Patents by Inventor Alessandro BONORA

Alessandro BONORA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240171042
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating power at a vehicle axle to supply sensors and/or actuators are described. In one example, the power is generated via a dynamo that converts rotation of an axle component into electrical energy. The electrical energy may be supplied to a battery, vehicle sensors, and vehicle actuators so that wires may not be routed between a controller and the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Giovanni MARIECH, Mario BONORA, Alessandro STRAUSS, Alberto CIS
  • Publication number: 20230139934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a saddle riding vehicle, preferably enduro. The vehicle comprises steering tube to which a steering assembly which controls a front wheel is rotatably connected. Saddle riding vehicle (1) comprises a motor assembly (2) and a frame to which said motor assembly (2) is connected; said vehicle (1) comprises a tank (7) supported by said frame. Such a tank comprises an upper section (71) in a position proximal to said steering tube (11), wherein said upper section (71) comprises two side portions (71A, 71B) spaced apart in the width direction and each of which extends in a position outside a corresponding frame front side. The tank also comprises a central section (72), communicating with the upper section (71), and which extends towards said rear wheel (4) according to the profile of said front part of said frame. The tank (7) further comprises a lower section (73), communicating with said central section (72), which is comprised between the rear sides (18A, 18B) of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Piero Soatti, Damiano Bellan, Alessandro Bonora
  • 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: 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: 20190329747
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Piero SOATTI, Alessandro BONORA, Roberto CALO
  • Publication number: 20190276112
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Piero SOATTI, Alessandro BONORA, Roberto CALO