Patents by Inventor Michele Pennese
Michele Pennese 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).
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Patent number: 7758468Abstract: A powertrain control system for management and supervision of engine and servo-assisted gearbox control modules is arranged for determining the power to be applied to the drive wheels of the vehicle as a function of signals indicative of commands imparted by the driver, of the engine and gearbox state parameters and of possible requirements from the engine and gearbox control modules and supplementary on board vehicle traction/drive control systems; calculating data indicative of the torque to be delivered at the engine drive shaft, the torque transmissible by the clutch and the required transmission ratio, as a function of the determined value of the power to be applied to the drive wheels, of the state parameters and of the requirements of the engine and gearbox control modules and the traction/drive control systems; and transmitting the calculated data as signals to the engine and gearbox control modules.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: CRF Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Constantinos Vafidis, Gianluca Morra, Giancarlo Osella, Corrado Elia, Gianpiero Einaudi, Aldo Perotto, Savino Luigi Lupo, Michele Pennese
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Patent number: 7745953Abstract: An energy storage system for powering electric user devices of a vehicle, the energy storage system having a battery; a capacitive element connected parallel to the terminals of the battery; and an inductive element connected in series to the battery, between the battery and the capacitive element; to effectively regulate power/energy flow between the battery and the capacitive element during transients, the ratio between the capacity of the battery measured in (Ah) and the capacitance of the capacitive element measured in (F) is less than 1, and the ratio between the capacity of the battery measured in (Ah) and the inductance of the inductive element measured in (?H) is less than 1.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignees: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A., Ente per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Anbiente-ENEAInventors: Angelo Puccetti, Michele Pennese
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Patent number: 7347175Abstract: A method for managing the “stop-and-start” mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine; the method provides for the “stop-and-start” mode to be enabled or disabled as a function of a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the motor vehicle, as a function of a state of motion of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and as a function of the electric power consumed overall by the electrical consumers of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.Inventors: Savino Luigi Lupo, Michele Pennese
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Publication number: 20070001616Abstract: An energy storage system for powering electric user devices of a vehicle, the energy storage system having a battery; a capacitive element connected parallel to the terminals of the battery; and an inductive element connected in series to the battery, between the battery and the capacitive element; to effectively regulate power/energy flow between the battery and the capacitive element during transients, the ratio between the capacity of the battery measured in (Ah) and the capacitance of the capacitive element measured in (F) is less than 1, and the ratio between the capacity of the battery measured in (Ah) and the inductance of the inductive element measured in (?H) is less than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicants: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A., Ente Per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente - ENEAInventors: Angelo Puccetti, Michele Pennese
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Publication number: 20060258505Abstract: A powertrain control system is described for a motor vehicle provided with at least one engine and a gearbox of servo-assisted type, connectable to the drive shaft of the engine (ICE) via at least one servo-controlled clutch, to which are associated respective control modules arranged to perform an automatic control procedure for control of the traction as a function of signals or data indicative of commands imparted by a motor vehicle driver, and predetermined state parameters of the engine and the gearbox; the system including a module for management and supervision of the said control modules, arranged to manage the powertrain of the vehicle, and in particular to: determine in a predetermined manner, the power to be applied to the drive wheels of the vehicle as a function of signals or data indicative of commands imparted by the driver, of state parameters and of possible requirements from the control modules and/or supplementary on board vehicle traction/drive control systems; calculate, as a function ofType: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Constantinos Vafidis, Gianluca Morra, Giancarlo Osella, Corrado Elia, Gianpiero Einaudi, Aldo Perotto, Savino Lupo, Michele Pennese
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Publication number: 20060150937Abstract: A method for managing the “stop-and-start” mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine; the method provides for the “stop-and-start” mode to be enabled or disabled as a function of a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the motor vehicle, as a function of a state of motion of a driveshaft of the internal combustion engine and as a function of the electric power consumed overall by the electrical consumers of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Savino Lupo, Michele Pennese
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Patent number: 7003396Abstract: A control system with multiprocessor architecture for an internal combustion powertrain is disclosed. The control system has a computing unit capable of executing both basic control functions of the powertrain and ancillary control functions not directly related to the control of the powertrain. The computing unit comprises a main processor, which is dedicated to executing basic functions for controlling the powertrain, at least one auxiliary processor, which is dedicated to executing ancillary control functions, a number of memories, a series of peripheral devices, at least one peripheral bus connection, to which the peripheral devices are connected, and an intelligent main bus connection of the cross-bar bus type to allow the processors to communicate with the memories and with the peripheral bus connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.Inventors: Giovanni Gaviani, Paolo Marceca, Michele Pennese
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Publication number: 20040260448Abstract: A control system with multiprocessor architecture for an internal combustion powertrain is disclosed. The control system has a computing unit capable of executing both basic control functions of the powertrain and ancillary control functions not directly related to the control of the powertrain. The computing unit comprises a main processor, which is dedicated to executing basic functions for controlling the powertrain, at least one auxiliary processor, which is dedicated to executing ancillary control functions, a number of memories, a series of peripheral devices, at least one peripheral bus connection, to which the peripheral devices are connected, and an intelligent main bus connection of the cross-bar bus type to allow the processors to communicate with the memories and with the peripheral bus connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A.Inventors: Giovanni Gaviani, Paolo Marceca, Michele Pennese
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Patent number: 6314803Abstract: A method for surveying the operating conditions of an internal combustion engine with spark ignition, wherein in one and the same engine cycle a plurality of primary charging cycle are generated which produce corresponding secondary discharge cycles. The pressure pattern in the combustion chamber is determined, in each period of time, as the product of the maximum intensity of the induced primary voltage (V1i) by the respective duration (ti).Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignees: Magneti Marelli SpA, Federal-Mogul Ignition SpAInventors: Michele Pennese, Daniele Rossi
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Patent number: 5788602Abstract: Engine-control device, in which an internal combustion engine coupled to a transmission group is controlled by a central electronic unit which receives at an input a plurality of information parameters measured in the engine and calculates control signals for operating groups of the engine itself. The device comprises an external processing unit communicating with a control circuit of the transmission group and with the central control unit. The processing unit is capable of being activated by commands originating from the control circuit to modify the control signals, regulating alternately the torque generated by the engine and the speed of rotation of the engine itself.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.Inventors: Michele Pennese, Savino Lupo
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Patent number: 5640940Abstract: The system is used to reduce the possibility of re-creating the conditions in which the phenomenon of detonation is triggered in a combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine of a power unit which comprises an air inlet manifold, a plurality of cylinders, and an electronic ignition and injection system.The system comprises:means that sense the phenomenon of detonation;means that vary the amount of air channelled towards the combustion chamber; andmeans connected to the sensing means, for controlling the means for varying the amount of air channelled towards the combustion chamber in order to reduce the possibility of re-creating the conditions in which detonation is triggered.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.Inventors: Pierluigi Poggi, Michele Pennese