Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Chini

Fabrizio Chini 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: 20240106081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a busbar interconnect for electrically conductively connecting battery cells, comprising a plurality of contact prongs, the contact prongs being embodied integrally with an electrically conductive web structure, a covering structure composed of electrically insulating material being arranged at at least one section of the web structure. The invention provides for the busbar interconnect to have a first coupling region with at least one first coupling formation and a second coupling region with at least one second coupling formation, said second coupling region being arranged at a distance along a distance axis, the first coupling formation and the second coupling formation being embodied complementarily such that the second coupling formation is couplable to a first coupling formation, and such that the first coupling formation is couplable to a second coupling formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Werner Farina, Mirco Bragagnolo, Jacopo Molinaroli
  • Publication number: 20230151896
    Abstract: A valve assembly for influencing operating fluid flows in a motorized vehicle, where the valve assembly includes: A valve housing with a main housing body and a housing lid, A fluid line arrangement with at least two fluid lines, A valve body configured as tapering along an actuating axis which is accommodated rotatably about the actuating axis between at least two fluid lines of the fluid line arrangement in such a way that through rotation of the valve body about the actuating axis, a flow-connection state of the at least two fluid lines proceeding in different spatial regions with each other is modifiable, and A pre-tensioning means arranged between the housing lid and the valve body which loads the valve body along the actuating axis, wherein it is provided that between the valve body and the main housing body there is arranged a guide shell surrounding the valve body, where the valve body is loaded through the pre-tensioning means towards the guide shell along a first pre-tensioning force path, where
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Davide Monsorno, Fabrizio Chini, Guenter Holzner, Matteo Zanin, Laura Fismaister, Marco Barbolini
  • Publication number: 20220235894
    Abstract: A distribution line component for a motor vehicle, including a line housing having a first line opening and having a second line opening, the first and the second line openings being connected to each other in fluid-conducting fashion by a line configuration in the line housing, the distribution line component including, for protection against the effects of a thermally caused increase in volume of a fluid accommodated in the line housing, a volume equalization component compressible by fluid in the line housing, a connection formation for connecting to a counterpart connection formation of a further line component being developed in the area of at least one line opening; the volume equalization component being situated in or on the connection formation and assigned to its line opening in such a way that a section of the further line component connected to the connection formation contributes jointly with the line housing to secure the position of the volume equalization component on the line housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Alessandro Iviglia, Fabrizio Chini, Matteo Guindani, Elia Mulas
  • Publication number: 20220228899
    Abstract: A fluid sensor for impedance-based determination of a quantity or a quality, such as type, composition, or purity of a fluid present in the surroundings of the fluid sensor, where the fluid sensor includes a first electrically conductive electrode which is arranged on a first extruded substrate component made of an electrically insulating, thermally curable synthetic, and where the fluid sensor includes a second electrically conductive electrode which is arranged on a second extruded substrate component made of an electrically insulating, thermally curable synthetic, where in each case an electrically conductive surface both that of the first electrode and also of the second electrode is exposed in such a way that it is wettable by fluid in the surroundings of the fluid sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Elia Mulas, Fabrizio Chini, Davide Monsorno, Matteo Traina, Saverio Girardi
  • Publication number: 20220186847
    Abstract: A valve assembly for controlling cooling fluid flows in a motor vehicle, the valve assembly including: a valve housing having a main housing body and a housing cover connected to the main housing body, a valve body receiving space being developed in the valve housing, which is enclosed by the main housing body and the housing cover, a fluid line system having at least two fluid lines, which run in different spatial regions starting from the valve body receiving space, a valve body, which is accommodated in the valve body receiving space rotatable about an actuation axis, the valve body being designed to taper along the actuation axis in such a way that by rotating the valve body about the actuation axis, a fluid connection situation of at least two fluid lines of the fluid line system is changeable, and a prestressing means, which applies a pressure onto the valve body along the actuation axis in the tapering direction, both the valve body as well at least the main housing body to be formed as injection m
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Davide Monsorno, Fabrizio Chini, Ion Constantin, Alberto Migliorini, Ivan De Metri
  • Patent number: 11346269
    Abstract: A vehicle tank for receiving a liquid medium, encompassing: a tank body having a tank wall; a heat exchanger arranged in an interior of the tank body, the heat exchanger having a first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface that faces toward the tank wall and is spaced away from the tank wall; and an electric heating apparatus that is arranged in the interior of the tank body, the electric heating apparatus being arranged between the first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface and the tank wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Davide Monsorno, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Francesca Sartori
  • Patent number: 11230186
    Abstract: A motor vehicle tank subassembly for storing and discharging an operating liquid, encompassing a tank having a tank volume, a filling opening a withdrawal opening, and a conveying pump having intake and delivery sides, the intake side connected to the withdrawal opening, a material that forms a pore volume being received in the tank; the material that forms a pore volume, constituting a porous conveying body having a body volume, occupies only part of the tank volume, the porous conveying body embodied to receive liquid stored in the tank in its pore volume utilizing a capillary effect; the porous conveying body having a discharge portion connected to the withdrawal opening such that the withdrawal vacuum at the withdrawal opening brings about in pores of the discharge portion a discharge vacuum that overcomes the capillary effect occurring there; the remainder of the porous conveying body extending away from the discharge portion and the withdrawal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Farina, Fabrizio Chini, Mirco Bragagnolo
  • Patent number: 11162626
    Abstract: A preform that is embodied for manufacture of a combined heating and anti-surge apparatus for automotive operating fluid tanks, in particular for automotive reservoir tanks for aqueous urea solution, encompasses a planar plastic component having at least one electrical resistance heating trace provided thereon and having anti-surge baffles embodied integrally with the planar plastic component and standing off therefrom, the planar plastic component including as functional portions a heating portion having at least one electrical resistance heating trace provided thereon and an anti-surge portion, two functional portions of the plastic component being connected to one another movably relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Elmar Pichler, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Christoph Ganthaler
  • Publication number: 20210331581
    Abstract: A vehicle tank, in particular for holding a fuel, in particular gasoline and/or diesel fuel, having: a first and a second partial shell, wherein the first and second partial shell are connected to one another in a partial shell joining area, and a barrier layer substantially, preferably completely, covering an outer surface of the first partial shell and an outer surface of the second partial shell, respectively, wherein the barrier layer spans the partial shell joining area on an outer surface of the vehicle tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Francesca Brunori, Matteo Traina, Fabrizio Civetta, Ferdinando Di Pauli
  • Publication number: 20210277848
    Abstract: A water delivery system for delivering demineralized water to a consuming unit of a motor vehicle, in particular to a combustion engine, encompassing: a water tank having a filling opening; a first aspiration line; a first water pump; a discharge line; a discharge apparatus; a demineralization apparatus for demineralizing water; the first water pump being fluidically connected via the first aspiration line to an internal volume of the water tank; the discharge apparatus being fluidically connected via the discharge line to the first water pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Gloria Paoli, Francesca Sartori, Edoardo Martelli, Filippo Dall'armellina, Luca Antoniazzi
  • Publication number: 20210148274
    Abstract: A vehicle tank for receiving a liquid medium, encompassing: a tank body having a tank wall; a heat exchanger arranged in an interior of the tank body, the heat exchanger having a first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface that faces toward the tank wall and is spaced away from the tank wall; and an electric heating apparatus that is arranged in the interior of the tank body, the electric heating apparatus being arranged between the first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface and the tank wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Davide Monsorno, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Francesca Sartori
  • Patent number: 10961953
    Abstract: A water recovery apparatus for a motor vehicle, for recovering water from ambient air, encompasses: a conveying conduit; a condenser device that is embodied to modify the absolute value of at least one dew-relevant state variable of a working gas delivered through the conveying conduit to the condenser device; a water discharge device that is embodied to discharge from the condenser device water condensed out of the working gas by the condenser device, the conveying conduit being embodied to convey ambient air as the working gas to the condenser device, the water recovery apparatus is embodied to deliver working gas continuously to the condenser device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Gloria Paoli
  • Patent number: 10892073
    Abstract: A motor vehicle operating liquid tank, in particular for storing aqueous urea solution, with a tank shell surrounding a tank volume and with a tank opening extending through the tank shell, a planar heating device in the tank volume is provided with an electrical resistance heating track arranged sandwiched between two plastic films that oppose one another in a planar manner and encase the resistance heating track, the plastic films opposing one another in a planar manner and each have a layer of compatible, thermoplastic plastics at least on their surfaces facing one another which are connected to one another locally at least along a seam track surrounding the electrical resistance heating track, slot areas are provided inside this seam track in which plastic film sections lie opposite one another in an unconnected manner without the intermediate arrangement of a section of a resistance heating track between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Ivan De Metri, Luca Marini, Francesca Brunori
  • Publication number: 20200317044
    Abstract: A liquid tank having a tank interior space delimited by a tank wall and fillable with liquid, a withdrawal opening; a retention component that delimits a component interior region in the tank interior space; the component volume of the interior region being less than the tank volume; a partition of the retention component permitting a flow of liquid, out of a component exterior region located outside the interior region but inside the tank volume, through the partition into the interior region and presenting a flow resistance to a flow out of the interior region through the partition into the exterior region, in such a way that the partition exhibits a liquid retention capability with respect to surging movements of liquid in the interior region; the withdrawal opening being arranged in such a way that at least as soon as a level falls below a threshold, the partition is arranged between the withdrawal opening and a liquid quantity received in an exterior region of the tank interior space; the retention compo
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Gloria Paoli, Fabrizio Chini, Werner Farina, Mirco Bragagnolo, Filippo Dall'Armellina
  • Patent number: 10767531
    Abstract: An operating liquid tank for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank wall enclosing a tank volume that can be filled with an operating liquid, a filling arrangement designed for introducing operating liquid into the tank volume, and a removal arrangement designed for the removal of operating liquid from the tank volume, wherein the removal arrangement comprises a pump assembly with a pump and a pump drive, the pump assembly comprises at least two assembly components that are formed separately from one another and are or can be coupled magnetically to one another, and of which a first assembly component as drive component comprises at least one part of the pump drive and a second assembly component as conveying component comprises a conveying part of the pump that can be driven by the pump drive relative to a conveying component housing for movement, wherein the tank wall extends between the drive component and the conveying component and physically separates the conveying component located on the inner face of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Luca Marini, Ivan De Metri, Fabrizio Chini
  • Patent number: 10690418
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) for arrangement inside a service-liquid tank (12), in particular inside a motor-vehicle service-liquid tank (12), comprising: a heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) for receiving a supply of liquid (22), an electric heating device (20) which is constructed and arranged for the transfer of heat into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14), and a heat-exchanger line (24) which originates at least from the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) and which is designed for the transfer of heat from the liquid flowing in the heat-exchanger line (24) to an area (26) outside the heat-exchanger line (24), characterized in that the heat-exchanger line (24), as a circulation line, discharges into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Stefano Dalpez
  • Publication number: 20190375291
    Abstract: A motor vehicle tank subassembly for storing and discharging an operating liquid, encompassing: a tank shell enclosing a tank interior; a conveying pump; a filter body at least partly accessible from the tank interior; and an intake conduit, the filter body having a body shell that encloses a filter body interior; at least a portion of the body shell encompassing a liquid-permeable filter material through which operating liquid in the tank interior can flow from outside the filter body into the filter body interior; the intake conduit connecting an intake side of the conveying pump to the filter body interior; arranged in the filter body interior, in the region of an intake opening of the intake conduit, is a baffle configuration that is embodied, as compared with an identically constructed filter body having no baffle configuration, to impede a movement of operating liquid away from the intake opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ivan De Metri, Fabrizio Chini, Elmar Pichler
  • Publication number: 20190366836
    Abstract: A motor vehicle tank subassembly for storing and discharging an operating liquid, encompassing a tank having a tank volume, a filling opening a withdrawal opening, and a conveying pump having intake and delivery sides, the intake side connected to the withdrawal opening, a material that forms a pore volume being received in the tank; the material that forms a pore volume, constituting a porous conveying body having a body volume, occupies only part of the tank volume, the porous conveying body embodied to receive liquid stored in the tank in its pore volume utilizing a capillary effect; the porous conveying body having a discharge portion connected to the withdrawal opening such that the withdrawal vacuum at the withdrawal opening brings about in pores of the discharge portion a discharge vacuum that overcomes the capillary effect occurring there; the remainder of the porous conveying body extending away from the discharge portion and the withdrawal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Werner Farina, Fabrizio Chini, Mirco Bragagnolo
  • Publication number: 20190323455
    Abstract: A water recovery apparatus for a motor vehicle, for recovering water from ambient air, encompasses: a conveying conduit; a condenser device that is embodied to modify the absolute value of at least one dew-relevant state variable of a working gas delivered through the conveying conduit to the condenser device; a water discharge device that is embodied to discharge from the condenser device water condensed out of the working gas by the condenser device, the conveying conduit being embodied to convey ambient air as the working gas to the condenser device, the water recovery apparatus is embodied to deliver working gas continuously to the condenser device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Gloria Paoli
  • Patent number: 10381657
    Abstract: A bipolar plate for a fuel cell comprises a fiber reinforcement structure containing thermoplastically bonded carbon fibers, the fiber reinforcement structure being multilayered and comprising a plurality of fiber reinforcement structure layers, at least two of which contain thermoplastically bonded carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Chini, Edoardo Martelli, Manfred Kampke