Patents by Inventor Luca Bovina

Luca Bovina 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: 9574576
    Abstract: A hydraulic servo-control of a servo-controlled gearbox comprises hydraulic actuators defining chambers, a storing tank containing control fluid used by the actuators at room pressure, a hydraulic accumulator containing control fluid under pressure, a motor pump drawing the fluid from the tank and feeding it under pressure to the accumulator, and solenoid valves selectively connecting the chambers to the tank and accumulator. The accumulator includes an outer housing defining an inner cylindrical surface defining a first diameter, a piston arranged and axially slidable and mobile inside the housing and defining there a first variable-volume chamber for a gas and second variable-volume chamber for the fluid under pressure, and a limit stopper arranged at an open end of the housing, acting as a striker for the piston, and having an annular circlip defining an opening and overall second diameter approximating by excess the first diameter of the surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Giorgini, Andrea Bersani, Luca Bovina
  • Patent number: 9574583
    Abstract: A hydraulic servo-control of a servo-controlled gearbox provided with a hydraulic accumulator, having an outer housing and a piston that is slidable axially inside the outer housing and adapted to define a first variable-volume chamber for a gaseous material and a second variable-volume chamber for a control fluid under pressure; and at least one limit stop arranged at an open end of the outer housing which serve as a lower limit stop element; wherein the outer housing is provided with an upper limit stop element, which acts to limit the pressure value inside the first variable-volume chamber within a predetermined safety range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Giorgini, Andrea Bersani, Luca Bovina
  • Publication number: 20140053542
    Abstract: A hydraulic servo-control of a servo-controlled gearbox comprises hydraulic actuators defining chambers, a storing tank containing control fluid used by the actuators at room pressure, a hydraulic accumulator containing control fluid under pressure, a motor pump drawing the fluid from the tank and feeding it under pressure to the accumulator and solenoid valves selectively connecting the chambers to the tank and accumulator. The accumulator includes an outer housing, a piston arranged and axially slidable and mobile inside the housing and defining there a first variable-volume chamber for a gas and second variable-volume chamber for the fluid under pressure, and a limit stopper arranged at an open end of the housing, acting as a striker for the piston, and having an annular circlip and a perforated plate operatively interposed between the circlip and piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stefano Giorgini, Andrea Bersani, Luca Bovina
  • Publication number: 20130312597
    Abstract: A hydraulic servo-control of a servo-controlled gearbox provided with a hydraulic accumulator, having an outer housing and a piston that is slidable axially inside the outer housing and adapted to define a first variable-volume chamber for a gaseous material and a second variable-volume chamber for a control fluid under pressure; and at least one limit stop arranged at an open end of the outer housing which serve as a lower limit stop element; wherein the outer housing is provided with an upper limit stop element, which acts to limit the pressure value inside the first variable-volume chamber within a predetermined safety range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Giorgini, Andrea Bersani, Luca Bovina
  • Patent number: 7941996
    Abstract: An actuation system for a servo-assisted transmission; the actuation system is provided with: a hydraulic circuit comprising a reservoir containing a control fluid, a hydraulic accumulator containing the pressurized control fluid, and a pump which draws from the reservoir and feeds the hydraulic accumulator; at least a hydraulic actuator comprising at least one actuation chamber and a mobile piston which slides within the actuation chamber; a solenoid valve for connecting the actuation chamber of the hydraulic actuator to the hydraulic accumulator and to the reservoir; and a recirculation circuit, which departs from at least one environment bordering with the actuation chamber of the hydraulic actuator and ends in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Bovina, Giuseppe Medico
  • Publication number: 20090019845
    Abstract: An actuation system for a servo-assisted transmission; the actuation system is provided with: a hydraulic circuit comprising a reservoir containing a control fluid, a hydraulic accumulator containing the pressurized control fluid, and a pump which draws from the reservoir and feeds the hydraulic accumulator; at least a hydraulic actuator comprising at least one actuation chamber and a mobile piston which slides within the actuation chamber; a solenoid valve for connecting the actuation chamber of the hydraulic actuator to the hydraulic accumulator and to the reservoir; and a recirculation circuit, which departs from at least one environment bordering with the actuation chamber of the hydraulic actuator and ends in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Luca Bovina, Giuseppe Medico
  • Patent number: 6382042
    Abstract: Unit for controlling the shaft for selection and engagement of gears, provided with a control shaft, which can be connected to the said shaft for selection and engagement of the gears, with a device for movement, which can impart to the shaft angular movements which are designed to implement the passage between two angular engagement positions of gears which belong to a single row, and with a cam-guide device, which can modify the said angular displacements, selectively by command, into combined axial and angular displacements, such as to implement the change of gear between consecutive gears which belong to consecutive rows; the cam-guide device being axially mobile along the control shaft, between a plurality of row-change positions, at each of which it can guide the control shaft in the said combined angular and axial displacement, which can implement the passage of gear between two consecutive gears which belong to two consecutive rows; the cam-guide device also being able selectively to use the angular d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Bovina, Gianluigi Lenzi, Giovanni Lamberti