Patents by Inventor Fabio FIORAVANZO

Fabio FIORAVANZO 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).

  • Apparatus and method for adjusting the pre-load of a motorbike suspension spring
    Patent number: 9682741
    Abstract: A motorcycle suspension that includes a fork hinged to a portion of a frame of a motorcycle, a damper unit positioned between the frame and the fork, that damper unit having at least one spring and at least one damper so as to permit a relative rotation of the fork in relation to the frame around at least one hinge pin. The suspension including a load sensor to measure the load weighing on the damper unit, and a control unit operatively connected to the load sensor. The control unit is operatively connected to a regulation means of the damper unit so as to vary the setting of the regulation means depending on the load signal received from the load sensor, so as to adapt a pre-loading of the spring and the damping of the damper to the load effectively weighing on the damper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanzo, Antonio Ingala, Andrea Ricci Iamino
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE PRE-LOAD OF A MOTORBIKE SUSPENSION SPRING
    Publication number: 20150375823
    Abstract: A motorcycle suspension that includes a fork hinged to a portion of a frame of a motorcycle, a damper unit positioned between the frame and the fork, that damper unit having at least one spring and at least one damper so as to permit a relative rotation of the fork in relation to the frame around at least one hinge pin. The suspension including a load sensor to measure the load weighing on the damper unit, and a control unit operatively connected to the load sensor. The control unit is operatively connected to a regulation means of the damper unit so as to vary the setting of the regulation means depending on the load signal received from the load sensor, so as to adapt a pre-loading of the spring and the damping of the damper to the load effectively weighing on the damper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Fabio FIORAVANZO, Antonio INGALA, Andrea RICCI IAMINO