Patents by Inventor Paula Rolla Portela

Paula Rolla Portela 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).

  • Method for monitoring and controlling operation of the rear axle of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11247560
    Abstract: A method for controlling the safe operation of a rear axle of a set of combined axles powered by a motor vehicle, particularly for a vehicle designed to carry loads and which have 6×4, 8×4 or 10×4 type traction configurations, or tridem models formed by three drive axles. The method includes a set of steps and activities that ensure proper and safe operation of systems and mechanisms for uncoupling and raising a rear axle of a vehicle, and more specifically checking a status of certain operating parameters of the rear axle and of the vehicle itself in order to permit or prevent uncoupling and coupling, as well as raising and lowering of the rear axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IVECO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Edenilton Evangelista Santos Junior, Getúlio Soares Júnior, Paula Rolla Portela, Rafael Fortuna Pizzi
  • Method for Monitoring and Controlling Operation of the Rear Axle of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210188086
    Abstract: A method for controlling the safe operation of a rear axle of a set of combined axles powered by a motor vehicle, particularly for a vehicle designed to carry loads and which have 6×4, 8×4 or 10×4 type traction configurations, or tridem models formed by three drive axles. The method includes a set of steps and activities that ensure proper and safe operation of systems and mechanisms for uncoupling and raising a rear axle of a vehicle, and more specifically checking a status of certain operating parameters of the rear axle and of the vehicle itself in order to permit or prevent uncoupling and coupling, as well as raising and lowering of the rear axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Edenilton Evangelista Santos Junior, Getúlio Soares Júnior, Paula Rolla Portela, Rafael Fortuna Pizzi