Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Catona

Giuseppe Catona 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: 8587252
    Abstract: A system for controlling a power-converter device of a DC/DC type, having an input connected to a first electric battery at an input voltage, and an output connected to a second electric battery at an output voltage, and being provided with: a transformer stage, with a primary winding coupled to the input, and a secondary winding coupled to the output; a switching stage, arranged between the input and the primary winding and supplying an alternating electrical quantity to the primary winding as a function of the input voltage; a rectifier stage arranged between the secondary winding and the output for generating the output voltage. A control stage switching controls the switching stage at a switching frequency, as a function of a measurement signal indicative of an electrical output quantity, by means of a digital average-current-mode control, obtaining the measurement signal by means of a subsampling of the electrical output quantity, at a sampling frequency, lower than the switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Paolo Reggio, Giuseppe Catona
  • Publication number: 20120126742
    Abstract: A system for controlling a power-converter device of a DC/DC type, having an input connected to a first electric battery at an input voltage, and an output connected to a second electric battery at an output voltage, and being provided with: a transformer stage, with a primary winding coupled to the input, and a secondary winding coupled to the output; a switching stage, arranged between the input and the primary winding and supplying an alternating electrical quantity to the primary winding as a function of the input voltage; a rectifier stage arranged between the secondary winding and the output for generating the output voltage. A control stage switching controls the switching stage at a switching frequency, as a function of a measurement signal indicative of an electrical output quantity, by means of a digital average-current-mode control, obtaining the measurement signal by means of a subsampling of the electrical output quantity, at a sampling frequency, lower than the switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Paolo Reggio, Giuseppe Catona
  • Patent number: 8072758
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an automotive inverter assembly has at least one component for cooling. The inverter assembly has a supporting body for supporting the at least one component. The supporting body defines at least part of a volume through which flows a cooling fluid coupled thermally with the at least one component for cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Riccardo Groppo, Giuseppe Catona, Andrea Pizzato
  • Publication number: 20100128437
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an automotive inverter assembly has at least one component for cooling. The inverter assembly has a supporting body for supporting the at least one component. The supporting body defines at least part of a volume through which flows a cooling fluid coupled thermally with the at least one component for cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Ricardo GROPPO, Giuseppe CATONA, Andrea PIZZATO
  • Patent number: 7196506
    Abstract: Described herein is a surface-mounted integrated current sensor for use in a printed circuit having a track along which there flows, in use, the electric current to be measured. The current sensor comprises a package having a bottom face facing, in use, the printed circuit, and on which there is set an electrically conductive bottom piece, which, in use, makes contact with the track of the printed circuit in such a way as to be traversed by the current to be measured. The current sensor moreover comprises a sensor element, for example a Hall-effect one, designed to generate a voltage proportional to the electric current that flows through the bottom piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Giuseppe Catona, Riccardo Groppo, Alberto Manzone
  • Publication number: 20060181264
    Abstract: Described herein is a surface-mounted integrated current sensor for use in a printed circuit having a track along which there flows, in use, the electric current to be measured. The current sensor comprises a package having a bottom face facing, in use, the printed circuit, and on which there is set an electrically conductive bottom piece, which, in use, makes contact with the track of the printed circuit in such a way as to be traversed by the current to be measured. The current sensor moreover comprises a sensor element, for example a Hall-effect one, designed to generate a voltage proportional to the electric current that flows through the bottom piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Giuseppe Catona, Riccardo Groppo, Alberto Manzone