Patents by Inventor Massimo Ceccarani

Massimo Ceccarani 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).

  • Air intake for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 7000719
    Abstract: Air intake comprising at least one deflector (1) which is provided with one or more walls (5, 6, 9) suitable for conveying air through an opening (4) made in the body of a motor vehicle (2), and which is hinged to at least one member (7) of the motor vehicle (2) for being rotated by at least one motor (19) around an axis (3), so as to modify the size of said opening (4). The angle comprised between the rotation axis (3) of the deflector (1) and the vertical symmetry plane of the motor vehicle (2) is preferably not greater than 45°, in particular less than 5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ceccarani, Corrado Rebottini, Stefano Mazzetti, Andrea Bonfatti
  • Air intake for motor vehicles
    Publication number: 20040238246
    Abstract: Air intake comprising at least one deflector (1) which is provided with one or more walls (5, 6, 9) suitable for conveying air through an opening (4) made in the body of a motor vehicle (2), and which is hinged to at least one member (7) of the motor vehicle (2) for being rotated by at least one motor (19) around an axis (3), so as to modify the size of said opening (4). The angle comprised between the rotation axis (3) of the deflector (1) and the vertical symmetry plane of the motor vehicle (2) is preferably not greater than 45°, in particular less than 5°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Massimo Ceccarani, Corrado Rebottini, Stefano Mazzetti
  • Process for detecting a misfire in an internal combustion engine and system for carrying out said process
    Patent number: 6651490
    Abstract: A process for detecting a misfire in one or more cylinders of an internal combustion engine, including sampling the exhaust gas pressure values during at least one engine cycle at a sampling frequency proportional to the crankshaft rotational speed, analyzing the sampled signal in the frequency domain, calculating a misfire index from the analysis, comparing the index with one or more threshold values, and identifying a misfire based on the comparison of the index with the threshold values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ceccarani, Corrado Rebottini, Riccardo Bettini, Piero Campi