Patents Assigned to Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 11458832
    Abstract: A cooling system of an internal combustion engine of a motorcycle, which has a suction side guard (4), enables a high ratio between the open surface of the guard and its overall surface, ensuring an improved penetration of the air through the radiator and thus avoiding oversizing of the suction fan, wherein: said guard (4), having a lower edge (6), an upper edge (7), a front edge (8) and a rear edge (9) with respect to a running direction (F) of the vehicle, has a grate mesh structure extending on a plane whereby a deviation space (12) of motion of the air sucked by the fan is defined behind the guard (4); said grate mesh structure being surrounded by a rib (13) having, at the front edge (8), a lower height than that at the rear edge (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Doveri
  • Patent number: 11433971
    Abstract: A high performance synchronous transmission to be used aboard a motorcycle for transmitting the motion generated by an engine to a driving wheel, between a crankshaft and a hub shaft parallel therebetween and perpendicular to the median plane of the motorcycle, comprising on the crankshaft a centrifugal clutch, for the automatic engagement of the first speed above a predetermined rotation regime, and a driving pulley apt to transmit the motion through a subsequent kinematic chain, is provided with a coupling between crankshaft and driving pulley which connects them directly, by determining with its own engagement the exclusion of said centrifugal clutch, said coupling being controlled in disengagement when a control lever is in active position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Walter Mariotti, Luca Nuti
  • Patent number: 11420702
    Abstract: Forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle including a forecarriage frame, a pair of front wheels, a roll control system comprising a rod having including a first damper device for dampening rotation movements of the rod, and including a kinematic connecting rod-crank connected to the rod and to a first anchoring portion to define an articulated quadrilateral, an actuator for imparting a shift movement to the rod-crank and to vary the configuration of the rod-crank between: a damped rolling configuration and a rolling configuration, where the first damper device further includes release means to assist the actuator in the passage from the damped rolling configuration to the free rolling configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11420704
    Abstract: Steering group of a motor vehicle including a front frame provided with a steering tube that rotatably houses a steering shaft or pin, which rotates about a steering axis, the front frame being provided with an upright integral with the steering tube, the front frame having a steering bracket (36), integral in rotation with the steering shaft where, the steering group includes elastic return means which elastically influence the steering shaft to position itself symmetrically with respect to the front frame, the elastic return means being interposed between the upright and the steering bracket so as to be compressed when the steering shaft rotates with respect to the central symmetrical position, wherein the elastic return means have a regressive trend elastic response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Marchetta, Luca Balduino, Daniele Torriani
  • Patent number: 11421757
    Abstract: A synchronous transmission (1) for a motorcycle comprises a primary shaft (51) of mechanical gearbox, and a pair of secondary shafts (52, 53) equipped with one or more secondary gearwheels for transmitting the motion to a hub shaft (75), wherein a desmodromic drum (70) actuates a pair of coupling forks (67, 68) selectively defining the position of respective sliding couplings (65, 66) between primary (51) and secondary shafts (52, 53) to select all speeds of the transmission, the desmodromic drum (70) being in phase with a device (80) for actuating the gearwheels, and wherein the coupling forks (67, 68) are equipped with a cam follower end (69) maneuvered by said desmodromic drum (70) having a cylindrical surface (79) whereon a single desmodromic track (19) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Walter Mariotti, Luca Nuti
  • Patent number: 11396342
    Abstract: A front suspension (4) of the telescopic type with anti-dive effect, comprising at least one sheath (32) and at least one stem (36), housed and guided telescopically inside said sheath (32) according to a direction of the fork axis Z-Z, the suspension (4) comprising a foot (44) associated to the sheath (32) or to the stem (36) that rotatably supports a wheel spindle (44) of an associable front wheel (12) defining a rotation axis X-X, a braking device (52) for the associable front wheel (12), having a support (56) rotatably mounted with respect to the wheel spindle (44) so as to be able to oscillate about the rotation axis X-X. Between the support (56) of the braking device (52) and the foot (44) of the suspension (4) are interposed transfer means (64) of the braking force, exerted by the braking device (52), on an element (32, 36) between the sheath (32) and the stem (36) that does not support the foot (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Angelin
  • Patent number: 11390352
    Abstract: Motorcycle including at least one rear wheel, at least two front steering wheels, a handlebar, the front wheels being rotatable about respective lateral steering axes, according to lateral steering angles; the handlebar being rotatable according to a central steering angle about a central steering axis, the front wheels being kinematically connected to the steering handlebar by transmission means that realize a transmission ratio defined by the ratio between the lateral steering angles and the central steering angle, where the transmission means has a steering bar, kinematically connected to the handlebar, which directly links the front wheels together, wherein the transmission ratio between the front wheels and the steering handlebar is variable as the central steering angle of the handlebar varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11391330
    Abstract: A high performance synchronous transmission to be used aboard a motorcycle for transmitting the motion generated by an engine to a driving wheel, between a crankshaft and a hub shaft parallel therebetween and perpendicular to the median plane of the motorcycle, having a primary shaft of mechanical gearbox equipped with a primary gearwheel, and a pair of secondary gearwheels equipped with one or more secondary shafts for transmitting the motion to a hub shaft, wherein the primary shaft receives the motion through a driven pulley which receives the motion by a driving pulley connected to the crankshaft, an input clutch being provided on the primary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Walter Mariotti, Luca Nuti
  • 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: 11358672
    Abstract: This invention relates to a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising a frame 6 that extends from a forecarriage 8, which supports at least two front wheels 10?,10?, to a rear 12 which supports one or more rear wheels 14. The frame 6 defines an accommodating area 15 for a driver P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 11359711
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission device (1) for a two-wheel, three-wheel or four-wheel motorcycle includes a cam system (20, 22; 32a, 32b) operating between a fixed bushing (11) and a mobile bushing (9). The device is configured to obstruct the approach between the active surfaces (8a, 10a) or to facilitate the approach of the active surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Walter Mariotti, Giacomo Freschi, Paolo Nesti
  • Patent number: 11358667
    Abstract: A safety windscreen assembly including a windscreen panel, a support arm to support the windscreen panel, the support arm having a first arm portion configured to be attached to a motor vehicle, and a second arm portion attached to the windscreen panel, the motor vehicle being a vehicle provided with a steering handlebar and with a seat astride which a driver may sit, where at least one sacrificial coupling element is provided, to couple the second arm portion with the first arm portion so that the second arm portion is adapted to pass in a breaking configuration with respect to the first arm portion when the windscreen panel is hit by a predetermined impact force higher than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Maffe′, Stefano Baracco
  • 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: D943462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Cattaneo, Marco Lambri