Patents by Inventor Mario BOCHICCHIO DE MARIA

Mario BOCHICCHIO DE MARIA 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).

  • Vehicle having a frame provided with a supporting structure for auxiliary units, in particular gas tanks or electric batteries
    Patent number: 12194838
    Abstract: A light duty vehicle includes a vehicle frame, including a pair of vehicle longitudinal beams connected to each other by a plurality of cross-members and a cabin frame, having a pair of cabin longitudinal beams rigidly connected to front ends of the vehicle longitudinal beams. A supporting structure for auxiliary units, such as gaseous fuel tanks or electric batteries, which is carried by the vehicle frame, and includes an auxiliary frame extending between the vehicle longitudinal beams and having connection plates arranged in vertical planes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame and which are in contact with mutually facing inner lateral walls of the vehicle longitudinal beams and are rigidly connected to these longitudinal beams. The auxiliary frame fulfills a structural function equivalent to the structural function of one or more cross-members at an area of the vehicle frame where the cross-members are omitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Bochicchio De Maria, Dino De Stefano, Fabrizio Urbinati, Roberto Puppini
  • VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME PROVIDED WITH A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR AUXILIARY UNITS, IN PARTICULAR GAS TANKS OR ELECTRIC BATTERIES
    Publication number: 20220105799
    Abstract: A light duty vehicle includes a vehicle frame, including a pair of vehicle longitudinal beams connected to each other by a plurality of cross-members and a cabin frame, having a pair of cabin longitudinal beams rigidly connected to front ends of the vehicle longitudinal beams. A supporting structure for auxiliary units, such as gaseous fuel tanks or electric batteries, which is carried by the vehicle frame, and includes an auxiliary frame extending between the vehicle longitudinal beams and having connection plates arranged in vertical planes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame and which are in contact with mutually facing inner lateral walls of the vehicle longitudinal beams and are rigidly connected to these longitudinal beams. The auxiliary frame fulfills a structural function equivalent to the structural function of one or more cross-members at an area of the vehicle frame where the cross-members are omitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Mario BOCHICCHIO DE MARIA, Dino DE STEFANO, Fabrizio URBINATI, Roberto PUPPINI