Patents by Inventor Luca Arzilli

Luca Arzilli 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: 10308236
    Abstract: A method to control a hybrid vehicle with a parallel architecture and with a known speed profile divided into a plurality of reference time intervals with a constant speed or with a constant acceleration. The method includes the steps of determining a driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels, which allows the mean specific fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine to be minimized as a function of the power, of the mechanical energy requested in the reference time interval and of the constant speed or acceleration in the reference time interval; then determining the optimal distribution of the mechanical energy so as to globally minimize the cumulative fuel consumption over the entire actuation profile; and controlling the reversible electrical machine to deliver an additional driving torque as a function of the driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Arcangeli, Luca Poggio, Francesco Marcigliano, Andrea Balluchi, Emanuele Mazzi, Luca Arzilli
  • Patent number: 10011268
    Abstract: A method to control a hybrid vehicle with a parallel architecture and with an unknown speed profile, wherein the hybrid vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine and with a reversible electrical machine connected to a storage system designed to store electrical energy; the method comprises the steps of recognizing the operating mode of the hybrid vehicle; determining a function of the specific fuel consumption of the drive system of the hybrid vehicle as a function of the operating mode of the hybrid vehicle; determining the optimal value of the power of the storage system and the optimal value of the power of the internal combustion engine, which correspond to the values that permit a minimization of said function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Arcangeli, Luca Poggio, Francesco Marcigliano, Andrea Balluchi, Emanuele Mazzi, Luca Arzilli
  • Publication number: 20170088118
    Abstract: A method to control a hybrid vehicle with a parallel architecture and with a known speed profile divided into a plurality of reference time intervals with a constant speed or with a constant acceleration. The method includes the steps of determining a driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels, which allows the mean specific fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine to be minimized as a function of the power, of the mechanical energy requested in the reference time interval and of the constant speed or acceleration in the reference time interval; then determining the optimal distribution of the mechanical energy so as to globally minimize the cumulative fuel consumption over the entire actuation profile; and controlling the reversible electrical machine to deliver an additional driving torque as a function of the driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Arcangeli, Luca Poggio, Francesco Marcigliano, Andrea Balluchi, Emanuele Mazzi, Luca Arzilli
  • Publication number: 20170088120
    Abstract: A method to control a hybrid vehicle with a parallel architecture and with an unknown speed profile, wherein the hybrid vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine and with a reversible electrical machine connected to a storage system designed to store electrical energy; the method comprises the steps of recognizing the operating mode of the hybrid vehicle; determining a function of the specific fuel consumption of the drive system of the hybrid vehicle as a function of the operating mode of the hybrid vehicle; determining the optimal value of the power of the storage system and the optimal value of the power of the internal combustion engine, which correspond to the values that permit a minimization of said function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Arcangeli, Luca Poggio, Francesco Marcigliano, Andrea Balluchi, Emanuele Mazzi, Luca Arzilli