Patents Assigned to Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 11358668
    Abstract: A legs apron for a motor vehicle includes a first part of apron having anchoring elements for removably anchoring the first part of apron to the motor vehicle, a second part of apron configured to at least cover the legs of a driver of the motor vehicle, a coupling system operatively interposed between the first and the second part of apron for removably coupling the first and second part of apron to each other, the coupling system defining a junction line between the first and second part of apron when the first and second part of apron are coupled together, where the apron further includes a waterproofing element arranged to waterproof the junction line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Maffe
  • Patent number: 11319014
    Abstract: An electric drive motorcycle (100), allows an effective arrangement of the battery unit thereof, optimizing the available space, and comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels (103) and a handlebar (104); a rear portion comprising a saddle (101), a shell body (107) arranged below said saddle (101), and a rear wheel (105) arranged below said shell body (105); an intermediate portion (108) extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit (8) connected to said rear wheel by means of a transmission unit; and a power supply unit feeding said electric drive unit and comprising at least a battery unit (15; 115), wherein said battery unit (15; 115) is shaped so as to have a polyhedral shape comprising at least a first side (28) tilted with respect to a vertical plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction of the motorcycle (100), wherein the battery unit (115) occupies a position below a helmet carrying compartment (11) arranged below the saddle (1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Piaggio & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Carmignani, Paolo Capozzella, Jury Cantini, Walter Mariotti
  • Patent number: 11319016
    Abstract: A motorcycle front suspension includes a fork having a steering member mechanically connected or adapted to be connected to a handlebar of a motorcycle, and an oscillating arm having a first end and a second end. The motorcycle front suspension also includes a rod having a first end, pivotally joined to the steering member, and having a second end pivotally joined to the first end of the oscillating arm, and a shock absorber group, including a spring and a damper, the shock absorber group extending from an attachment head, mechanically connected to the steering member, to an attachment foot, pivotally joined to the second end of the oscillating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11305840
    Abstract: An electric drive motorcycle (100) allows a suitable and effective cooling of the battery unit when the electric motor is operated, and comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels (103) and a handlebar (104); a rear portion comprising a saddle (101), a shell body (107) arranged below said saddle (101), and a rear wheel (105) arranged below said shell body (107); an intermediate portion extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit (8) connected to said rear wheel (105); and a hybrid supply unit supplying said electric drive unit (8), comprising at least a battery unit (115) and a combustion engine (116) actuating an electric generator (120) apt to feed said battery unit (115) and/or said electric drive unit (8), wherein the combustion engine (116) drives a cooling fan (121) arranged so that, when this is drawing a flow of cooling air through an inlet mouth (122), such flow wets the battery unit (115), before being drawn, wherein the combu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Piaggio & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Carmignani, Paolo Capozzella, Jury Cantini, Walter Mariotti
  • Patent number: 11305686
    Abstract: Protective grid adapted and configured to be coupled to a vehicle headlamp, where the vehicle headlamp is adapted and configured to emit a light beam, the protective grid including at least one grid element, and coupling means for operatively coupling the grid element, directly or indirectly, to the vehicle headlamp the coupling means, when the protective grid is operatively coupled to the vehicle headlamp, are adapted and configured for allowing the grid element to be moved such that the grid element can be displaced from a work configuration to a rest configuration, where in the work configuration the grid element is such to intercept the light beam and where in the rest configuration the grid element is placed so that it does not intercept the light beam, the protective grid including locking means configured to keep the at least one grid element in the rest and/or work configuration during motion of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Maffe
  • Patent number: 11292328
    Abstract: A synchronized transmission (1) used in a motorcycle, wherein a crankshaft actuated by the engine and a driven shaft, connected to a rear wheel, are substantially parallel and kinematically connected therebetween, comprising a first axial actuation synchronizer (16) placed at the front of the crankshaft (2) and a second axial actuation synchronizer (17) arranged at the front of a driven shaft kinematically connected to a rear wheel, each synchronizer (16, 17) comprising a respective rotating cam actuator (26, 29) having a cam (29) apt to be rotated by a respective cam spindle (30) by determining a translation thereof which interferes with an actuation end of the respective synchronizer (16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Nuti, Walter Mariotti
  • Patent number: 11254181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: a forecarriage frame (16); at least one pair of front wheels (10?, 10?) kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame by a kinematic roll mechanism (20) which enables the same to roll in a synchronous and specular manner; a roll control system (100) comprising a rod (110) having a first (111) and a second end (112) opposite each other which connect by means of hinging means (101?, 101?; 102?, 102?) a first (60) and a second anchoring portion (60) of forecarriage (8) directly to each other. At least one of said first and second anchoring portions is subject to roll movements of said two front wheels. The hinging means are configured to passively follow the movements of the two anchoring portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11230339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: a forecarriage frame (16); at least one pair of front wheels (10?, 10?) kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame by a kinematic roll mechanism (20) which enables the same to roll in a synchronous and specular manner; an anti-roll system (100) comprising a rod (110) having a first (111) and a second end (112) opposite each other which connect by means of hinging means (101?, 101? and 102?, 102?) a first (60) and a second anchoring portion (60) of forecarriage (8) directly to each other. At least one of said first (60) and second anchoring portions (60) is subject to roll movements of said two front wheels (10?, 10?). The hinging means (101?, 101? and 102?, 102?) are configured to passively follow the movements of two anchoring portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11192604
    Abstract: An electric drive motorcycle (100) is competed with a filter box in the rear portion thereof, without limiting the space available for the batteries, comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels and a handlebar; a rear portion comprising a saddle (101), a shell body arranged below said saddle (101), and a rear wheel arranged below said shell body; an intermediate portion extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit (8) connected to said rear wheel (105); and a hybrid supply unit supplying said electric drive unit (8), comprising at least a battery unit (115) and a combustion engine (116) actuating an electric generator (120), said combustion engine (116) comprising an exhaust duct (133) with an expansion chamber (134) and a filter box (135) for feeding air to the combustion engine (116), wherein said electric generator (120) is apt to supply said battery unit (115) and/or said electric drive unit, wherein, inside the shell body (107) and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Piaggio & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Carmignani, Paolo Capozzella, Jury Cantini, Walter Mariotti
  • Patent number: 11148749
    Abstract: A supporting structure (100) for phonic wheel sensor (200) and brake caliper (300), comprises: a main body (1) fastened or which can be fastened to a stem of a fork (F) of a motorbike; a wheel support (2) connected to said main body (1) for supporting a wheel of the motorbike; and an extension (3) which develops from said main body (1) and comprises a fastening device (30) for a brake caliper (300). Two pass-through openings (31, 32) are formed in said extension (3), a first pass-through opening (31) for housing the phonic wheel sensor (200) and a second pass-through opening (32) for the passage of a cable (201) of the phonic wheel sensor (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Piero Soatti, Alessandro Bonora, Roberto Calo′
  • Patent number: 11117636
    Abstract: A tilting motor cycle with at least three wheels including: a frame, at least one front wheel, a rear end comprising an engine group and a couple of rear wheels, where the rear end is hinged to the frame in order to allow a rolling of the frame around a rolling axis and a pitching of the rear end around a pitching axis, where the rear end is further connected to the frame by means of a suspension system including: a couple of uprights connected at the bottom by means of two first hinges to the engine group, at least one first crosspiece hinged at the distal ends thereof to the uprights, the center of the first crosspiece being connected to the frame directly or indirectly by means of a transmission element, the uprights or the transmission element including a suspension to dampen the rear end with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11111829
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a crank chamber housing a crankshaft connected to moving parts able to supply torque to the crankshaft, a lubrication circuit, an oil sump for collecting the lubricating oil, the engine including a separating partition which separates the crank chamber from the oil sump, in which the lubrication circuit includes a first oil pump and a second oil pump, where the first oil pump is fluidically connected in aspiration to the crank chamber and in delivery to the oil sump, the second oil pump being fluidly connected in aspiration to the oil sump and in delivery to the crank chamber by means of the lubrication circuit, to re-introduce pressurised oil in the crank chamber and lubricate the moving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Gatti, Adriano Magherini
  • Patent number: 11105408
    Abstract: A CVT transmission device (1) comprises a drive pulley (4) provided with a mobile bushing (9), a fixed bushing (11), a cam system (95,111; 97,113) comprising at least one driven cam portion (95) of mobile bushing (9) and a cam portion (111) of the fixed bushing (11). The mobile bushing (9) comprises a main wall (91) annular with respect to the axis of rotation (X), having an inner surface (91a) which delimits a housing compartment (91c) and said driven cam portion (95) protrudes radially internally from said inner surface (91a). The drive cam portion (111) of the fixed bushing (11) is suitable to penetrate axially in said housing compartment of the mobile bushing (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Nesti, Walter Mariotti, Giacomo Freschi
  • Patent number: 11046136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: a forecarriage frame (16); at least one pair of front wheels (10?, 10?) kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame (16) by a kinematic roll mechanism (20) which enables the same to roll in a synchronous and specular manner; a roll block system (100) comprising a rod (110) which directly connects to each other at the two ends thereof by means of ball joints or hinging means equivalent to ball joints (101, 102), two parts of the forecarriage both subject to rolling movements of said two front wheels or said forecarriage frame and a forecarriage part subject to said rolling movements. The roll block system comprises a blocking device (111a, 112a; 130) adapted to block the rotation angle of said rod at the two ends thereof with respect to a rolling plane of said forecarriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11046134
    Abstract: A suspension group for a motor vehicle, wherein said suspension group includes: a wheel guide, which extends along a longitudinal axis, which includes a wheel attachment for connection to a rotation pin of a wheel having a rotation axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, wherein the wheel guide extends between a first end and a second end, opposite the first end, a support arm functionally connected to the wheel guide respectively by means of: a first crank rotatably connected at said second end to the wheel guide and to the support arm; a second crank rotatably connected at said first end to the wheel guide and to the support arm, wherein the wheel guide elements, the support arm and the first and second crank define a suspension quadrilateral, wherein, between at least two of said elements chosen between the wheel guide, the support arm, the first and the second crank, a shock absorber group is interconnected in such a way that the shock absorber group varies its extension as the movement of the suspensi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11047452
    Abstract: A transmission gearbox, in particular of a motor vehicle, is described including: a primary shaft receiving a driving torque via a primary transmission; a secondary shaft connected to the primary shaft. On the secondary shaft: an idle wheel revolvingly non-working on the secondary shaft including at least a coupling slot, and at least a coupling wheel revolvingly integral to the secondary shaft including a corresponding coupling tooth are assembled, respectively. The coupling wheel is arranged adjacent to the idle wheel and it can be axially moved so as to translate axially between a free configuration, where it is disengaged with respect to the idle wheel, and an engaged configuration, where it is engaged with the idle wheel by implementing a front coupling between the coupling tooth and the coupling slot for transmitting the motion between the primary shaft and the secondary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Magherini, Mario Sestini
  • Patent number: D927362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Doveri
  • Patent number: D927746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Canepa
  • Patent number: D940009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Arru
  • Patent number: D943462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Cattaneo, Marco Lambri