Abstract: Device for controlling the speed of a turbosupercharger in an internal-combustion engine comprising: a compressor, a turbine, a wastegate valve; the control device comprising: a calculating unit, which receives at input a set of parameters comprising a pre-set limit speed of rotation of the turbosupercharger, the air pressure measured at input to the compressor, and the mass flow rate of the compressor, and is designed to process the parameters for determining, through a predetermined map that characterizes operation of the compressor, a limit supercharging pressure correlated to the air pressure obtainable at output from the compressor in a condition of rotation of the turbine at a speed substantially equal to the preset limit speed of rotation; a comparison unit designed to verify whether a required objective supercharging pressure satisfies a preset relation with the calculated limit supercharging pressure; and a driving unit, which, in the case where the preset relation is satisfied, is designed to govern

Abstract: A fuel injector (1) having an injection valve (7) with a movable pin (15); and an actuator (5) for moving the pin (15) between a closed position and an open position; the actuator (5) has a movable armature (10), and an antirebound device (20) interposed between the movable armature (10) and the pin (15) to connect the movable armature (10) and the pin (15) mechanically; the antirebound device (20) has a deformable elastic plate (32; 45; 48) which is annular in shape, is connected centrally to the pin (15), and is connected laterally to the armature (10) to transmit at least the closing movement of the injection valve (7) from the armature 15 (10) to the pin (15).

Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle during regenerative deceleration, the method including: determining deceleration of the vehicle; upon determining deceleration of the vehicle, operating a reversible electric machine as a generator to regenerate part of the kinetic energy of the vehicle; establishing a respective minimum speed of an internal combustion engine for each gear of a servocontrolled mechanical power train; determining and engaging the highest gear which, combined with the current state of motion of the vehicle, runs the internal combustion engine at higher than the respective minimum speed; keeping the gear engaged as long as the internal combustion engine runs at higher than the respective minimum speed; and downshifting by one gear when the internal combustion engine runs at lower than the respective minimum speed.

Abstract: A method for determining fuel volatility and consequently performing cold starting of an internal combustion engine; in the event of cold starting, the method provides for the determination of an enrichment percentage as a function of a stored value for fuel volatility; the determination of a predicted value for starting quality before performing starting; the starting of the engine using the previously determined enrichment percentage; the determination of a measured value for starting quality; the determination of a correction value of the stored value for fuel volatility as a function of the comparison between the measured value for starting quality and the predicted value for starting quality; and the updating of the stored value for fuel volatility by applying the correction value to said stored value, so consequently modifying the amount of enrichment in force.

Abstract: Control method for an overpressure valve in a common-rail fuel supply system, the method including the phases of: delivering fuel under pressure, via a high-pressure pump, to a common rail equipped with the overpressure valve that is set to discharge the fuel present in the common rail into a discharge line when the fuel pressure inside the common rail exceeds a safety value; piloting, during a diagnostic test, the high-pressure pump to increase the fuel pressure inside the common rail beyond the safety value in order to trigger operation of the overpressure valve; determining, during the diagnostic test, the flow of the high-pressure pump and/or the fuel pressure inside the common rail; and comparing the flow of the high-pressure pump and/or the fuel pressure inside the common rail during the diagnostic test with respective threshold values.

Abstract: Method of acquisition and processing of an intake pressure signal in an internal combustion engine without an intake manifold; the internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder that receives fresh air through an intake duct, which is controlled by a butterfly valve and is provided with a pressure sensor connected to an electronic control unit. The acquisition and processing method provides for the following steps: measuring, via the pressure sensor, the instantaneous induction pressure at a plurality of different crank angles distributed over an engine cycle; storing, during each engine cycle, the instantaneous induction pressures in a fast acquisition buffer of the electronic control unit; and determining, at the end of each engine cycle, the mean induction pressure in the engine cycle by calculating a mean of the instantaneous induction pressures previously stored in the fast acquisition buffer of the electronic control unit.

Abstract: A control method of a fuel feeding system in a bi-fuel internal combustion engine; the feeding system presents: a least a first injector adapted to inject a first fuel type; a least a second injector adapted to inject a second fuel type; a common electronic control unit adapted to drive both injectors; and a switching device, which is controlled by the common electronic control unit and is adapted to electrically connect both injectors to the common electronic control unit by means of at least a first relay adapted to connect/disconnect the first injector to/from the common electronic control unit and by means of at least a second relay adapted to connect/disconnect the second injector to/from the common electronic control unit.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling a vehicle, according to which it is determined whether the vehicle is on a slope; it is detected whether the internal-combustion engine is turned on; it is detected whether the vehicle is stationary; a parking brake is activated automatically and independently of the action of the driver, by driving a respective servo control if the vehicle is on a slope, if the internal-combustion engine is turned on and if the vehicle is stationary; and the parking brake is disengaged automatically and independently of the action of the driver, by driving the corresponding servo control when the clutch is disengaged by a corresponding servo control for transmitting the torque generated by an internal-combustion engine of the vehicle to the driving wheels.

Abstract: Described herein is a variable-geometry intake manifold for an internal-combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: at least one intake pipe, which connects the intake manifold to at least one cylinder of the internal-combustion engine; a partialization device for varying the geometry of the intake manifold that has at least one partialization body, which is set inside the intake pipe and is provided with a shaft mounted so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation; and at least one angular-position sensor, which is designed to determine the angular position of the shaft about the axis of rotation and has a permanent magnet fixed on the shaft, and a reader, which is designed to read the orientation of the permanent magnet and is set on the outside of the intake pipe in the proximity of a wall of the intake pipe itself and in the proximity of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A fuel injector comprising: an injection valve provided with a mobile needle to regulate the fuel flow; an actuator adapted to shift the needle; an injection nozzle; a supporting body having a tubular shape and displaying a feeding channel; a sealing body provided with a valve seat of injection valve and comprising a disc-shaped capping element, which lowerly and fluid-tightly closes the feeding channel and is crossed by the injection nozzle, and a guiding element, which rises from the capping element, has a tubular shape, and accommodates the needle therein; an external fuel guiding channel defined between the feeding channel and the guiding element; a number of through feeding holes obtained in the lower part of the guiding element and leading towards valve seat; and a shutter head having an essentially spherical adjustment zone, which is integral with the needle, externally engages the guiding element.

Abstract: A fuel injector provided with an injection jet, an injection valve, the latter having a mobile plunger for regulating the flow of fuel through the injection jet, and an electromagnetic actuator, which is capable of displacing the plunger between a closed position and an open position of the injection valve and has a pair of electromagnets, each having a coil, a fixed magnetic armature, and a mobile armature; on the outer surface of a tubular supporting body of the injector, there are produced two annular slots, in each of which there is wound a corresponding coil of an electromagnet.

Abstract: A hydraulically servocontrolled transmission for a road vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine; the servocontrolled transmission displays: a servocontrolled mechanical gearbox operated by at least one first hydraulic actuator; a servocontrolled clutch operated by at least one second hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic circuit comprising a hydraulic accumulator, which contains pressurised control fluid which is used by the hydraulic actuators, and a pump, which is directly operated by the internal combustion engine to supply pressurised control fluid to the hydraulic accumulator; a park-lock device operatable to block the rotation of the driving wheels; and a control unit, which, when the internal combustion engine is turned off, uses the remaining pressure of the control fluid within the hydraulic accumulator to bring the servocontrolled mechanical gearbox in a neutral position.

Abstract: A method for controlling a power assisted propulsion system in a motor vehicle so as to perform a transition from a lower gear to a higher gear without interrupting a driving torque applied to driving wheels; the propulsion system displays an internal combustion engine provided with a drive shaft and a power assisted transmission comprising in turn: a power assisted mechanical gearbox provided with a primary shaft connectable to the drive shaft and a secondary shaft connected to a transmission shaft which transmits motion to the driving wheels; a power assisted clutch interposed between the drive shaft and the primary shaft of the gearbox to connect and disconnect the drive shaft to the primary shaft of the gearbox; a power assisted brake; and an epicycloidal gear having three rotating elements: a first rotating element connected to the drive shaft, a second rotating element connected to the secondary shaft of the gearbox, and a third rotating element connected to the brake.

Abstract: A choke device for an intake system of an internal combustion engine; the choke device has at least one choke body fitted movably inside an intake conduit, and an actuating device for moving the choke body to and from a work position in which the choke body reduces the cross section of the intake conduit; and the actuating device has a filiform actuating member made of a shape-memory material that changes shape when subjected to physical external stress, and having a first portion embedded in the choke body, and a second portion located outside the choke body and secured mechanically to a fixed part.

Abstract: An embodiment of a fuel injector comprising: an injection valve provided with a mobile needle for regulating the fuel flow through an injection nozzle; a supporting body having a tubular shaft and displaying a feeding channel which ends with the injection valve; and an electromagnetic actuator comprising a spring which tends to maintain the needle in a closing position and an electromagnet, which comprises a coil arranged outside the supporting body, a fixed magnetic armature arranged within the supporting body, and a keeper which is arranged within the supporting body, is magnetically attracted by the magnetic armature against the bias of the spring, and is mechanically connected to the needle; the coil displaying a toroidal shape having an internal annular surface, which is directly in contact with an external surface of the supporting body without the interposition of any intermediate element.

Abstract: A system for acquiring the angular position of a gas twist grip in a motorcycle; the acquisition system is provided with a fixed supporting body; a rotating shaft turnable mounted in the supporting body; a transmission device mechanically connected to the gas twist grip and to the revolving shaft to transmit the motion of the gas twist grip to the revolving shaft itself; a main angular position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the revolving shaft to determine the angular position of revolving shaft, and is adapted to provide two reciprocally redundant measures of the angular position of the revolving shaft; and an angular control position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the revolving shaft to determine the angular position of the revolving shaft, and is adapted to provide two reciprocally redundant measures of the angular position of the revolving shaft.

Abstract: A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine, the throttle valve having: a valve seat; a throttle disk, which engages the valve seat and is rotated by an electric motor between an open position and a closed position; a gear transmission connecting the electric motor to a shaft of the throttle disk; a position sensor for determining the position of the throttle disk; a housing chamber housing the electric motor, the gear transmission, and the position sensor; and a rigid plate, which is housed inside the housing chamber, and supports a stator of the position sensor, electric terminals of an electric connector, and a connecting printed circuit which connects the stator of the position sensor and the electric motor electrically to the electric terminals of the electric connector.

Abstract: An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders; for each cylinder, the intake manifold has a respective intake pipe connecting the intake manifold to the cylinder and regulated by an intake valve; and the intake manifold also has an air vessel having, for each intake pipe, a respective hollow body defining an empty chamber, which communicates with the intake pipe by means of a high-speed compensation valve.

Abstract: A method for managing the “stop-and-start” mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine; the method provides for the “stop-and-start” mode to be enabled or disabled as a function of a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the motor vehicle, as a function of a state of motion of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and as a function of the electric power consumed overall by the electrical consumers of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A fuel injector comprising: an injection valve provided with a mobile needle to regulate the fuel flow; an actuator adapted to shift the needle; an injection nozzle; a supporting body having a tubular shape and displaying a feeding channel; a sealing body provided with a valve seat of injection valve and comprising a disc-shaped capping element, which lowerly and fluid-tightly closes the feeding channel and is crossed by the injection nozzle, and a guiding element, which rises from the capping element, has a tubular shape, and accommodates the needle therein; an external fuel guiding channel defined between the feeding channel and the guiding element; a number of through feeding holes obtained in the lower part of the guiding element and leading towards valve seat; and a shutter head having an essentially spherical adjustment zone, which is integral with the needle, externally engages the guiding element.