Patents by Inventor Paolo FAVERZANI

Paolo FAVERZANI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240175777
    Abstract: An electric machine for motor vehicles has a casing defining at least one chamber accommodating electric/electronic components; the rotor of the electric machine has a shaft provided with a first and a second end portion, axially opposite one another; the first end portion is configured so as to define a coupling point, at an axial end of the electric machine, to transmit motion; at the axial opposite end, the electric machine is closed by a lid having an outer annular portion coupled to the casing through the interposition of at least one gasket; the shaft has a through hole with an input mouth at the first end portion and an output mouth communicating with the above-mentioned chamber; in a testing method for testing the sealing of the gasket, pressurised air is blown through this input mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Publication number: 20240088735
    Abstract: Three-phase stator winding of a rotary electric machine and having: a plurality of coils each of which has two opposite ends; a plurality of first connection bridges, each of which defines a star connection of three coils and constitutes a star centre of the three coils by connecting a first end of each of the three coils to one another; and three second connection bridges which define a parallel connection of the star connections, are each provided with a corresponding pin defining a terminal of the three-phase stator winding towards the outside, and each of which connects a second end of a respective coil of each star connection to one another. Each second connection bridge has a seamless circular shape closed onto itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Enrico ALLIO, Luca POGGIO
  • Publication number: 20240088739
    Abstract: An electric machine stator has a core of ferromagnetic material, consisting of a plurality of teeth arranged around a longitudinal axis and defining a plurality of slots between them; the stator has, for each tooth, an insulating cap fixed to a longitudinal end of the tooth by means of an interference coupling and provided with front projections facing and spaced apart from one another in a radial direction; the windings, which are made of electrically conductive material, extend in the half-slots arranged on opposite sides of each tooth and around the cap, between said front projections in a radial direction; each half-slot carries at least one sheet of foldable insulating material, which has a C-shaped portion, which is interposed between the first wire portions and the tooth, and at least one flap, which longitudinally projects from said C-shaped portion out of the corresponding half-slot and radially rests on an end portion that is part of one of said front projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Publication number: 20240088745
    Abstract: An electric machine three-phase stator has a casing and three busbars that carry respective contacts, within and at an axial end of this casing; the contacts are electrically connected to respective outer terminals; the stator is provided with an electrical connector, which is coupled, in a fluid-tight manner, to the same casing and has three connection conductor elements; the outer ends of the three conductor elements define the above-mentioned outer terminals, while the inner ends of the three conductor elements are respectively fixed to the contacts by means of a fixing system; the busbars, the contacts, fixing system, and the inner ends of the three conductor elements are embedded in an encapsulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Patent number: 11855492
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine and having: a plurality of permanent magnets, which are axially oriented and are arranged beside one another around a rotations axis so as to form a closed ring; a support cylinder, which has an outer surface, on which the permanent magnets rest, and a central cavity; and two half-shafts, which are independent of and separate from one another and are singularly inserted in opposite ends of the central cavity of the support cylinder so as to form one single block with the support cylinder. The permanent magnets are circumferentially arranged one following the other according to a Halbach array so as to nullify the magnetic field radially on the inside of the permanent magnets and so as to maximize the magnetic field radially on the outside of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Ferrara, Paolo Faverzani, Luca Poggio
  • Publication number: 20230402903
    Abstract: An electric actuator apparatus comprising: an electric motor, comprising in turn a stator and a rotor, which is configured to rotate about an axis according to the power transmitted by the stator; a control unit configured to control the electric motor via a feedback control; a position detection system configured to provide the control unit with an angular position of the rotor; a reading portion, which is integral to the rotor and provided with an encoded surface on which a plurality of codes that can be associated with the angular position of the rotor are fixed; an optical or laser sensor element, which is arranged integral to the stator and so as to point toward the encoded surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Ugo SITTA, Roberto BETRO', Giuseppe AGNELLO, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Publication number: 20230387738
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine and having: a support cylinder, which has an outer surface and a central cavity; a plurality of permanent magnets, which are axially oriented, rest on the outer surface of the support cylinder and are arranged beside one another around a rotation axis to form a closed ring; and two side discs, which are fixed at the axially opposite ends of the support cylinder and are partially arranged inside the central cavity of the support cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Patent number: 11658528
    Abstract: Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. The rotor has a plurality of magnetic elements, which are arranged beside one another around the rotation axis so as to form a closed ring. Each magnetic element is formed by a plurality of permanent magnets which are axially arranged one after the other according to a Halbach array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Ferrara, Luca Poggio, Paolo Faverzani
  • Publication number: 20230051422
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine and having: a plurality of permanent magnets, which are axially oriented and are arranged beside one another around a rotations axis so as to form a closed ring; a support cylinder, which has an outer surface, on which the permanent magnets rest, and a central cavity; and two half-shafts, which are independent of and separate from one another and are singularly inserted in opposite ends of the central cavity of the support cylinder so as to form one single block with the support cylinder. The permanent magnets are circumferentially arranged one following the other according to a Halbach array so as to nullify the magnetic field radially on the inside of the permanent magnets and so as to maximize the magnetic field radially on the outside of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Paolo FAVERZANI, Luca POGGIO
  • Publication number: 20220386516
    Abstract: An electronic power converter to control at least one electric motor of a vehicle and having at least one group of power modules, each designed to power with an alternating current one single phase of the electric motor; two lateral plates, which are arranged on opposite sides of the group so as to form a pile; a hydraulic circuit, which is configured to cause a cooling liquid to circulate inside the plates; and a clamping system, which applies a clamping force to the pile in order to keep the pile compressed and has elastic elements, which are deformed in order to apply a compression force of elastic origin to the pile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Paolo FAVERZANI, Ugo SITTA, Giovanni LO CALZO, Christian MONTEBELLO, Alessandro DI BLASIO
  • Patent number: 11482903
    Abstract: Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. Each stator slot is completely free from an insulating element interposed between the ferromagnetic material making up the laminations of the magnetic core and the corresponding bars, so that an outer surface of the corresponding bars is in direct contact with an inner surface of the stator slot made of the ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Ferrara, Luca Poggio, Paolo Faverzani
  • Publication number: 20210242735
    Abstract: Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. The rotor has a plurality of magnetic elements, which are arranged beside one another around the rotation axis so as to form a closed ring. Each magnetic element is formed by a plurality of permanent magnets which are axially arranged one after the other according to a Halbach array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Luca POGGIO, Paolo FAVERZANI
  • Publication number: 20210242741
    Abstract: Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. Each stator slot is completely free from an insulating element interposed between the ferromagnetic material making up the laminations of the magnetic core and the corresponding bars, so that an outer surface of the corresponding bars is in direct contact with an inner surface of the stator slot made of the ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Davide FERRARA, Luca POGGIO, Paolo FAVERZANI