Patents by Inventor Domenico Mesiti
Domenico Mesiti 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).
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Patent number: 7779712Abstract: The transmission comprises a gearbox having first and second input shafts coaxial to one another, wherein the second input shaft carries driving gearwheels associated to the even gears (second, fourth and sixth) and to the highest gear (sixth or seventh); and a clutch unit having first and second dry friction clutches arranged to couple a drive shaft of the motor vehicle respectively to the first and second input shafts of the gearbox. The first friction clutch associated to the first input shaft is normally disengaged, whereas the second friction clutch associated to the second input shaft is normally engaged.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Domenico Mesiti, Dario Caenazzo
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Patent number: 7730801Abstract: The control system including four actuating forks, each associated to one or two gears and having a first engagement member, and a first hydraulically-operated actuator for controlling engagement of all gears. The first hydraulically-operated actuator includes: a shaft provided with four second engagement members for engagement each with a respective first engagement member of the actuating forks and arranged to turn about and translate along its axis; a cylinder coaxial to the shaft and arranged only to translate in the direction of its axis; and a pin drivingly connected either to the shaft or the cylinder and engaging in an S-shape groove provided either in the cylinder or shaft, respectively, so as to link the rotational and translational movements of the shaft with the translational movement of the cylinder. A second hydraulically-operated actuator is arranged to lock or release selectively the translational movement of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Publication number: 20090071276Abstract: The control system comprises: a first hydraulically-operated actuator device for controlling the engagement of a first set of gears by selection and engagement movements; a second hydraulically-operated actuator device for controlling the engagement of a second set of gears by selection and engagement movements; a first solenoid valve of the ON/OFF type arranged to put the first or the second actuator device alternatively into communication with a supply of fluid under pressure; a second solenoid valve of the ON/OFF type arranged to control the selection movements of the actuator device which from time to time is in communication with the fluid supply; a distributor interposed between the fluid supply and the two actuator devices and displaceable under the control of the first solenoid valve between a first working position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the first actuator device and a second working position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the second actuaType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONIInventors: Filippo BALDASCINI, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Patent number: 7464617Abstract: A control system including: first and second actuator devices for controlling the engagement of first and second sets of gears by selection and engagement movements, respectively; a first solenoid valve arranged to put the first or the second actuator device alternatively into communication with a fluid supply; a second solenoid valve arranged to control the selection movements of the actuator device which is in communication with the fluid supply; a distributor interposed between the fluid supply and the actuator devices and displaceable under the control of the first solenoid valve between a first position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the first actuator device and a second position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the second actuator device; third and fourth proportional pressure solenoid valves arranged to control the engagement movements of the actuator device which is in communication with the fluid supply.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Patent number: 7448972Abstract: The system includes at least one transmission belt for coupling the shafts of auxiliary devices to a pulley which can be coupled for operation to the shaft of the combustion engine, and an electromagnetically operated clutch between this pulley and the shaft of the engine. An overrunning clutch is interposed between the pulley and the shaft of the engine. The clutch is normally disengaged and de-energized. The pulley has a hub fitted on an extension of the shaft of the engine with the interposition of the overrunning clutch, and has a channel-shaped cross section with a concavity facing the internal combustion engine. The electromagnetically operated clutch comprises a winding which is fixed to the engine and which extends into the concavity of the pulley, and a ferromagnetic ring carried in an axially translatable way by a support element fixed with respect to rotation to the extension of the shaft of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile Per AzioniInventors: Marco Garabello, Domenico Mesiti, Dario Caenazzo
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Patent number: 7426880Abstract: The gearbox comprises: a first, inner input shaft which carries a first and a second driving gear wheel associated with odd gears and with a reverse gear; a second, outer input shaft which is disposed coaxially with the first and carries a third and a fourth driving gear wheel associated with even gears; a first output shaft which carries a first driven gear wheel meshing with the first driving gear wheel to form a first gear, a second driven gear wheel meshing with the second driving gear wheel to form a fifth gear and a third driven gear wheel meshing with the fourth driving gear wheel to form a sixth gear; and a second output shaft which carries a fourth driven gear wheel meshing with the first driven gear wheel to form the reverse gear, a fifth driven gear wheel meshing with the second driving gear wheel to form a third gear, a sixth driven gear wheel meshing with the third driving gear wheel to form a second gear and a seventh driven gear wheel meshing with the fourth driving gear wheel to form a fourthType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Filippo Baldascini, Gian Luigi Pregnolato, Carlo Emilio Baret
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Publication number: 20070204709Abstract: The transmission comprises a gearbox having first and second input shafts coaxial to one another, wherein the second input shaft carries driving gearwheels associated to the even gears (second, fourth and sixth) and to the highest gear (sixth or seventh); and a clutch unit having first and second dry friction clutches arranged to couple a drive shaft of the motor vehicle respectively to the first and second input shafts of the gearbox. The first friction clutch associated to the first input shaft is normally disengaged, whereas the second friction clutch associated to the second input shaft is normally engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: CRF SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONIInventors: Domenico MESITI, Dario Caenazzo
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Patent number: 7258033Abstract: The transmission comprises: a first input shaft carrying first, second and third driving gearwheels associated to odd gears and to a reverse gear; a second input shaft made in the form of a hollow shaft coaxial with the first input shaft and carrying fourth and fifth driving gearwheels associated to even gears; a first friction clutch for coupling the first input shaft to a driving shaft of the vehicle; a second friction clutch for coupling the second input shaft to the driving shaft; a first output shaft arranged parallel to the first and second input shafts and carrying a first idle driven gearwheel meshing with the first driving gearwheel for providing a first gear, a second idle driven gearwheel meshing with the second driving gearwheel for providing a third gear and a third idle driven gearwheel meshing with the fifth driving gearwheel for providing a sixth gear, as well as a first engagement sleeve for selectively engaging the first or the third gear and a second engagement sleeve for engaging the sixthType: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile Per AzioniInventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Patent number: 7197954Abstract: The transmission includes: a first input shaft carrying drive gearwheels for first gear, third gear, fifth gear, sixth gear and reverse; a second input shaft, coaxial to the first, carrying drive gearwheels for second gear and fourth gear; first and second clutches for coupling the first and the second input shafts respectively to a drive shaft of the motor vehicle; and at least one output shaft carrying a plurality of driven gearwheels, each meshing, either directly or indirectly, with a corresponding drive gearwheel; a first engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of first and third gears; a second engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of second and fourth gears; a third engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of fifth and sixth gears; and a fourth engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheel or driven gearwheel of reverse gear.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Publication number: 20060278028Abstract: The gearbox comprises: a first, inner input shaft which carries a first and a second driving gear wheel associated with odd gears and with a reverse gear; a second, outer input shaft which is disposed coaxially with the first and carries a third and a fourth driving gear wheel associated with even gears; a first output shaft which carries a first driven gear wheel meshing with the first driving gear wheel to form a first gear, a second driven gear wheel meshing with the second driving gear wheel to form a fifth gear and a third driven gear wheel meshing with the fourth driving gear wheel to form a sixth gear; and a second output shaft which carries a fourth driven gear wheel meshing with the first driven gear wheel to form the reverse gear, a fifth driven gear wheel meshing with the second driving gear wheel to form a third gear, a sixth driven gear wheel meshing with the third driving gear wheel to form a second gear and a seventh driven gear wheel meshing with the fourth driving gear wheel to form a fourthType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Filippo Baldascini, Gian Pregnolato, Carlo Baret
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Patent number: 7131510Abstract: The system comprises control devices (CS) arranged to implement a stop-start function in which, during a stop stage, the internal combustion engine (1) is disconnected from the electric machine (4) and from the transmission system (2) and is switched off in first predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle (V) and then, in a subsequent start stage, is automatically restarted by an electric machine (4), operating as a motor, and is then-reconnected to the transmission system (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: C.R.F. Societa′ Consortile per AzioniInventors: Domenico Mesiti, Giancarlo Osella, Attilio Porta, Giovanni Ellena
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Patent number: 7004136Abstract: The system includes at least one transmission belt operable to couple the drive shafts of auxiliary devices with a pulley operatively connectable to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, and a servo controlled clutch operable selectively to control the coupling of the pulley with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Between the pulley and the crankshaft of the engine is interposed an overrun clutch such that when the angular velocity of the crankshaft is greater than and, respectively, less than that of the pulley, the pulley is able to be driven in rotation by the crankshaft and, respectively, becomes freely rotatable with respect to this crankshaft. The servo controlled clutch is normally de energised and disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile Per AzioniInventors: Marco Garabello, Domenico Mesiti, Dario Caenazzo
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Patent number: 6997275Abstract: The system comprises control devices (CS) arranged to implement a stop-start function in which, during a stop stage, the internal combustion engine (1) is disconnected from the electric machine (4) and from the transmission system (2) and is switched off in first predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle (V) and then, in a subsequent start stage, is automatically restarted by an electric machine (4), operating as a motor, and is then reconnected to the transmission system (2).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile Per AzioniInventors: Domenico Mesiti, Giancarlo Osella, Attilio Porta, Giovanni Ellena
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Publication number: 20060005649Abstract: The control system comprises: a first hydraulically-operated actuator device for controlling the engagement of a first set of gears by selection and engagement movements; a second hydraulically-operated actuator device for controlling the engagement of a second set of gears by selection and engagement movements; a first solenoid valve of the ON/OFF type arranged to put the first or the second actuator device alternatively into communication with a supply of fluid under pressure; a second solenoid valve of the ON/OFF type arranged to control the selection movements of the actuator device which from time to time is in communication with the fluid supply; a distributor interposed between the fluid supply and the two actuator devices and displaceable under the control of the first solenoid valve between a first working position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the first actuator device and a second working position in which it puts the fluid supply into communication with the second actuaType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Publication number: 20050241424Abstract: The transmission comprises: a first input shaft carrying first, second and third driving gearwheels associated to odd gears and to a reverse gear; a second input shaft made in the form of a hollow shaft coaxial with the first input shaft and carrying fourth and fifth driving gearwheels associated to even gears; a first friction clutch for coupling the first input shaft to a driving shaft of the vehicle; a second friction clutch for coupling the second input shaft to the driving shaft; a first output shaft arranged parallel to the first and second input shafts and carrying a first idle driven gearwheel meshing with the first driving gearwheel for providing a first gear, a second idle driven gearwheel meshing with the second driving gearwheel for providing a third gear and a third idle driven gearwheel meshing with the fifth driving gearwheel for providing a sixth gear, as well as a first engagement sleeve for selectively engaging the first or the third gear and a second engagement sleeve for engaging the sixthType: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2005Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Publication number: 20050221947Abstract: The system comprises control devices (CS) arranged to implement a stop-start function in which, during a stop stage, the internal combustion engine (1) is disconnected from the electric machine (4) and from the transmission system (2) and is switched off in first predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle (V) and then, in a subsequent start stage, is automatically restarted by an electric machine (4), operating as a motor, and is then reconnected to the transmission system (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Domenico Mesiti, Giancarlo Osella, Attilio Porta, Giovanni Ellena
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Publication number: 20050150318Abstract: The transmission includes: a first input shaft carrying drive gearwheels for first gear, third gear, fifth gear, sixth gear and reverse; a second input shaft, coaxial to the first, carrying drive gearwheels for second gear and fourth gear; first and second clutches for coupling the first and the second input shafts respectively to a drive shaft of the motor vehicle; and at least one output shaft carrying a plurality of driven gearwheels, each meshing, either directly or indirectly, with a corresponding drive gearwheel; a first engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of first and third gears; a second engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of second and fourth gears; a third engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheels or driven gearwheels of fifth and sixth gears; and a fourth engagement sleeve associated with the drive gearwheel or driven gearwheel of reverse gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Filippo Baldascini, Dario Caenazzo, Domenico Mesiti, Gianluigi Pregnolato
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Publication number: 20050148417Abstract: The system includes at least one transmission belt for coupling the shafts of auxiliary devices to a pulley which can be coupled for operation to the shaft of the combustion engine, and an electromagnetically operated clutch between this pulley and the shaft of the engine. An overrunning clutch is interposed between the pulley and the shaft of the engine. The clutch is normally disengaged and de-energized. The pulley has a hub fitted on an extension of the shaft of the engine with the interposition of the overrunning clutch, and has a channel-shaped cross section with a concavity facing the internal combustion engine. The electromagnetically operated clutch comprises a winding which is fixed to the engine and which extends into the concavity of the pulley, and a ferromagnetic ring carried in an axially translatable way by a support element fixed with respect to rotation to the extension of the shaft of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Marco Garabello, Domenico Mesiti, Dario Caenazzo
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Publication number: 20040261753Abstract: The system includes at least one transmission belt operable to couple the drive shafts of auxiliary devices with a pulley operatively connectable to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, and a servo controlled clutch operable selectively to control the coupling of the pulley with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Between the pulley and the crankshaft of the engine is interposed an overrun clutch such that when the angular velocity of the crankshaft is greater than and, respectively, less than that of the pulley, the pulley is able to be driven in rotation by the crankshaft and, respectively, becomes freely rotatable with respect to this crankshaft. The servo controlled clutch is normally de energised and disengaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONIInventors: Marco Garabello, Domenico Mesiti, Dario Caenazzo
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Patent number: 6524219Abstract: A first clutch and a second clutch, which are operable selectively, control the coupling of the rotor of a reversible electrical machine with the transmission and with the internal combustion engine, respectively. A control system is provided for implementing a stop-start function in which, in a stop stage, the internal combustion engine is disconnected from the electrical machine and from the transmission and is switched off, in first predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle and then, as a result of the occurrence of second operating conditions, such as a command imparted by the driver, in a subsequent start stage, is automatically restarted by means of the electrical machine operating as a motor, and is then reconnected to the transmission. The system is characterized especially by particular methods of controlling the clutches and the electrical machine during the start stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Domenico Mesiti, Giancarlo Osella, Attilio Porta, Giovanni Ellena, Massimo Fossanetti, Massimo Lupo