Patents by Inventor Pietro De Filippis
Pietro De Filippis 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: 11894732Abstract: An electric machine includes a casing, a cap covering the casing to define an enclosure, a heat sink, a circuit board in the enclosure having a first conductive layer as a top face, a second conductive layer as a bottom face, and vias passing through the circuit board between the top and bottom faces. An electronic component is soldered to the circuit board on the first conductive layer and disposed on top of a first part of the vias. A conductive mass is soldered to the circuit board proximal to the electronic component and disposed on top of a second part of the vias. The conductive mass forms part of the circuit through which a power supply of the electric machine flows and is in electric and heat exchange relationship with the electronic component, while the bottom face is in heat exchange relationship with the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11451117Abstract: An electric machine includes a plurality of conductive tracks defining an electric power circuit, to provide current for electronic power components, a printed circuit board which mounts the conductive tracks, an enclosure which defines a housing for the printed circuit board and has a dissipative wall, a heat-conductive filler interposed between the printed circuit board and the enclosure, an elastic device acting on the printed circuit board to press it against the dissipative wall, a conductive element held in position by at least one heat-sensitive joint and disposed to connect a first track and a second track to close the electric power circuit. The elastic device includes an elastic element pressed against the conductive element to apply a force on the heat-sensitive joint and the heat-sensitive joint is configured to break if subjected to a temperature higher than a predetermined threshold temperature to open the electric power circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11374470Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an enclosure delimiting an internal space for stator and rotor units. An access hole gives access to the internal space. An internal gasket encircles the access hole adjacent a wall of the enclosure. A closing element is disposed in the internal space, movable towards and away from the wall between a closed configuration compressing the gasket to seal the access hole and an open configuration connecting the internal space with the surrounding atmosphere. An elastic device operates to move the closing element from the open to closed configurations to compress the gasket and seal the access hole. The closing element has a pressure surface facing the access hole and accessible through the access hole via a pin. Pressing the pressure surface causes the closing element to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11349375Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an electronic module and a heat sink for dissipating heat produced by the module. The module includes a printed circuit, an electronic component having a base positioned on the printed circuit, a heat transfer device connected to the printed circuit and to the electronic component for transferring heat generated by the component to the heat sink. The heat transfer device includes an upper portion extending from the printed circuit towards the heat sink from the same side of the component and a base portion connected to the upper portion and positioned in the printed circuit at least partly under the component to form, at least partly, a preferential path for the heat, from the base of the electronic component to the heat sink. The electronic component is connected at least partly by its own base to the base portion of the heat transfer device.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11329528Abstract: An electric machine includes a conductive element disposed in such a way as to connect a first track and a second track of an electric power circuit to close the circuit; the conductive element being held in position by at least one mechanically breakable joint which, if subjected to a predetermined force, mechanically yields or breaks and thereby opens the electric power circuit; the machine includes a system for releasing the conductive element from the first and/or the second track if the casing of the electric machine is moved near the cap which covers the machine.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11293456Abstract: An electric liquid pump includes a casing having a central portion, rear cover and front cover, having an inlet and an outlet for the liquid. The central portion has first and second compartments, with the second compartment in fluid communication with the front cover interior. The pump includes an impeller and an electric motor, for operating the impeller, a stator housed in the first compartment, a rotor, coaxial with the stator, housed in the second compartment and an electronic card for supplying the stator at least partly housed in the rear cover. The central portion includes a plurality of walls delimiting a plurality of gaps in fluid communication with the second compartment and the front cover interior such that the liquid circulates in the gaps. The walls at least partly face the stator such that the liquid circulating in the corresponding gap removes heat from the stator.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 11088597Abstract: An electric machine including a casing comprising a base wall, a stator integral with the casing and provided with a plurality of coils constituting a stator winding, a thermally conductive and electrically insulating annular heat sink interposed between the stator and the base wall of the casing; the annular heat sink is abutted against the base wall and the coils are abutted against the annular heat sink which defines a stop for the stator.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 10862375Abstract: A rotary electric machine including an electronic module which includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, each of which is provided with respective connecting pins disposed on a component side of the printed circuit board; the electronic module includes at least one conductive track which includes a plurality of tabs, each configured to be connected to a respective connecting pin; the conductive track is positioned on the component side of the printed circuit board; the printed circuit board has at least one seat configured to house at least a first tab of the tabs in such a way that the top face of the first tab is coplanar with the component side of the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 10288078Abstract: An axial flow fan having an axis of rotation includes a central hub including a base wall and a lateral wall which projects from the base wall to form a cup-shaped structure, a plurality of blades each fixed to the central hub and including a leading edge and a trailing edge, a plurality of extractors of a fluid which are associated with the base wall for conveying air from the inside of the cup-shaped structure to the outside of the cup-shaped structure through the base wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 9994085Abstract: A ventilation unit for motor vehicles comprises a tubular element (5) fitted, through an opening (4) in the chassis (1) of the motor vehicle, and a hub (8), coaxial with the tubular element (5), which mounts an electric motor (10) for driving an impeller (12) fitted with blades (15); the motor and impeller are supported by connecting means (7) which are provided between the tubular element (5) and the hub (8) and which define a grille (20) for protecting the opening (4); these connecting means are suitably shaped to define means for regulating the air flow generated by the impeller (12), in such a way as to increase efficiency and reduce noise; the unit (2) also comprises a cover (21) for protecting the motor (10), fitted with means (24) for quick connection/disconnection to/from the hub (8) and defining, between the hub and the motor, openings (26) to allow the passage of the air flow moved by the impeller in such a way as to cool the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.r.LInventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 9997971Abstract: An electric motor including a casing; a cap coupled to the casing to form a housing of the electric motor; a stator, including a plurality of poles and a three-phase winding, each phase having one end, housed in the housing; a rotor inserted in the housing and rotatably constrained to it; a control printed circuit board connected to the stator; the outside of the housing including a seat for the printed circuit board in communication with the inside of the housing by means of at least one hole; the printed circuit board is housed in the seat and the electric motor includes a rigid system for sealed connection between the printed circuit board and the winding at the hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.r.l.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 9912211Abstract: A rotary electrical machine incorporating an electronic module that includes a printed circuit mounted with a plurality of surface mounted electronic components and a plurality of pin-through-hole electronic components; the electrical machine includes a dissipator for dispersing the heat generated by the electronic module; the surface mounted electronic components and the pin-through-hole electronic components are mounted between the printed circuit and the dissipator; the electronic module also includes a transferring element, also mounted between the printed circuit and the dissipator, in thermal contact with at least one of the surface mounted electronic components; the transferring element is designed to disperse the heat generated by the surface mounted electronic components towards the dissipator with the aid of a thermally conductive and electrically isolating filler material inserted between the transferring element and the dissipator.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 9543795Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a laminated core having a main axis and a plurality of poles delimiting a plurality of radial seats extending along the main axis, each seat being delimited by a first and a second pole. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets inserted in the seats and a plurality of springs locking the magnets in the seats; the springs acting between each magnet and the first pole delimiting the relative seat for pushing each magnet towards the second pole delimiting the same seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: SPAL AUTOMATIVE S.r.l.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: 9397540Abstract: A method for making a rotary electric machine comprises the steps of: preparing a core (18) having a plurality of pole expansions and a plurality of windings (100, 200, 300) made of electrically conductive material on the pole expansions, where at least a part of the windings (100, 200, 300) is made from a conductor wire having a free end (14) that can be connected electrically to a mains power supply; stably coupling to each other at least two free ends (14) of different windings (100, 200, 300) so as to connect them to a single power supply terminal; twisting the coupled ends (14) together to form a single electrical termination (5, 6, 7) twisted along a principal line of extension of the electrical termination (5, 6, 7).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Publication number: 20160197535Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor and a stator having a plurality of windings. The rotor is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on a circumference of the rotor. A magnetically non-effective zone is created in a central region of the rotor. A least one opening extends substantially in an axial direction in the magnetically non-effective zone of the rotor to form an air flow path through the rotor. A fan is configured to move with the rotor to generate an air flow along the air flow path through the at least one opening of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Pietro De Filippis, Detlef Kemmer, Harald Redelberger, Hermann Schulz
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Patent number: 9148044Abstract: Described is a rotating electrical machine integrating an electronic module comprising a printed circuit, a plurality of electronic power and signal components positioned on the components side of the printed circuit, a plurality of conductor tracks, positioned on the welding side opposite the components side of the printed circuit, which implement the direct electrical connections between the electronic power components; the electronic power and signal components are in contact through a filler with the cap of the electrical machine for allowing an optimum dispersal of the heat generated by them, the contact being guaranteed by elastic elements which press on a support in which the electronic module is housed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Publication number: 20150226224Abstract: A ventilation unit includes an axial fan having an axis of rotation; an electric motor for driving the axial fan and comprising a casing, a cap coupled to the casing to form a sealed enclosure and an electronic control system at least partly housed in the enclosure; a shroud supporting the electric motor and having an outer frame for mounting the ventilation unit, an inner collar supporting the electric motor, a plurality of spokes for connecting the inner collar to the outer frame; a first spoke of the shroud comprises a compartment for housing at least one electronic component forming part of the electronic control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: D820966Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: D920496Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Patent number: D932607Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis