Patents by Inventor Bruno Picasso

Bruno Picasso 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: 9120395
    Abstract: A method is described for the automatic management of the energy autonomy of a vehicle, and includes receiving a signal for indicating a distance and/or a path to cover, and dividing the distance and/or the path into space intervals; calculating an allowable variation of energy capacity in a space interval based on energy capacity detected by the sensors and on variation laws of the energy capacity; determining limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration of the vehicle, on the basis of a map, chosen among a plurality of maps of speed-acceleration-variation of energy capacity; generating a regulated instantaneous torque request on the basis of the speed and/or acceleration detected by the plurality of sensors, of the determined limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration and of the instantaneous torque request generated by the first central control unit. An electronic system capable of implementing such a method is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Santucci, Onorino Di Tanna, Sergio Savaresi, Mara Tanelli, Andrea Dardanelli, Bruno Picasso
  • Publication number: 20140046528
    Abstract: A method is described for the automatic management of the energy autonomy of a vehicle, and includes receiving a signal for indicating a distance and/or a path to cover, and dividing the distance and/or path into space intervals; calculating an allowable variation of energy capacity in a space interval based on energy capacity detected by the sensors and on variation laws of the energy capacity; determining limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration of the vehicle, on the basis of a map, chosen among a plurality of maps of speed-acceleration-variation of energy capacity; generating a regulated instantaneous torque request on the basis of the speed and/or acceleration detected by the plurality of sensors, of the determined limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration and of the instantaneous torque request generated by the first central control unit. An electronic system capable of implementing such a method is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Santucci, Onorino Di Tanna, Sergio Savaresi, Mara Tanelli, Andrea Dardanelli, Bruno Picasso