Patents by Inventor Fernando Luis Zarpelon

Fernando Luis Zarpelon 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: 12202538
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to chassis crossmember with a battery support. In certain embodiments, the chassis crossmember includes a battery support configured to mount at least one vehicle battery to and increase a stiffness of a chassis of a vehicle. The battery support includes a battery tray, including a floor, a front sidewall, and a rear sidewall. The battery tray is configured to extend between a left rail and a right rail of the chassis. The chassis crossmember further includes at least one left mounting bracket configured to rigidly mount a left side of the battery support to a left inner surface of the left rail of the chassis. The chassis crossmember further includes at least one right mounting bracket configured to rigidly mount a right side of the battery support to a right inner surface of the right rail of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Luis Zarpelon, Gilberto Schorr Grossl, Eduardo Zonatto, Jones George Kiatcoski Gioppo
  • Publication number: 20240336307
    Abstract: A fender suspension arrangement for suspending a fender of a vehicle, the fender suspension arrangement comprising a bracket, connectable to a frame of the vehicle, an elongated tube attached to the bracket, a pair of fender brackets connectable to the fender of the vehicle, wherein the fender brackets are attached to the elongated tube at a distance from each other, and an elongated washer element, arranged in abutment with the elongated tube, the elongated washer element extending between, and being connected to, the bracket and at least one of the fender brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Luis Zarpelon, Mauro Alvarenga, Alessandro Pereira
  • Publication number: 20240253700
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to chassis crossmember with a battery support. In certain embodiments, the chassis crossmember includes a battery support configured to mount at least one vehicle battery to and increase a stiffness of a chassis of a vehicle. The battery support includes a battery tray, including a floor, a front sidewall, and a rear sidewall. The battery tray is configured to extend between a left rail and a right rail of the chassis. The chassis crossmember further includes at least one left mounting bracket configured to rigidly mount a left side of the battery support to a left inner surface of the left rail of the chassis. The chassis crossmember further includes at least one right mounting bracket configured to rigidly mount a right side of the battery support to a right inner surface of the right rail of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Luis Zarpelon, Gilberto Schorr Grossl, Eduardo Zonatto, Jones George Kiatcoski Gioppo