Patents by Inventor Mauro PIERALLINI

Mauro PIERALLINI 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: 9410619
    Abstract: A gear shift system for a motor vehicle with a steering wheel. The gear shift system includes gear shift devices rotationally integral with the steering wheel and an electronic control device. Each of the gear shift devices is operable by a driver of the motor vehicle to carry out at least one respective gear shift function associated with the respective gear shift device. The electronic control unit is configured to receive a magnitude indicative of a current steering wheel angle, determine, on the basis of the received magnitude, whether the current steering wheel angle satisfies predefined conditions, and, if it determines that the current steering wheel angle satisfies the predefined conditions, reconfigure the gear shift functions associated with the gear shift devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: FIAT GROUP AUTOMOBILES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Mauro Pierallini
  • Publication number: 20150006040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gear shift system for a motor vehicle with a steering wheel. Said gear shift system comprises gear shift devices rotationally integral with the steering wheel, each of which is operable by a driver of the motor vehicle to carry out at least one respective gear shift function associated with said gear shift device. Furthermore, said gear shift system further comprises an electronic control unit configured to: receive a magnitude indicative of a current steering wheel angle; determine, on the basis of the received magnitude, whether the current steering wheel angle satisfies predefined conditions; and, if it determines that the current steering wheel angle satisfies the predefined conditions, reconfigure the gear shift functions associated with the gear shift devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: FIAT GROUP AUTOMOBILES S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mauro PIERALLINI