Abstract: A vehicle service system is provided for controlling a vehicle located in a vehicle service area that includes a movable plane movable along a first sliding direction transverse to the ground between a lowered position and a raised position. The vehicle service system comprises at least two optical reader apparatuses, which are located in the vehicle service area, on opposite sides relative to a first longitudinal axis of said vehicle. The optical reader apparatus comprises an oblong housing extending along an axis, a target, an optical image acquisition assembly configured to capture images of the vehicle and of the target, and a support slide, which is carried by the oblong housing in a sliding manner, supports the optical image acquisition assembly along the oblong housing between a lowered position and a raised position.

Abstract: Vehicle service system comprising optical reader apparatuses, which are arranged in the vehicle service area, on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal axis of a vehicle. The vehicle service system comprises at least two targets, which are arranged in the vehicle service area in positions immediately adjacent to the respective optical reader apparatuses so as to be positioned on the sides of the vehicle. The optical image reader apparatus comprises a first optical image acquisition device having a first field of view, which frames the vehicle, and a second optical image acquisition device, which has a second field of view different from the first field of view and is structured so as to frame the target.

Abstract: An electronic control system comprising an electric battery pack to provide a direct electric voltage, an inverter that receives the direct voltage, and is configured to provide a first three-phase alternating electric voltage, a commutator device that receives the first three-phase alternating electric voltage and is configured to switch, in response to a control signal, between a first switching state, in which it connects the three stator windings according to a star-shaped electrical configuration, and a second switching state, in which it electrically connects the three stator windings according to a delta electrical configuration, and an electronic control unit that switches the commutator device between the first and the second switching state based on one or more first parameters of the automotive vehicle and/or one or more second parameters of the electric motor.

Abstract: An axial flux electric motor (1) for driving an automotive vehicle comprising two lateral rotors that are both coaxial to a longitudinal axis and a central stator that extends along a longitudinal axis and is interposed between the two lateral rotors. The rotors comprise a discoidal rotor body with a circular shape that is arranged coaxial to the longitudinal axis in a position adjacent to the stator and is provided with a toroidal ribbon-shaped body that has a laminar shape and comprises a wound tape. The rotors further comprise permanent magnets that are permanently trapped/encased within rotor cavities extending radially in the toroidal ribbon-shaped body so as to form respective pockets having respective openings formed along the outer perimeter edge of the toroidal ribbon-shaped body.

Abstract: An optical scanning system for measuring and/or controlling a vehicle and/or parts of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is arranged on a support surface. The optical scanning system comprises two optical reader apparatuses, which are arranged on said support surface, on opposite sides of the vehicle, and are provided with respective optical image capturing devices configured to provide respective data/signals encoding one or more images of the vehicle, an electronic system, which is designed to process the data/signals in order to construct one or more three-dimensional images of the vehicle. The optical image reader apparatuses each comprise a calibration target, which lies on an approximately horizontal support surface and is arranged immediately adjacent to the optical image capturing device of the relative optical image reader apparatus at a predetermined distance from it.

Abstract: A vehicle service system comprising a calibration apparatus, which is designed to calibrate an ADAS sensor of a vehicle, a calibration device and a position detection system, which comprises, in turn, two optical apparatuses, which are arranged on opposite sides of the vehicle and are configured to capture first images containing images of the vehicle. The optical apparatuses have respective positioning targets, which are oriented so as to face the calibration apparatus. The position detection system further comprises two cameras, which are mounted on the calibration apparatus so as to be arranged in lateral positions on opposite sides with respect to the calibration device. The two cameras are optically oriented towards the optical apparatuses so as to capture the images of the positioning targets.

Abstract: A control method and system to control a pair of electric motors driving a vehicle. The steps provided for are: determining, in a control cycle N and by means of a first processing core, for a first electric motor, a first electric current target based on a first torque or speed target; determining, in the control cycle N and by means of a second processing core, for a second electric motor, a second electric current target based on a second torque or speed target; controlling, in the control cycle N and by means of the first processing core, a first electronic power converter connected to the first electric motor so as to pursue the first electric current target; and controlling, in the control cycle N and by means of the second processing core, a second electronic power converter connected to the second electric motor so as to pursue the second electric current target.

Abstract: An air conditioning recharging machine includes a pair of flexible hoses connected to the air-conditioning system and a recharging assembly to supply a refrigerant fluid to the air-conditioning system through the flexible hoses. The machine has a discharging assembly to discharge the refrigerant fluid from the air-conditioning system and a valve distributor body, which is provided with a series of inlets/outlets hydraulically connected to the flexible hoses, to the recharging assembly and to the discharging assembly. The valve distributor body is in the form of a monobloc made of rigid material which is provided with straight inner through-ducts, each of which extends in the monobloc so as to have the two axial ends which are arranged on two respective faces of said monobloc opposite one to the other, and are each closed by a respective solenoid valve coupled to the face itself.

Abstract: An anchoring system designed to anchor a position detector on a support plane in a predetermined lateral position relative to a vehicle. The anchoring system comprises a positioning plate, which is firmly fixed on the support plane in the predetermined lateral position, a flat base, which is firmly fixed to the position detector and is designed, in use, to be laid on the positioning plate, magnetic devices, which are arranged on the flat base and on the positioning plate and are structured so as to magnetically attract one another so as to firmly anchor, though in a removable manner, the base of the position detector on the positioning plate.

Abstract: A multi-function portable optoelectronic apparatus to determine the profile of a brake disk and the profile of the tread of a tyre comprising an optoelectronic assembly for emitting a laminar beam of light along an optical emission axis so as to project onto the brake disk or onto the tread a luminous line and acquire an image containing the projected luminous line, a tubular case which can be gripped by hand, which contains optoelectronic assembly and is designed to be arranged resting on the brake disk during determination of the profile of the brake disk and an angular adapter member designed to be coupled in a stable but easily removable manner to the case and shaped to be arranged resting on the tread during determination of the profile of the tread; an electronic system configured to receive the image and determine the profile of the brake disk or the profile of the tread on the basis of the luminous line contained in the image.

Abstract: Maintenance apparatus of an air conditioning system mounted on a motor vehicle. The maintenance apparatus comprises: two external ducts, a discharging circuit, which is connected to the ducts to receive the carbon dioxide contained in the air conditioning system at a first pressure and a first flow rate and is structured so as to discharge the carbon dioxide received into the environment, a measuring apparatus, which is configured so as to measure the amount of carbon dioxide that passes through the discharging circuit, and a pressure and flow rate reducing device, which is structured so as to reduce the first pressure and the first flow rate of the carbon dioxide to the be measured to a second predetermined pressure and to a second predetermined flow rate, respectively.

Abstract: A multifunctional unit for the analysis and calibration of devices and components of a vehicle and, in particular, of a motor vehicle (13), comprising a movable trolley (10) of support; above the trolley (10) there is a base (14), which carries a screen or panel (15), at the top of which a video projector (16) is placed, suitable for projection of the calibration panels used in driver assistance systems of vehicles.

Abstract: Method to determine a deterioration state of a brake disk of a braking system of a vehicle. The method comprises the steps of: emitting, by means of a light emitting head, a beam of light towards a face of the brake disk so as to trace on the face at least one light line, and determine a deterioration state of the brake disk on the basis of the traced light line.

Abstract: Vehicle diagnostic interface module comprising: a printed circuit board, an OBD connector, which is provided with a plate-like contact-carrier socket arranged parallel to and facing the printed circuit board, a plurality of rigid pins, each of them having a first segment projecting from the inner face of the socket along an axis orthogonal to the printed circuit board and inserted in a notch formed on the outer perimeter edge of the board.

Abstract: An equipment for a remote control of fire extinguishers (10) and/or hydrants, comprising a valve group (16), equipped with a manometer and a pressure switch, which is able to control the operating pressure of the known fire extinguishers (10) and/or hydrants, wherein a plurality of micro-switches (18, 19, 20), connected with a wireless transmitter (21), send the received signals to a remote central control unit (22), that is fully programmable locally or remotely and able to send alarms and/or warnings, depending on the programming carried out, to operators, persons in charge and/or maintainers of fire extinguishers (10) and/or hydrants.

Abstract: A gas analyzer system to determine the concentration of gases in an automotive air conditioning system comprising: an infrared multi-detector device equipped with a gas analysis chamber; an emitter source emitting infrared radiation in the analysis chamber; infrared multi-detectors generating an electrical measurement quantity based on the absorption of radiation by the gas; a suction pump creating a depression inside the analysis chamber; and an electronic control unit determining a main automotive refrigerant gas concentration and the contaminant gases concentration, based on electrical measurement quantities provided by the multi-detectors and a reference electrical quantity. The control unit controls the pump to suck the gases in the analysis chamber until a condition of absence of gases is achieved, wherein the internal pressure of the chamber reaches a minimum pressure, and then determines the reference electrical quantity, based on the electrical quantity generated in the condition of absence of gases.