Patents by Inventor Gianni Francescutto

Gianni Francescutto 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: 9917439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a power supply module connected to a converter system, wherein said power supply module comprises a plurality of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy connected in series and said elements for producing electricity from renewable energy are assembled in groups, characterized in that the converter system comprises a plurality of regulator circuits, each regulator circuit being connected to a group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy so that each group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy can be controlled separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Belenos Clean Power Holding AG
    Inventors: Gianni Francescutto, Antoine Toth, Alexandre Closset
  • Patent number: 9660697
    Abstract: A gateway module for an electrical power grid, the gateway module configured to receive a power signal including a modulated component for conveying information from an electrical module producing electricity, and to process the power signal to provide a compatible signal to the electrical power grid. The gateway module includes a main unit including a control circuit controlling an interface to manage information from the modulated component of the power signal and a filtering circuit for filtering the modulated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Belenos Clean Power Holding AG
    Inventors: Gianni Francescutto, Mariano Fasano
  • Publication number: 20160072552
    Abstract: A gateway module for an electrical power grid, the gateway module configured to receive a power signal including a modulated component for conveying information from an electrical module producing electricity, and to process the power signal to provide a compatible signal to the electrical power grid. The gateway module includes a main unit including a control circuit controlling an interface to manage information from the modulated component of the power signal and a filtering circuit for filtering the modulated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: BELENOS CLEAN POWER HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Gianni FRANCESCUTTO, Mariano FASANO
  • Publication number: 20150028679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a power supply module connected to a converter system, wherein said power supply module comprises a plurality of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy connected in series and said elements for producing electricity from renewable energy are assembled in groups, characterised in that the converter system comprises a plurality of regulator circuits, each regulator circuit being connected to a group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy so that each group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy can be controlled separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Belenos Clean Power Holding AG
    Inventors: Gianni Francescutto, Antoine Toth, Alexandre Closset
  • Patent number: 5927416
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and operating method, wherein, given a pending change in the rotational speed of a combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle, provides for a battery, independently of the power to be transmitted to the driving wheels, to be so charged or discharged in a directed manner that the change in rotational speed is effected as swiftly as possible. With regard to fuel consumption, pollutant emission and/or care of the engine, optimal operating points are passed through. On the one hand in the case of a pending increase in power of the combustion engine, it is provided for the battery to be more heavily discharged or less heavily charged according to the initial situation, and in the case of a pending reduction in power, to be more heavily charged or less heavily discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: SMH Management Services AG
    Inventors: Luigi del Re, Gianni Francescutto, Patrick Theurillat, Robert Apter
  • Patent number: 5924505
    Abstract: The invention concerns a driving system for a hybrid-powered motor vehicle. It includes a generator set producing a direct current used by a driving set with an electric motor for driving at least one driving wheel of the vehicle. Using an accelerator, the driver gives a power set-point signal that is used by a first adjusting device which acts on the thermal engine, the generator, and the AC/DC converter of the generator set. A second adjusting device adjusts the power of the driving set as a slave of the generator set, according to the variations in the voltage of the supply circuit with respect to a desired voltage, without considering the signal from the accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: SMH Management Services AG
    Inventors: Patrick Theurillat, Gianni Francescutto, Robert Apter, Rene Jeanneret, Antoine Toth
  • Patent number: 5847520
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for adjusting the electric power distribution in a direct voltage supply circuit (2) in a motor vehicle, e.g. a hybrid-powered vehicle comprising an electric generator set (1) and one or several electric elements (3, 6, 7, 8) capable of consuming and/or producing power in the supply circuit, one of said electric elements being an electric driving set (3) capable of driving the driving wheels (4) of the vehicle.The power of the generator set is adjusted on the basis of a power demand given by the driver. One (3, 7) of said electric elements is defined as a power balancing element. A desired voltage (U.sub.0c) of the supply circuit is determined, the effective voltage (U.sub.0) of said circuit is continuously monitored, and the power of the balancing element is adjusted so as to maintain the effective voltage at the level of the desired voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: SMH Management Services AG
    Inventors: Patrick Theurillat, Gianni Francescutto, Robert Apter