Patents by Inventor Gianluca Griffa

Gianluca Griffa 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).

  • Electricity supply apparatus of an industrial site
    Patent number: 8624558
    Abstract: An electricity supply apparatus includes a control device configured to calculate an amplitude of a control signal and to generate the control signal; an energy station configured to draw a current from a mains, to provide part of the drawn current to the load, to receive the control signal from the control device, and to vary the drawn current according to the amplitude; and a battery configured to recharge by drawing part of the drawn current and to discharge by supplying the load. The apparatus is characterized in that the control device is further configured to calculate the amplitude of the control signal also according to battery information relating to a recharge and/or a discharge condition of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elio Bianciotto, Claudio Bianco, Flavio Cucchietti, Gianluca Griffa
  • ELECTRICITY SUPPLY APPARATUS OF AN INDUSTRIAL SITE
    Publication number: 20110018502
    Abstract: An electricity supply apparatus includes a control device configured to calculate an amplitude of a control signal and to generate the control signal; an energy station configured to draw a current from a mains, to provide part of the drawn current to the load, to receive the control signal from the control device, and to vary the drawn current according to the amplitude; and a battery configured to recharge by drawing part of the drawn current and to discharge by supplying the load. The apparatus is characterized in that the control device is further configured to calculate the amplitude of the control signal also according to battery information relating to a recharge and/or a discharge condition of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Elio Bianciotto, Claudio Bianco, Flavio Cucchietti, Gianluca Griffa