Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Simonazzi

Giuseppe Simonazzi 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: 11877415
    Abstract: A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles having one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining one housing compartment, one electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment, connectable to one electric battery of the motor vehicle and configured to recharge the battery, one closing body of the container body associated in a removable manner with the latter to close the housing compartment, and the closing body being adapted to protect the electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment whereby the closing body includes a reinforcing device/structure/component which are shaped and arranged so as to prevent the deformation of the closing body itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Patent number: 11870286
    Abstract: A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles including one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining one housing compartment, the container body comprises one grounding connector to be connected to one grounding electrical potential by one electrical grounding cable, and one electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment, connectable to one electric battery of the motor vehicle and configured to recharge the battery, wherein the connector comprises a retaining device/structure/unit/component of the electrical grounding cable adapted to block the position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Patent number: 11700715
    Abstract: A battery charger for vehicles comprises one outer container, one electronic appliance housed inside the container, operatively connectable to an electric battery of a vehicle and configured for the recharge of the battery, and one cooling circuit of the electronic appliance, wherein the electronic appliance comprises one electronic board provided with an insulated metal substrate associated with the cooling circuit, with a layer of electrically insulating material made on one portion of the insulated metal substrate, and with one electronic circuit made on the layer of electrically insulating material, in which the electronic board comprises one conductive metal bar for the transport and the distribution of current, electrically connected to the electronic circuit and provided with one portion arranged in direct contact with one surface portion of the electronic board, for the cooling of the conductive metal bar by the cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Simonazzi, Cesare Lasagni
  • Patent number: 11412641
    Abstract: The electronic power apparatus for electric or hybrid cars comprises an external container, an electronic power circuit housed inside the container and configured for the conversion of an input current/voltage into a predefined output current/voltage, a liquid cooling circuit made at a portion of the container for cooling the electronic power circuit, wherein the container comprises a housing body of the electronic power circuit in a polymeric material and comprises at least one portion provided with the liquid cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Meta System S.p.a.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Publication number: 20210304957
    Abstract: A wound component having a ferromagnetic support, at least one electrically conductive winding wound around the ferromagnetic support and adapted to conduct at least one induction current, and a temperature sensor interposed between the ferromagnetic support and the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI, Cesare LASAGNI, Severino BIGLIARDI
  • Publication number: 20210298209
    Abstract: A battery charger for vehicles comprises one outer container, one electronic appliance housed inside the container, operatively connectable to an electric battery of a vehicle and configured for the recharge of the battery, and one cooling circuit of the electronic appliance, wherein the electronic appliance comprises one electronic board provided with an insulated metal substrate associated with the cooling circuit, with a layer of electrically insulating material made on one portion of the insulated metal substrate, and with one electronic circuit made on the layer of electrically insulating material, in which the electronic board comprises one conductive metal bar for the transport and the distribution of current, electrically connected to the electronic circuit and provided with one portion arranged in direct contact with one surface portion of the electronic board, for the cooling of the conductive metal bar by the cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI, Cesare LASAGNI
  • Publication number: 20210298208
    Abstract: The electronic power apparatus (1) for electric or hybrid cars comprises an external container (2), an electronic power circuit (3) housed inside the container (2) and configured for the conversion of an input current/voltage into a predefined output current/voltage, a liquid cooling circuit (4) made at a portion of the container (2) for cooling the electronic power circuit (3), wherein the container (2) comprises a housing body (5) of the electronic power circuit (3) in a polymeric material and comprises at least one portion provided with the liquid cooling circuit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Publication number: 20210281089
    Abstract: A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles including one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining one housing compartment, the container body comprises one grounding connector to be connected to one grounding electrical potential by one electrical grounding cable, and one electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment, connectable to one electric battery of the motor vehicle and configured to recharge the battery, wherein the connector comprises a retaining device/structure/unit/component of the electrical grounding cable adapted to block the position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20210276438
    Abstract: A battery charger for vehicles comprises one outer container, an electronic board housed inside the container, operatively connectable to an electric battery of a vehicle and configured for the recharge of the battery, at least an electric component connected to the electronic board, and at least a support for housing the electric component, in which the support comprises an electric connection device/unit/component between the electric component and the electronic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20210282289
    Abstract: A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles having one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining one housing compartment, one electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment, connectable to one electric battery of the motor vehicle and configured to recharge the battery, one closing body of the container body associated in a removable manner with the latter to close the housing compartment, and the closing body being adapted to protect the electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment whereby the closing body includes a reinforcing device/structure/component which are shaped and arranged so as to prevent the deformation of the closing body itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20210268910
    Abstract: An active discharge system for electric or hybrid motor vehicles including an active discharge circuit operatively connected in parallel to a charge circuit, which is supplied by a high voltage power source and defines an electrically-charged equivalent capacitance of an electric charge, wherein the active discharge circuit is configured to discharge the electric charge accumulated by the equivalent capacitance in the event of the high voltage power source being disconnected from the charge circuit; a control circuit/device/unit/component of the active discharge circuit which are configured to receive an activation signal, suitable to activating the active discharge circuit in case of receiving the activation signal, so as to discharge the equivalent capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI, Cesare LASAGNI, Severino BIGLIARDI
  • Patent number: 10183649
    Abstract: The appliance (1) with volumetric detector, usable in particular in anti-break-in systems for vehicles, comprises support means (2) associable with the structure of a vehicle, inside the compartment, an electronic control board (3) associated with the support means (2), at least a volumetric sensor (4) connected to the electronic control board (3) and suitable for detecting break-ins inside the compartment, and at least one volumetric sensor (4) associated integral with the electronic control board (3) and at least an acoustic duct (6) having a first mouth (7) associated with the volumetric sensor (4) and at least a second mouth (8) for emitting and/or receiving the sound waves generated by the volumetric sensor (4) and/or reflected by at least an obstacle inside the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Meta System S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Patent number: 10181226
    Abstract: The telematic monitoring system (1) for vehicles comprise a management and control unit (2) installed on a vehicle and capable of managing and controlling information relating to the vehicle (V) itself, a remote processing unit (3) for processing said information, a communication unit (4) installed on the vehicle (V), operatively connected to the management and control unit (2) and capable of communicating with the remote processing unit (3), a first device (6) operatively connected to the management and control unit (2), having first measurement means (7) for measuring instantaneous acceleration and first integral fastening means (8) to a front glass (A) of the compartment of the vehicle (V), a second device (9) operatively connected to the management and control unit (2), having second measurement means (10) for measuring instantaneous acceleration and second integral fastening means (11) to a rear glass (P) of the compartment of the vehicle (V), processing means (12) of first acceleration data (D1) and of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Meta System S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Publication number: 20180323545
    Abstract: The protection device (1) for link connectors to the on-board diagnostics of a vehicle comprises: a covering body (3) of a connection port (2) of the OBD type of an on-board diagnostic system of a vehicle; electronic detection means (5) for detecting the connection/disconnection of the covering body (3) to/from the connection port (2); a radio-wave communication unit (9) operatively connected to the electronic detection means (5) and able to send to one central control unit (10) of the vehicle at least one notification signal (S) of the connection/disconnection of the covering body (3) to/from the connection port (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20180272879
    Abstract: The appliance (A) for recharging batteries of electric vehicles or the like comprises conversion means connectable at input to an alternating current power supply line (AC IN) and connected at output to a high-voltage electric battery (HVB) and to a low-voltage electric battery (LVB) of an electric vehicle, the conversion means being activatable for recharging the high-voltage electric battery (HVB) and the low-voltage electric battery (LVB), wherein the conversion means comprise: an input stage (FIN, LIC, PFC/STU) connectable alternatively to the alternating current power supply line (AC IN) and to the high-voltage electric battery (HVB); a first converter (CNV1) having an input connected to the input stage (FIN, LIC, PFC/STU) and an output connected to the high-voltage electric battery (HVB); a second converter (CNV2) having an input connected to the input stage (FIN, LIC, PFC/STU) and an output connected to the low-voltage electric battery; the first and second converter (CNV1, CNV2) being activatable
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Cesare LASAGNI, Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Patent number: 9941633
    Abstract: The connector (1) for the connection to the on-board diagnostics of a vehicle, comprising a container body (2) associable with an electronic connection port (A) of an on-board diagnostic system of a vehicle, a plurality of electrical terminals (3) supported by the container body (2) and connectable to corresponding electrical terminals (B) of the connection port (A), at least a protruding element (4) associated with the container body (2) and engageable in correspondence of at least a respective locator element (C) onto the connection port (A), and blocking means (5) of the protruding element (4) in correspondence of the locator element (C), able to prevent undesired disconnections of the connector itself from the connection port (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Meta System S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
  • Publication number: 20170046888
    Abstract: The telematic monitoring system (1) for vehicles comprise a management and control unit (2) installed on a vehicle and capable of managing and controlling information relating to the vehicle (V) itself, a remote processing unit (3) for processing said information, a communication unit (4) installed on the vehicle (V), operatively connected to the management and control unit (2) and capable of communicating with the remote processing unit (3), a first device (6) operatively connected to the management and control unit (2), having first measurement means (7) for measuring instantaneous acceleration and first integral fastening means (8) to a front glass (A) of the compartment of the vehicle (V), a second device (9) operatively connected to the management and control unit (2), having second measurement means (10) for measuring instantaneous acceleration and second integral fastening means (11) to a rear glass (P) of the compartment of the vehicle (V), processing means (12) of first acceleration data (D1) and of
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20160318479
    Abstract: The appliance (1) with volumetric detector, usable in particular in anti-break-in systems for vehicles, comprises support means (2) associable with the structure of a vehicle, inside the compartment, an electronic control board (3) associated with the support means (2), at least a volumetric sensor (4) connected to the electronic control board (3) and suitable for detecting break-ins inside the compartment, and at least one volumetric sensor (4) associated integral with the electronic control board (3) and at least an acoustic duct (6) having a first mouth (7) associated with the volumetric sensor (4) and at least a second mouth (8) for emitting and/or receiving the sound waves generated by the volumetric sensor (4) and/or reflected by at least an obstacle inside the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Publication number: 20160226189
    Abstract: The connector (1) for the connection to the on-board diagnostics of a vehicle, comprising a container body (2) associable with an electronic connection port (A) of an on-board diagnostic system of a vehicle, a plurality of electrical terminals (3) supported by the container body (2) and connectable to corresponding electrical terminals (B) of the connection port (A), at least a protruding element (4) associated with the container body (2) and engageable in correspondence of at least a respective locator element (C) onto the connection port (A), and blocking means (5) of the protruding element (4) in correspondence of the locator element (C), able to prevent undesired disconnections of the connector itself from the connection port (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Giuseppe SIMONAZZI
  • Patent number: 9358955
    Abstract: The battery for electric vehicles includes electric charge accumulation elements which can be connected to at least an electric motor of an electric vehicle and electronic processing elements for managing and controlling the battery and/or the electric vehicle, wherein the electronic processing elements include: a storage unit of an identification code of the battery and/or of the electric vehicle; a communication unit for communicating with an external control device; checking elements operatively associated with the storage unit and with the communication unit and suitable for checking if an identification code received by the communication unit and sent by the control device corresponds to the identification code stored on the storage unit; activation/deactivation elements for activating the battery and/or the electric vehicle if the identification code received from the external control device corresponds to the identification code stored on the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: META SYSTEM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi