Patents by Inventor Davide Conti

Davide Conti 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: 20240134394
    Abstract: An automatic working system, a turning method thereof, and a self-moving device. When the self-moving device reaches a boundary, a control module controls a movement module to turn to leave the boundary. In addition, the control module may control, based on coverage values corresponding to each movement range when the self-moving device reaches the boundary, the movement module to turn to a movement range with a coverage value that meets a preset requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Paolo ANDRIOLO, Federico TESTOLIN, Davide DALFRA, Emanuel CONTI
  • Publication number: 20240118712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-moving device, an obstacle avoidance control method, and a storage medium. In an embodiment, detection data of an obstacle in a moving direction of the self-moving device is obtained, and a distance to the obstacle is obtained through calculation according to the detection data of the obstacle, or a distance between the self-moving device and the obstacle obtained by another device according to the detection data is received. In response to determining that the distance between the self-moving device and the obstacle is between a first preset distance and a second preset distance, the self-moving device maintains an original moving speed and an original moving direction and moves forward stably. In response to determining that the second preset distance is reached, turning is performed at the original moving speed or a faster moving speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Paolo Andriolo, Emanuel Conti, Davide Dalfra
  • Patent number: 11951703
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a process and an apparatus for cutting a continuous rubber-covered belt in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels, wherein the apparatus comprises a cutting group, in turn comprising: a knife formed by a first half-part and a second half-part and movable along a cutting direction that is tilted with respect to a supply direction of a rubber-covered belt placed beneath the knife. The process comprises: lifting a lifting element placed below the continuous rubber-covered belt and at the cutting zone, until a portion of rubber-covered belt is lifted, and lowering the single first-half part of the knife, making it slide with respect to the second half-part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Publication number: 20240099187
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-moving device, a control method for avoiding obstacles, and a storage medium. In an embodiment, a distance to an obstacle can be determined through the self-moving device. The controller can pre-adjust the self-moving device to deflect by a certain angle to move before the distance between the self-moving device and the obstacle reaches a normal turning distance. In response to the normal turning distance being reached, the self-moving device is then controlled to turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Paolo Andriolo, Emanuel Conti, Davide Dalfra
  • Publication number: 20230001657
    Abstract: A process and a plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels are described. Building of a crown structure of the tyre includes building a crossed belt structure on a substantially cylindrical first forming drum, transferring the crossed belt structure from the first forming drum to an annular holding member, positioning a second forming drum in a radially inner position with respect to the annular holding member, transferring the crossed belt structure from the annular holding member to the second forming drum by radially expanding the second forming drum until it is brought into contact with the crossed belt structure so as to toroidally shape the crossed belt structure, and depositing at least one zero degrees belt layer on the second forming drum in a radially outer position with respect to the toroidally-shaped crossed belt structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Davide CONTI, Christian DE COL, Gianni Enrico PORTINARI
  • Publication number: 20230001658
    Abstract: A method for building belt assemblies for tyres for vehicle wheels is described. The method includes building a crossed belt structure on a forming drum. Depending on the type of tyre to be produced, the method selects whether to build a belt assembly having a cylindrical shaping or a belt assembly having a toroidal shaping. In order to build a belt assembly having a cylindrical shaping, zero degrees belt layer is deposited on the forming drum in a radially outer position with respect to the crossed belt structure. In order to build a belt assembly having a toroidal shaping, the crossed belt structure is picked up from the forming drum. The crossed belt structure is then toroidally shaped and transferred onto another forming drum. A zero degrees belt layer is then deposited on the other forming drum in a radially outer position with respect to the toroidally shaped crossed belt structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Davide CONTI, Christian DE COL, Gianni Enrico PORTINARI
  • Patent number: 11383469
    Abstract: In building tyres, an intermediate portion of a carcass structure is built at a time on a respective forming drum within an intermediate forming line. The forming drum with the intermediate portion of the carcass structure is made available at a first transfer location. The intermediate portion of the carcass structure is completed through n completion locations with n?1 and then transferred for the subsequent assembling with a crown structure to a second transfer location. At an operating moment in which the first transfer location is occupied by a forming drum coming from the intermediate forming line or intended for the intermediate forming line, from one to n locations selected from the n completion locations and the second transfer location are occupied by respective forming drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianni Portinari, Davide Conti, Luigi Antonio Badolato
  • Patent number: 11370187
    Abstract: A station for checking the formation of beads of tyres, including: a forming drum for arranging a carcass sleeve with formed beads with the carcass sleeve in rotation, an image acquisition system for acquiring at least an image of a circumferential portion of external surface including the respective edges of the end flaps turned up; a processing unit for processing the image in order to determine a circumferential trend of the axial distance of each edge from an axial reference plane and for detecting possible defects of the beads as a function of such trend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Erika Vaniglia, Fabio Regoli, Stefano Boracco, Davide Conti
  • Patent number: 11135794
    Abstract: A method for managing a carcass structure building line, a plant and a process for building tyre carcass structures, wherein the plant includes a carcass structure building line provided with a plurality of stations including an unloading station and n building stations. A group of forming drums being processed includes m forming drums being processed defining a first size of carcass structure being processed. Three groups of entering forming drums include respective entering forming drums, defining a second size of carcass structure being processed. A pair of support elements being processed includes a first and a second support element being processed and three pairs of entering support elements respectively include a first and a second entering support element. The invention also relates to a method for managing a carcass structure building line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Patent number: 11130384
    Abstract: A heating and cooling system for an electric vehicle includes an electric pump that pumps fluid around a first loop to selectively cool part of the drive train of the vehicle. The fluid passes through a cabin heater that extracts heat energy from the fluid and back to the part of the drive train. An electric compressor pumps fluid around a second loop through a condenser which extracts heat energy from the fluid which flows through an expansion valve and an evaporator and back to the electric compressor. A cabin chiller including an evaporator is located in a flow path receiving fluid output from the condenser through an expansion valve upstream in the flow path. The fluid from the evaporator is drawn back into the second loop by the electric compressor. The chilled fluid flowing through the evaporator extracts heat from the fluid flowing around the first loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WILLIAMS ADVANCED ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Publication number: 20210268760
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a process and an apparatus for cutting a continuous rubber-covered belt in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels, wherein the apparatus comprises a cutting group, in turn comprising: a knife formed by a first half-part and a second half-part and movable along a cutting direction that is tilted with respect to a supply direction of a rubber-covered belt placed beneath the knife. The process comprises: lifting a lifting element placed below the continuous rubber-covered belt and at the cutting zone, until a portion of rubber-covered belt is lifted, and lowering the single first-half part of the knife, making it slide with respect to the second half-part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide CONTI
  • Publication number: 20210213695
    Abstract: A station for checking the formation of beads of tyres, including: a forming drum for arranging a carcass sleeve with formed beads with the carcass sleeve in rotation, an image acquisition system for acquiring at least an image of a circumferential portion of external surface including the respective edges of the end flaps turned up; a processing unit for processing the image in order to determine a circumferential trend of the axial distance of each edge from an axial reference plane and for detecting possible defects of the beads as a function of such trend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Erika VANIGLIA, Fabio REGOLI, Stefano BORACCO, Davide CONTI
  • Patent number: 11040509
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for cutting a continuous rubber-covered belt in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels, wherein the apparatus includes a cutting group, in turn comprising: a knife formed by a first half-part and a second half-part and movable along a cutting direction that is tilted with respect to a supply direction of a rubber-covered belt placed beneath the knife. The process includes: lifting a lifting element placed below the continuous rubber-covered belt and at the cutting zone, until a portion of rubber-covered belt is lifted, and lowering the single first-half part of the knife, making it slide with respect to the second half-part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Patent number: 11027505
    Abstract: Method for checking the formation of beads of tyres including: arranging a carcass sleeve with formed beads with the carcass sleeve in rotation, acquiring at least an image of a circumferential portion of external surface including the respective edges of the end flaps turned up; processing the image in order to determine a circumferential trend of the axial distance of each edge from an axial reference plane; and detecting possible defects of the beads as a function of such trend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Erika Vaniglia, Fabio Regoli, Stefano Boracco, Davide Conti
  • Patent number: 10875269
    Abstract: A tyre building plant (1; 100) comprises a forming drum (4) and a supply device (10) for supplying an elongated element (3) towards the forming drum. The supply device comprises at least one conveyor belt (11; 101) which extends in a supply direction (X) between a loading region (12), in which the elongated element is loaded on the conveyor belt and an unloading region (13), a control unit (19) for controlling the loading of the elongated element (3) on the conveyor belt (11; 101), at least a first detection element which is fixed with a first portion (20) of the conveyor belt, a sensor (22) which is fixed and independent with respect to the conveyor belt and which detects the position of the first portion (20) with respect to the supply device. The loading of the elongated element on the conveyor belt is performed when the first portion is at a predefined reference distance from the loading region (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Publication number: 20200307132
    Abstract: A method for managing a carcass structure building line, a plant and a process for building tyre carcass structures, wherein the plant includes a carcass structure building line provided with a plurality of stations including an unloading station and n building stations. A group of forming drums being processed includes m forming drums being processed defining a first size of carcass structure being processed. Three groups of entering forming drums include respective entering forming drums, defining a second size of carcass structure being processed. A pair of support elements being processed includes a first and a second support element being processed and three pairs of entering support elements respectively include a first and a second entering support element. The invention also relates to a method for managing a carcass structure building line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide CONTI
  • Patent number: 10751963
    Abstract: A method for managing a carcass structure building line, a plant and a process for building tyre carcass structures, wherein the plant includes a carcass structure building line provided with a plurality of stations including an unloading station and n building stations. A group of forming drums being processed includes m forming drums being processed defining a first size of carcass structure being processed. Three groups of entering forming drums include respective entering forming drums, defining a second size of carcass structure being processed. A pair of support elements being processed includes a first and a second support element being processed and three pairs of entering support elements respectively include a first and a second entering support element. The invention also relates to a method for managing a carcass structure building line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Publication number: 20200079040
    Abstract: A tyre building plant (1; 100) comprises a forming drum (4) and a supply device (10) for supplying an elongated element (3) towards the forming drum. The supply device comprises at least one conveyor belt (11; 101) which extends in a supply direction (X) between a loading region (12), in which the elongated element is loaded on the conveyor belt and an unloading region (13), a control unit (19) for controlling the loading of the elongated element (3) on the conveyor belt (11; 101), at least a first detection element which is fixed with a first portion (20) of the conveyor belt, a sensor (22) which is fixed and independent with respect to the conveyor belt and which detects the position of the first portion (20) with respect to the supply device. The loading of the elongated element on the conveyor belt is performed when the first portion is at a predefined reference distance from the loading region (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide CONTI
  • Patent number: 10500802
    Abstract: A tyre building plant includes a forming drum and a supply device for supplying an elongated element toward the forming drum. The supply device includes at least one conveyor belt which extends in a supply direction between a loading region, in which the elongated element is loaded on the conveyor belt and an unloading region, a control unit for controlling the loading of the elongated element on the conveyor belt, at least a first detection element which is fixed with a first portion of the conveyor belt, a sensor which is fixed and independent with respect to the conveyor belt and which detects the position of the first portion with respect to the supply device. The loading of the elongated element on the conveyor belt is performed when the first portion is at a predefined reference distance from the loading region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Conti
  • Publication number: 20190344518
    Abstract: In building tyres, an intermediate portion of a carcass structure is built at a time on a respective forming drum within an intermediate forming line. The forming drum with the intermediate portion of the carcass structure is made available at a first transfer location. The intermediate portion of the carcass structure is completed through n completion locations with n?1 and then transferred for the subsequent assembling with a crown structure to a second transfer location. At an operating moment in which the first transfer location is occupied by a forming drum coming from the intermediate forming line or intended for the intermediate forming line, from one to n locations selected from the n completion locations and the second transfer location are occupied by respective forming drums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianni PORTINARI, Davide CONTI, Luigi Antonio BADOLATO