Patents by Inventor Alessandro Gallione

Alessandro Gallione 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).

  • Patent number: 7570156
    Abstract: The system comprises: a signaling device able to provide the driver with a sensorial alarm signal indicating a danger situation; detectors able to provide signals and/or data representing the situation outside the motor vehicle and/or the travel conditions of the vehicle itself; and electronic processing and control devices designed to analyze the signals and/or data provided by the detectors and determine the occurrence of predetermined operating situations, such as the presence of any obstacles along the travel path of the motor vehicle, and generate, under predetermined conditions and in accordance with a predefined procedure, warning signals and/or data which can be used for activating the signaling device. The signaling device comprises an electrically operated actuator associated with the accelerator pedal of the motor vehicle and able, when activated, to apply to said pedal a stress with predefined characteristics, which is perceivable by the driver's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Renzo Cicilloni, Patrizio Turco, Alessandro Gallione
  • Publication number: 20070085667
    Abstract: The system comprises: a signalling device able to provide the driver with a sensorial alarm signal indicating a danger situation; detectors able to provide signals and/or data representing the situation outside the motor vehicle and/or the travel conditions of the vehicle itself; and electronic processing and control devices designed to analyse the signals and/or data provided by the detectors and determine the occurrence of predetermined operating situations, such as the presence of any obstacles along the travel path of the motor vehicle, and generate, under predetermined conditions and in accordance with a predefined procedure, warning signals and/or data which can be used for activating the signalling device. The signalling device comprises an electrically operated actuator associated with the accelerator pedal of the motor vehicle and able, when activated, to apply to said pedal a stress with predefined characteristics, which is perceivable by the driver's foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Renzo Cicilloni, Patrizio Turco, Alessandro Gallione