Patents Assigned to Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 10940839
    Abstract: A motorbike including an assistant system to a braking system, of the type comprising a phonic wheel, a phonic wheel speed sensor (200), and a related cable (201) for the transmission of a signal of said speed sensor (200), a supporting structure, for supporting the phonic wheel speed sensor (200) and a 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; an extension (3) which develops from said main body (1) and comprises a fastening device (30) for a brake caliper (300), wherein said extension (3) comprises a pair of ribs (33, 34) defining opposite edges thereof, a reinforcing plate (35) extending between said pair of ribs (33, 34), said ribs (33, 34) forming thickenings of the extension (3) with respect to said reinforcing plate (35), and a pass-through opening (31) for housing the phonic wheel sensor (200) and defined in said reinforcing plate (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A
    Inventors: Piero Soatti, Alessandro Bonora, Roberto Calo'
  • Publication number: 20210053641
    Abstract: A legs apron (10) for a motor vehicle (1) is described, comprising: —a first part (20) of apron comprising anchoring elements (21) for removably anchoring the first part (20) of apron to the motor vehicle (1); —a second part (30) of apron configured to at least cover the legs of a driver of the motor vehicle (1); —a coupling system (40) operatively interposed between the first and the second part (20, 30) of apron for removably coupling the first and second part (20, 30) of apron to each other, said coupling system (40) defining a junction line (L1) between the first and second part (20, 30) of apron when the first and second part (20, 30) of apron are coupled together. The apron (10) comprises at least one waterproofing element (40, 50, 60, 80) arranged to waterproof said junction line (L1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francesco MAFFE
  • Patent number: 10882372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: —a forecarriage frame; —at least a pair of front wheels kinematically connected one to each other and to the forecarriage frame by means of a first kinematic mechanism which enables the front wheels to roll in a synchronous and specular manner, each wheel being connected to said rolling kinematic mechanism by means of a respective axle journal, the latter being mechanically connected to a rotation pin of the wheel in order to support it rotatably around an axis of rotation; —means of suspension which provide each axle journal at least one spring suspension movement with respect to said rolling kinematic mechanism; —a steering device which kinematically connects the axle journals to each other so as to command the rotation of the axle journals around respective steering axes of each front wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 10865860
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission device (1) for a two-wheel, three-wheel or four-wheel motorcycle includes a gear shift regulation device suitable to operate on special rollers (18) through an adjustable axial action independently of the number of engine revolutions. The device influences the centrifugal movement of the rollers (18) and thus influences the gear shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Walter Mariotti, Giacomo Freschi, Paolo Nesti
  • Patent number: 10850792
    Abstract: A motorcycle (1) including: —a supporting structure; —at least two wheels (2,3) constrained to the supporting structure; —a traction engine (4) constrained to the supporting structure and a transmission system (5) adapted to transmit the motion from the traction engine (4) to at least one (3) of the two wheels (2, 3); —a storage container (10) fixed to the supporting structure having an internal compartment (11) and a closing device (12) movable with respect to the supporting structure between a closing position and an opening position in order to prevent the access to the internal compartment (11) in the closing position and to allow the access to the internal compartment (11) in the opening position. The storage container (10) includes at least one presence detector (30) adapted to output an electrical signal representative of the presence and/or absence of at least one object (9) in the internal compartment (11) of the storage container (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bolognese, Alberto Gracci
  • Patent number: 10828956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: —a forecarriage frame; at least one pair of front wheels kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame by means of a first kinematic mechanism which enables the front wheels to roll in a synchronous and specular manner, each wheel being connected to the first kinematic mechanism by means of a respective axle journal the latter being mechanically connected to a rotation pin of the wheel in order to support it rotatably around an axis of rotation, —a roll block system; —suspension means which guarantee each axle journal at least one spring suspension movement with respect to said first kinematic mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 10829174
    Abstract: A method for fixing a travel container to a motor vehicle includes arranging a vehicle with at least one back seat fixed to a frame of the vehicle. The seat includes a lower plate securable to a frame portion of the vehicle and a seat portion, opposite to the lower plate, is suitable as a user/passenger seat. A travel container has a container body, defining a storage compartment. A fixing plate associated with the container body includes a mount for the travel container. The travel container fixing plate is interchangeable with the lower plate of the seat. The seat is removed to provide access to an under-seat compartment and to the frame portion supporting the seat. The travel container is fixed to the vehicle to fix the fixing plate of the travel container to the frame portion supporting the seat. The travel container is arranged to replace the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Maurizio Baruzzo
  • Patent number: 10823022
    Abstract: A muffler (4) for motor vehicles comprising an intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gases that separates, at a fork (10), into a main pipe (12) and a secondary pipe (16), a muffler body (24) which delimits an expansion volume (28) and houses at least partly the main pipe (12) and the secondary pipe (16), wherein the intake pipe (8) of the exhaust gas is in fluid continuous connection with the main pipe (12) through the secondary pipe (16), and wherein the main pipe (12) comprises, downstream of the fork (10), a throttle valve (32) which allows or prevents a further fluidic connection of the intake pipe (8) of exhaust gas with the main pipe (12), and an output of the exhaust gases (40), for the expulsion of the gases from the muffler pipe (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Piero Soatti, Francesco Bellato
  • Publication number: 20200339218
    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 b
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Carmignani, Paolo Capozzella, Jury Cantini, Walter Mariotti
  • Patent number: 10807475
    Abstract: It is described a rechargeable battery pack (20) for an electric or hybrid vehicle (1), comprising: —at least one electric connection member (23) to a powertrain group (5) of the electric or hybrid vehicle (1); —a plurality of mutually electrically connected cells (30); —at least one first circuit block (40) integrated in the rechargeable battery pack (20) and comprising a receiver (41) of satellite geo-localization signals and a processing unit (42) of said signals, which is operatively connected to said receiver (41) and adapted to detect a piece of information of geographic positioning of the rechargeable battery pack (20) in a geo-referenced system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Carmignani, Andrea Grassi, Luca Nuti
  • Patent number: 10800473
    Abstract: A storage container of a motorcycle includes a container body defining a storage compartment and a lid functionally connected to the container body. The container body includes an access opening, a bottom wall opposite to the access opening and a side wall extending perimetrally and joined to the bottom wall. The lid connects to the container body to take an open configuration allowing access to the storage compartment by the access opening, and a closed configuration preventing the storage compartment from being accessed. The storage container includes an object blocking system associated with the container body or with the lid adapted to block an object housed in the storage compartment. The object blocking system includes an inflatable member adapted to be operatively received in the storage compartment and which is adapted to have a resting configuration, in which the inflatable member is substantially deflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Mario Donato Santucci
  • Patent number: 10793215
    Abstract: A front luggage rack is described, for a motorcycle with a loading-bearing shell (20; 20?), the load-bearing shell having a front shell part and a shell part operatively facing downwards. The luggage rack includes a luggage rack body; and at least one anchoring element associated to the luggage rack body. The at least one anchoring element is configured so as to allow rigidly anchoring the luggage rack body in at least one point of the front shell part. The luggage rack body has two anchoring arms shaped so as to be able to be anchored to the shell part facing downwards; and it further includes third and fourth anchoring elements associated respectively to the first and second anchoring arm, which are configured so as to allow rigidly anchoring the first and second anchoring arm to said shell part facing downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Maffe′
  • Patent number: 10766562
    Abstract: A forecarriage (8) of a rolling motor vehicle (4), comprising a forecarriage frame (16), at least a pair of front wheels (10?), each wheel (10?) being connected to a rolling kinematic mechanism (20), which enables the front wheels (10?) to roll in a synchronous and specular manner, by means of a respective axle journal (60), and a roll block system (100) comprising a rod extensible in length (110) which directly connects one of the two front wheels (10?) at the respective axle journal (60) to said forecarriage frame (16) by means of hinging means (71, 72, 73) at both its ends, and means (120) to reversibly block the lying position of said rod extensible in length (110) on a rolling plane with respect to said axle journal (60) and to said forecarriage frame (16), so as to block the rolling movements allowed by said rolling kinematic mechanism (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Socci, Andrea Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 10766566
    Abstract: Propulsion unit for an electric, pedal-assisted bicycle comprising an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, rotatable about a motor axis, said rotor being operatively connected to a crank pin, defining a crank axis, mechanically connected to pedals, and coaxial with the motor axis, wherein the rotor is coaxial and external with respect to the stator so as radially enclose the rotor. The propulsion unit comprises at least one electronic unit for operating and controlling the functioning of the electric machine, and at least a pair of housings that define a containment space which houses the electric machine and at least partially the crank pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A
    Inventors: Paolo Capozzella, Luca Carmignani, Luca Nuti, Giorgio Prosperini
  • Patent number: 10766407
    Abstract: A motorcycle including a body having a front part, a tail part and a central part between the front part and the tail part, front and rear wheels constrained to the body, a traction engine constrained to the body and operatively connected to at least one of the two wheels; a braking system, at least one front headlight fixed to the front part, at least one rear tail light fixed to the tail part, and at least one brake light fixed to the tail parts, an electronic control unit of the brake light operatively connected to the brake light adapted and configured to turn on the brake light upon the activation of the braking system, where the electronic control unit is adapted and configured to detect whether the speed of the motorcycle is either lower than or equal to a first threshold speed, and in that case turn on the brake light intermittently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mario Donato Santucci, Onorino Di Tanna
  • Patent number: 10759487
    Abstract: Steering group of a motor vehicle comprising 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 said steering tube, the front frame comprising a steering bracket, integral in rotation with the steering shaft. Advantageously, the steering group comprises elastic return means which elastically influence the steering shaft to position itself centrally with respect to the front frame, said elastic return means being placed and mechanically connected between the upright and the steering bracket in order to exert an elastic return action when the steering shaft rotates with respect to said central symmetrical position, wherein said elastic return means have a regressive trend elastic response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Marchetta, Luca Balduino, Daniele Torriani
  • Patent number: D902083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Arru
  • Patent number: D902787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Di Gregorio, Marco Lambri
  • Patent number: D903558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Canepa, Marco Lambri
  • Patent number: D912861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Canepa