Abstract: A turbocharger for road vehicles has a turbine provided with a first impeller engaged in a first containing casing in a rotary manner, a compressor provided with a second impeller engaged in a second containing casing in a rotary manner, and a transmission shaft coupled to the impellers of the turbine and the compressor in an angularly fixed manner and engaged in a rotary manner through at least one support bearing; the impeller of the compressor being axially limited by an end face facing the second containing casing and provided with at least one tooth configured to generate a pressure drop in an air flow fed between the impeller and the containing casing of the compressor.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising a sound emitting instrument for emitting sound comprising an aerophone instrument is disclosed. The aerophone instrument is arranged so as to be constantly invested by an aerodynamic flow corresponding to a forward motion of the motor vehicle, whereby the aerophone instrument is configured to emit at least part of said sound passively through the aerodynamic flow, and an active device configured to actively control at least one property of the sound, characterized by comprising a control apparatus, in turn comprising a mapping to associate a speed of the motor vehicle with a desired value of a variable corresponding to the property, the control apparatus being configured to determine the speed of the motor vehicle, and control the active device as a function of the desired value according to a control law to reduce a deviation between an actual value of the variable and the desired value.

Abstract: A vehicular battery pack comprising a floor configured to define, at least in part, a floor pan of a road vehicle; cylindrical electrochemical cells, electrically connected to each other and arranged on the inner surface of the floor; each of the cylindrical electrochemical cells comprises a lateral surface having a circular cross-section extending along an axis of symmetry; the floor of the support structure has an at least partially curved conformation, which deflects distancing itself from the ground along the longitudinal axis in a direction opposite a normal travel direction of the road vehicle; wherein said electrochemical cells are arranged with said respective lateral surface in contact with the inner surface of the floor.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with a first and a second wheel; a control member, which can be activated; a first and a second braking device, which can be operated by means of the control member; and a braking control system, which is connected to the control member and is provided with a first fluidic line and with a second fluidic line connected to the control member and to a first a first and a second chamber of the first braking device; a third fluidic line fluidically connected to one of the first and the second chamber; and a control valve, which can be moved between a first position, in which it connects the third fluidic line to the second fluidic line and isolates the second fluidic line from the second chamber; and a second position, in which it isolates the third fluidic line from the second fluidic line and connects the second fluidic line to the second chamber; and a control unit programmed to acquire an operating state of the control member and a plurality of operating parameters of the motor vehicle and to m

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle and having: a cushion, which is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle and is provided with a bearing structure, which is elastically yielding and has a net-like conformation, and with an upholstery, which covers the bearing structure; a diffuser, which at least partially engages a front wall of the bearing structure of the cushion and can be connected to a conditioned air supply duct in order to introduce conditioned air into the bearing structure of the cushion; and at least one insulating element, which is arranged along a lower wall and/or a side wall of the bearing structure of the cushion and is impermeable to air in order to prevent air from flowing out.

Abstract: A method to adjust a first temperature of an element of a motor vehicle to be interfaced with a passenger of the motor vehicle, comprising the steps of i) adjusting a second temperature on the inside of the motor vehicle based on a second temperature currently requested to an adjustment system for said second temperature; ii) detecting a third external temperature on the outside of a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle; iii) detecting a fourth current temperature on the inside of the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle; iv) detecting a current value of the first temperature of the element; v) processing a fifth temperature based on said first, fourth and fifth temperature; and vi) exchanging a quantity of heat with the element so as to adjust the first temperature; the quantity of heat depends on the fifth temperature.

Abstract: A steering system for a motor vehicle comprising a steering wheel capable of rotating about a first rotational axis, a sensory system adapted to detect a physical quantity associated with the angular position of the steering wheel about the first rotational axis, actuator devices adapted to rotate one or more wheels of the motor vehicle about respective steering axes, and an electronic control unit operatively connected to the sensory system and to the actuator devices is disclosed. The steering system further comprises a frame operatively connected to the motor vehicle, a body supported by the frame and capable of sliding with respect thereto parallel to the first rotational axis, and a steering shaft to which the steering wheel is fixed and which is supported by the body. The frame can rotate with respect to the motor vehicle about a second rotational axis which is transverse to the first rotational axis.

Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from the interior of the passenger compartment; a content display device; a first projection device, which is configured to project onto the first projection surface one or more contents; at least one first aesthetic surface, also configured so as to substantially correspond to said part of the exposed surface; a support element, pivotably mounted on the vehicle dashboard and on which at least the first projection surface and the first aesthetic surface are arranged around an axis of symmetry; a movement system configured to rotate of the support element between a first configuration and a second configuration.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising: a body defining a front and a rear, with reference to a normal forward driving direction of the motor vehicle; a first axle carried by the front and comprising, in turn, a first and a second front wheel, which can rotate around a first and a second axis, respectively; a second axle carried by the rear and comprising, in turn, a third and a fourth rear wheel, which can rotate around a third and a fourth axis, respectively; a first electric motor carried by the second axle; and a fifth longitudinal axis parallel to the normal forward driving direction; the first electric motor comprises, in turn, a first output shaft capable of rotating around a sixth axis orthogonal to the third and fourth axis and extends from the side of the rear relative to the third and fourth axis, moving parallel to the fifth axis.

Abstract: A road vehicle an active front suspension unit acting on the front wheels and/or an active rear suspension unit acting on the rear wheels; wherein the active front and/or rear suspension unit comprises: a first and a second rocker arm coupled to the frame from opposite sides along the pitch axis and rotatable around the corresponding pins; a first and a second suspension arm each having a first end coupled to the corresponding rocker arm on the wheel side and a second end coupled to the corresponding wheel; a preferably active rod damper of variable length having a first end coupled to one of the two rocker arms and a second end coupled to the other rocker arm; a crossbar bridging the two rocker arms; an electric motor acting directly on the bar to control the rotation of the bar and generate the coordinated rotation of the two rocker arms.