Patents by Inventor Corrado Elia

Corrado Elia 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: 7758468
    Abstract: A powertrain control system for management and supervision of engine and servo-assisted gearbox control modules is arranged for determining the power to be applied to the drive wheels of the vehicle as a function of signals indicative of commands imparted by the driver, of the engine and gearbox state parameters and of possible requirements from the engine and gearbox control modules and supplementary on board vehicle traction/drive control systems; calculating data indicative of the torque to be delivered at the engine drive shaft, the torque transmissible by the clutch and the required transmission ratio, as a function of the determined value of the power to be applied to the drive wheels, of the state parameters and of the requirements of the engine and gearbox control modules and the traction/drive control systems; and transmitting the calculated data as signals to the engine and gearbox control modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Constantinos Vafidis, Gianluca Morra, Giancarlo Osella, Corrado Elia, Gianpiero Einaudi, Aldo Perotto, Savino Luigi Lupo, Michele Pennese
  • Publication number: 20060258505
    Abstract: A powertrain control system is described for a motor vehicle provided with at least one engine and a gearbox of servo-assisted type, connectable to the drive shaft of the engine (ICE) via at least one servo-controlled clutch, to which are associated respective control modules arranged to perform an automatic control procedure for control of the traction as a function of signals or data indicative of commands imparted by a motor vehicle driver, and predetermined state parameters of the engine and the gearbox; the system including a module for management and supervision of the said control modules, arranged to manage the powertrain of the vehicle, and in particular to: determine in a predetermined manner, the power to be applied to the drive wheels of the vehicle as a function of signals or data indicative of commands imparted by the driver, of state parameters and of possible requirements from the control modules and/or supplementary on board vehicle traction/drive control systems; calculate, as a function of
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Constantinos Vafidis, Gianluca Morra, Giancarlo Osella, Corrado Elia, Gianpiero Einaudi, Aldo Perotto, Savino Lupo, Michele Pennese