Abstract: A spoiler (for a motor vehicle is described, comprising a support structure; an aerodynamic surface designed to interact, in use, with an air stream according to a first travel axis so as to generate an aerodynamic force, and constrained to the support structure; an elastically deformable plate constrained to the support structure; at least two airfoils defining said aerodynamic surface and each fixed to the plate; an actuator operatively connected to the plate and capable of being operated to determine the elastic deformation of the plate and consequently move the aerodynamic surface between a first configuration, in which the aerodynamic surface has a first angle of attack and a second configuration in which the aerodynamic surface has a second angle of attack different from said first angle of attack.

Abstract: A frame portion for a motor vehicle defines a passenger compartment and includes a door frame for attaching a side door. The door frame defines an access passage to allow side access to the passenger compartment and includes first and second pillars extending upwards from respective lower ends, with the first pillar being more forward than the second pillar according to a direction of advancement of the motor vehicle. A longitudinal beam is fixed to the first and second pillars at the lower ends and has a beam portion extending longitudinally between the lower ends. A through conduit extends longitudinally through the first pillar and the longitudinal beam with an inlet opening and an outlet opening respectively upstream and downstream of the beam portion according to a direction opposite to the direction of advancement of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a longitudinal axis, a window arranged transversally with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a hood extending, according to a first configuration, substantially as a longitudinal extension of an upper portion of the window, with the hood and the upper portion extending longitudinally in succession and flush with each other according to a profile that is continuous at at least one domain of the longitudinal axis between a first intermediate point of the hood and a second intermediate point of the upper portion. The hood comprises a hatch movable to define a second configuration of the hood with the hatch opening a compartment at least partially delimited by a lower portion of the window extending below the hatch in the first configuration of the hood. The motor vehicle further comprises at least one windscreen wiper with a wiper blade movable in a sliding manner.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a longitudinal axis, a window arranged transversally with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a hood substantially extending as a longitudinal extension of a portion of the window, with the hood and said portion extending longitudinally in succession and flush with each other according to a profile that is continuous in at least one domain of the longitudinal axis between a first intermediate point of the hood and a second intermediate point of said portion. The motor vehicle further comprises at least one windshield wiper with a wiper blade movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the wiper blade, in the first and second position, is entirely aligned above the hood and entirely in contact with the window, respectively.

Abstract: A control tower of a gearbox for road vehicles has an operating lever mounted so as to rotate around two rotation axes, which are transversal to one another and move between at least two pairs of gears and between the gears of each pair of gears; and a detection device to detect the angular position of the operating lever around the two rotation axes and to supply at least one electrical signal to an electronic control unit configured to detect the gear engaged by the operating lever and control the operation of the gearbox.

Abstract: A frame for a motor vehicle comprises a front frame portion including a wheel arch defining a wheel well for accommodating a wheel, a suspension attachment structure with attachment members for coupling a suspension at the wheel well, and a longitudinal absorption beam for absorbing frontal impact energy. The longitudinal absorption beam is fixed relative to the suspension attachment structure and extends cantilevered therefrom. The frame includes at least one conduit extending continuously through the longitudinal absorption beam and suspension attachment structure between an inlet opening on the longitudinal absorption beam and an outlet opening longitudinally downstream of the suspension attachment structure. This configuration provides an aerodynamic vent path that reduces pressure on the front of the frame while maintaining structural integrity.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprises a first conditioning circuit configured to cyclically circulate a first conditioning fluid along a first path in a closed loop, the first conditioning circuit comprising on the first path, a first heat exchanger configured to expose the first conditioning fluid to a first heat exchange with a second conditioning fluid external to the first conditioning circuit, and a second heat exchanger comprising a material confined in a closed thermodynamic system, arranged to make thermal contact with the first conditioning fluid and adapted to switch between a solid phase and a liquid phase only when a temperature of the first conditioning fluid in thermal contact with the material satisfies a relationship with a phase change threshold, thus resulting in a second heat exchange between the material and the first conditioning fluid based on a latent heat of the material.

Abstract: A car is provided with a support frame defining part of a lower floor of the car, with a passenger compartment projecting upwards from the lower floor, with a driving engine to move the car, and with an aerodynamic bottom, which is at least partly fixed to the support frame, defines part of the lower floor and has a fixed portion locked on the support frame and a movable portion locked on the driving engine and movable relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle is described, comprising a body defining a passenger compartment; a first circuit capable of being flown by a cooling fluid and comprising a first heat exchanger which can be supplied with the cooling fluid and adapted to allow the cooling fluid to release heat; a second circuit fluidly connected with the passenger compartment; the second circuit comprises an inlet, which can fluidly be connected to the passenger compartment and which can be supplied with an air stream to be cooled; and an outlet which can fluidly be connected to the passenger compartment and capable of being flown by the cooled air stream; a third circuit capable of being flown by a heat transfer fluid and thermally coupled with the first and second circuits; the first heat exchanger being interposed along the third circuit so as to cool the heat transfer fluid.

Abstract: A road vehicle is provided with a support frame defining at least part of a lower floor of the road vehicle, a passenger compartment, an outer body, and a roll-up photovoltaic panel movable between a retracted position, in which the photovoltaic panel is substantially arranged inside a housing chamber obtained on or inside the outer body, and an extracted position, in which the photovoltaic panel is substantially arranged outside the housing chamber and extends along at least part of the passenger compartment and/or the outer body.

Abstract: A hydrogen propelled motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a tank designed to be filled with hydrogen; a frame designed to support the tank; and a valve fixed to the frame and designed to selectively allow the tank to be filled with and emptied from hydrogen; the tank comprises a first portion fixed to the valve; a second portion free to deform as a result of the variation in pressure inside the tank; and a third portion; the motor vehicle comprises a containing element interposed between the third portion of the tank and the frame.

Abstract: A command device for a motor vehicle configured to select one or more functionalities of the motor vehicle to be controlled or activated. The command device includes a base configured to be fixed to a portion of the motor vehicle and comprising a guide and a movable selector. The movable selector is movable along the guide between at least a first position for selecting a first functionality of the motor vehicle and a second position for selecting a second functionality of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A moving assembly (for an airfoil of a car is described, comprising an airfoil comprising a first portion and a second portion; a support structure which can be fixed to the motor vehicle and with respect to which the airfoil is movable to vary its angle of attack with respect to the air; a first actuator articulated on the support structure; a first lever operatively connected to the second portion of the airfoil and to the first actuator; a second lever articulated on the support structure and on which the first portion of the airfoil is articulated; and a second actuator, which can be operated to determine the rotation of the second lever with respect to the support structure; the first actuator comprises a case and a piston telescopically coupled to one another according to a first axis; the first lever is articulated on the piston.

Abstract: A command device for a motor vehicle comprising a base configured to be fixed to a portion of the motor vehicle and comprising a guide. The command device also comprises a movable selector, which is movable along the guide and comprises, in turn, a stem and a knob, which is operatively connected to the stem. The knob comprises at least one selection device configured to receive, in use, an input from a user and to generate a corresponding signal indicative of said input. The command device further comprises an electronic control unit operatively connected to the selection device. The electronic control unit is configured to control at least one parameter associated with the motor vehicle based on said signal.

Abstract: An electric motor for automotive traction is disclosed. The electric motor comprises a stator provided with a plurality of electrical windings, a rotor which is accommodated in the stator, and an inner electric circuit which connects said electrical windings to an external terminal block so as to allow the passage of electric current to and from said electrical windings. The inner electric circuit comprises an annular body comprising a series of electrically-conductive annular flat-wires, which are arranged one above the other so as to form a tubular stack, a tubular jacket, which is made of electrically insulating material and encloses the stack of annular flat-wires within an annular wall, isolating the individual annular flat-wires from each other, and a series of electrically-conductive longitudinal rods that protrude from an axial end of the tubular jacket and extend inside the annular wall until they reach and electrically connect to respective annular flat-wires.

Abstract: An electric axle assembly for a motor vehicle includes an electric machine suitable for operating as a motor, an axle for transmitting a power delivered by the electric machine to wheels of the motor vehicle, a transducer configured to detect an error variable representative of one or more parameters identifying a first vibration caused by an operation as a motor of the electric machine controlled by a control input, and a control unit configured to acquire the error variable detected by the transducer, determine one or more variable parameters of an adaptive model to compute a correction input to be superposed to the control input to update the control input, determine the correction input using the adaptive model defined with the determined variable parameters, and control the electric machine with the updated control input by superposing the correction input to the control input.