Patents by Inventor Massimo Zappaterra

Massimo Zappaterra 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).

  • Power supply and recharging assembly and method for an electric vehicle, and electric vehicle comprising the power supply and recharging assembly
    Patent number: 11046202
    Abstract: A recharging method and assembly to charge an electric vehicle comprising a battery pack including a plurality of storage batteries having a same nominal charge voltage, the battery pack being connectable to a recharging station adapted to provide a recharging voltage, which is greater than said nominal charge voltage. In a recharging mode, in which the recharging voltage deliverable by the recharging station is equal to or greater than the sum of the nominal charge voltages of the plurality of storage batteries, the storage batteries are connected in series to one another, so as to recharge the series of batteries with a recharging voltage greater than the nominal charge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: IVECO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Zappaterra, Cristian Bertolotto, Giorgio Mantovani, Alessandro Bernardini
  • POWER SUPPLY AND RECHARGING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING THE POWER SUPPLY AND RECHARING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200262302
    Abstract: A recharging method and assembly to charge an electric vehicle comprising a battery pack including a plurality of storage batteries having a same nominal charge voltage, the battery pack being connectable to a recharging station adapted to provide a recharging voltage, which his greater than said nominal charge voltage. In an recharging mode of the battery pack, in which the recharging voltage deliverable by the recharging station is smaller than the sum of the nominal charge voltages of the plurality of storage batteries, the storage batteries are connected in parallel to one another, so as to recharge each battery with a recharging voltage equal to the nominal charge voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Massimo Zappaterra, Cristian Bertolotto, Giorgio Mantovani, Alessandro Bernardini