Abstract: Auto-traction electric motor comprising: a stator that is adapted to generate a rotating magnetic field when travelled by an electric current; and a rotor, which is accommodated in axially rotatable manner and with clearance in the stator so as to be driven into rotation by the latter about its longitudinal axis, and in turn comprising: a central core, which extends coaxial to said longitudinal axis and is capable of rotating about said longitudinal axis; a series of permanent magnets that are distributed along the periphery of said central core, so as to create a radial magnetic field; and a series of supplementary electric coils, which are distributed on the periphery of said central core so as to be interspersed between said permanent magnets, and are oriented so that each supplementary electric coil generates, when travelled by an electric current, a tangential magnetic field.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle comprising an electronic control unit and a sensory system adapted to detect an obstacle is disclosed. The sensory system generates a first informative datum related to a distance of the vehicle from the obstacle at a first time instant and a second informative datum related to the height of the obstacle. The electronic control unit verifies that the obstacle height complies with a safety criterion as a function of the second informative datum, determines the space travelled by the vehicle between the first time instant and a second time instant as a function of the first informative datum when the obstacle height does not comply with the safety criterion, and controls a braking system and/or signalling system of the vehicle on the basis of the first informative datum and of the determined space to limit the risk of collision with the obstacle.

Abstract: A shock absorber device for a motor vehicle includes a spring support, a spring, a damping device configured to exert a damping force, a control unit, an electric motor electrically connected to the control unit and controllable by the control unit through a power supply signal emitted by the control unit, such that the electric motor provides a torque or a force corresponding to the power supply signal, and conversion means configured to control the damping device turning the torque or force outputted into a further force corresponding to the torque or force outputted and exerted by means of the damping device, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a first control signal indicative of a target value for the further force and to provide the power supply signal as a function of the first control signal, such that the power supply signal corresponds to the target value for the further force, the control unit being coupled to the spring support in a fixed position relative to the spring support.

Abstract: A front frame assembly for a motor vehicle includes a suspension attachment structure comprising an attachment portion fixable to a bodywork cell defining a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, one or more attachment elements fixed with respect to the suspension attachment structure and configured to permit a coupling of a suspension of the motor vehicle to the attachment portion, and a steering box comprising a steering tie rod for steering a wheel hub of the motor vehicle, a tubular casing extending along a first straight axis, and a transmission element coupled to the steering tie rod and to the tubular casing in an axially movable manner along the first axis inside the casing, wherein the tubular casing is rigidly fixed to the suspension attachment structure.

Abstract: An electric actuator apparatus comprising: an electric motor, comprising in turn a stator and a rotor, which is configured to rotate about an axis according to the power transmitted by the stator; a control unit configured to control the electric motor via a feedback control; a position detection system configured to provide the control unit with an angular position of the rotor; a reading portion, which is integral to the rotor and provided with an encoded surface on which a plurality of codes that can be associated with the angular position of the rotor are fixed; an optical or laser sensor element, which is arranged integral to the stator and so as to point toward the encoded surface.

Abstract: A method to control an active shock absorber of a road vehicle. The active shock absorber is part of a suspension connecting a frame of the road vehicle to a hub of a wheel and has: a first element, which defines an end of the active shock absorber, a second element, which defines another end of the active shock absorber and is mounted so as to slide relative to the first element; and an actuator, which is configured to generate a force, which is applied between the two elements. The control method comprises the steps of: determining a vertical acceleration of the hub; determining a speed of translation between the two elements of the active shock absorber; determining a target force for the actuator of the active shock absorber based on the vertical acceleration of the hub and based on the speed of translation between the two elements of the active shock absorber; and controlling the actuator (10) of the active shock absorber so as to pursue the target force.

Abstract: A support for a rear-view mirror of a motor vehicle is described, comprising a first coupling surface and first fixing devices adapted to fix the first coupling surface to a fixing region of the motor vehicle. The support further comprises a second coupling surface and second fixing devices adapted to fix the second coupling surface to the rear-view mirror. The second coupling surface is angled relative to the first coupling surface.

Abstract: An apparatus with a dual-clutch gearbox for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise an input shaft, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a double clutch controllable to selectively connect one of the first and second shafts with the input shaft. The apparatus further comprises an output shaft and a plurality of engagement devices operable to selectively connect one of the first and second shafts with the output shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus with a dual-clutch gearbox for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise an input shaft, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a double clutch controllable to selectively connect one of the first and second shafts with the input shaft. The apparatus further comprises an output shaft and a plurality of engagement devices operable to selectively connect one of the first and second shafts with the output shaft.

Abstract: Road vehicle having a longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of travel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the road vehicle comprises a steering wheel inside the passenger compartment on the driver's side; a dashboard and a steering column on one side connected to the steering wheel and on the opposite side connected to the dashboard; wherein the dashboard comprises: a supporting plate behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and a first information display screen; a central information display screen along the transverse direction at the side of the supporting plate toward the passenger; wherein the plate and the central screen are integrated with each other in a single structure.

Abstract: A cleaning station for removing surface impurities from the surface of a cylindrical magnetic rotor having an axis; the cleaning station comprises: a seat for housing the magnetic rotor in a rotatable manner about its axis; a first pin having an axis parallel to the axis of the magnetic rotor when housed in the seat, wherein the first pin is rotatable about its axis and supports a roll of adhesive tape; a second pin having an axis parallel to the axis for the first pin; wherein the second pin receives an initial unwinding end of the roll of adhesive tape supported on the first pin and is rotatable about its axis to progressively wind the adhesive tape about its axis during unwinding from the first pin; a motorization for commanding the unwinding of the adhesive tape from the first pin and the winding of the adhesive tape on the second pin; a pusher device configured to press the adhesive tape as it passes from the first and to the second pin against the magnetic rotor housed in the seat so that by dragging, t

Abstract: A road vehicle comprising an electric or hybrid powertrain is disclosed. The road vehicle further comprises an electric-energy accumulator capable of storing electric energy to be supplied to the powertrain, a charging unit adapted to charge the electric-energy accumulator when the road vehicle is connected to an outer electric-energy source, and an electric connection interface which allows the charging unit to be connected to the outer electric-energy source. The electric connection interface comprises an upper frame or panel located on or in the vehicle body and delimits an opening, and a socket-holding body which supports recharge electric sockets and is capable of moving under the upper frame or panel so as to be able to place any one of the recharge electric sockets in front of the opening of the upper frame or panel so that the recharge electric socket is accessible from the outside through the opening.

Abstract: A car has a support frame defining at least part of a lower floor of the car, a passenger compartment projecting upwards from the lower floor, and a head-on bumper, which is coupled to the support frame, and has at least one spoiler, a rear buffer mounted behind the spoiler, and a front closing shell mounted in front of the spoiler; the closing shell having a thickness, which is smaller than a thickness of the spoiler and smaller than a thickness of the rear buffer.

Abstract: A vehicle having: at least one electric drive system; a battery; a passenger compartment; an air conditioning system to air-condition the passenger compartment and provided with at least one heat exchanger; a first thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the drive system; a second thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the battery; a third thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the heat exchanger; an electric heater, which is arranged along the third thermoregulation circuit and can be operated in order to heat the fluid flowing in the third thermoregulation circuit; and at least one solenoid valve movable between an isolation position, in which the fluid flowing through the first thermoregulation circuit does not flow through the third thermoregulation circuit, and a connection position, in which the fluid flowing through the first thermoregulation circuit also flows through the third thermoregulation circuit.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by the activation device.