Patents by Inventor Pietro Macchi

Pietro Macchi 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: 20260208718
    Abstract: The method for estimating the speed of a wheeled vehicle provided with at least one brake comprising at least one braking element and a braked element, in which the braking element includes at least one force sensor, comprises the steps of: acquisition of a force signal (F, F?) generated by the at least one force sensor; analysis of the force signal (F, F?) in the time or frequency domain and calculation of at least one parameter of the force signal (F, F?); and calculation of a vehicle speed estimate (vest) in which the calculated value of the parameter is inputted into an estimate algorithm (Ap) for estimating the speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Pietro Macchi, Stefano Serra, Umberto Vignolo
  • Publication number: 20260208717
    Abstract: A method for estimating the activation of the braking of a vehicle, comprising at least one braking element (3, 3?) and at least one braked element (2) of at least one brake (1) of a vehicle, in which the braking element (3, 3?) includes at least one force sensor (6), and at least one electronic control unit (11) of the at least one brake (1), comprises the steps of: temporal acquisition by the control unit (11) of at least one force signal generated by the at least one force sensor (6); detection of significant temporal changes of the force signal; processing in the control unit (11) with a customized algorithm of the significant changes of the force signal; reconstruction through the algorithm of temporal moments of activation and release of the braking; return by the control unit (11) of the temporal moments of activation and release of the braking to information systems (19) and/or board control applications (20) and/or to algorithms (21) dedicated to estimating the performance and conditions of the braki
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Pietro Macchi, Stefano Serra, Umberto Vignolo
  • Patent number: 8583325
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises at least one steering wheel, at least two other wheels, control means suitable for being operated by a driver to steer the steering wheel, a frame supported by said wheels and tiltable with respect to the ground when the vehicle steers and first actuating means to control the tilting position of said frame. In particular, vehicle comprises a decoupling device to decouple the angular position of control means to the angular position of steering wheel and a control unit configured to activate first actuating means when control means are operated by the driver before said steering wheel substantially changes its angular position at least when said vehicle turns running above a given speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Actua S.R.L.
    Inventors: Stefano Carabelli, Pietro Macchi
  • Publication number: 20120310478
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises at least one steering wheel, at least two other wheels, control means suitable for being operated by a driver to steer the steering wheel, a frame supported by said wheels and tiltable with respect to the ground when the vehicle steers and first actuating means to control the tilting position of said frame. In particular, vehicle comprises a decoupling device to decouple the angular position of control means to the angular position of steering wheel and a control unit configured to activate first actuating means when control means are operated by the driver before said steering wheel substantially changes its angular position at least when said vehicle turns running above a given speed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Stefano Carabelli, Pietro Macchi