Patents by Inventor Claudio MAFFEI

Claudio MAFFEI 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: 12617450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising an axle part having a coupling recess, and a steering cylinder having a coupling projection. The coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed between the coupling projection and the coupling recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: DANA ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gianluca Terrasi, Claudio Maffei, Davide Deimichei, Parag Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20250373065
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a sensor power supply system comprising a dynamo comprising a case that encloses a plurality of magnets, a coil, and rotor, a rotating wheel, and an axle that couples the case and the rotating wheel, and wherein the dynamo is coupled to a first component and a sensor and the rotating wheel touches a second component. In an example, a method includes generating electrical energy via a sensor power supply system comprising at least a sensor, and a dynamo in response to achieving a rotational speed difference between a first component and a second component and supplying the generated electrical energy to the sensor to power the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Claudio MAFFEI, Gianluca TERRASI, Davide DEIMICHEI, Andrea BORTOLI, Maddalena BUZZOLA
  • Publication number: 20250333097
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising an axle part having a coupling recess, and a steering cylinder having a coupling projection. The coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed between the coupling projection and the coupling recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Gianluca TERRASI, Claudio MAFFEI, Davide DEIMICHEI, Parag MAHAJAN
  • Publication number: 20250303794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a support assembly for a wheel end reduction drive, the support assembly comprising an axle member and a support member engaged with one another via a plurality of axially extending tooth members and recesses; to an axle assembly including said support assembly, and an epicyclic wheel end reduction drive supported on the support assembly; and to an electric vehicle including an electric motor, and said axle assembly, wherein the electric motor is drivingly engaged or drivingly engageable with the epicyclic wheel end reduction drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Francesco BROGGIO, Claudio MAFFEI, Davide DEIMICHEI, Efrem RUSCONI
  • Patent number: 12296830
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a drive axle. The drive axle system, in one example, includes a displacement sensor coupled to a pinion input flange and configured to generate axial displacement data corresponding to the pinion input flange, where the pinion input flange is directly coupled to an angled pinion gear. The drive axle system further includes a controller configured to determine a torque at the pinion input flange based on the axial displacement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: DANA ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Claudio Maffei, Efrem Rusconi, Andrea Bolza
  • Patent number: 10507826
    Abstract: A method and system of detecting an impending tip over of a vehicle with the following steps and apparatus. Acquiring first measurement data, the first measurement data having strain data and at least one of attitude data and acceleration data. Acquiring second measurement data, the second measurement data having strain data and at least one of attitude data and acceleration data. Determining, based on the first measurement data and based on the second measurement data, if the second measurement data is indicative of an impending tip over of the vehicle. Only if it is determined that the second measurement data is indicative of an impending tip over of the vehicle, triggering an alarm signal, overriding a control command or overwriting a control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dana Italia Srl
    Inventors: Carlos Maximiliano Giorgio Bort, Claudio Maffei, Alessandro Massei, Giulio Ornella, Lorenzo Serrao
  • Publication number: 20180111606
    Abstract: A method and system of detecting an impending tip over of a vehicle with the following steps and apparatus. Acquiring first measurement data, the first measurement data having strain data and at least one of attitude data and acceleration data. Acquiring second measurement data, the second measurement data having strain data and at least one of attitude data and acceleration data. Determining, based on the first measurement data and based on the second measurement data, if the second measurement data is indicative of an impending tip over of the vehicle. Only if it is determined that the second measurement data is indicative of an impending tip over of the vehicle, triggering an alarm signal, overriding a control command or overwriting a control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Maximiliano GIORGIO BORT, Claudio MAFFEI, Alessandro MASSEI, Giulio ORNELLA, Lorenzo SERRAO