METHOD OF A ROAD VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20090093937
    Abstract: A control method of the torque of a road vehicle having a powertrain system provided with an engine and a driveline which transmits the torque generated by the engine to the road surface; the method contemplates the steps of: determining a target torque; modeling the powertrain system as a single physical component which presents a characteristic mechanical inertia and a characteristic torsional elasticity; determining a current load torque of the vehicle; determining a target torsion of the powertrain system according to the target torque and the current load torque; determining a current torsion of the powertrain system and a current torsion speed of the powertrain system; determining a requested torque on the basis of the energy balance according to the target torsion, the current torsion, the current torsion speed, and the current load torque; and using the requested torque on the basis of the energy balance to control the torque generation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A
    Inventors: Savino Luigi Lupo, Gabriele Serra, Filippo Para