Patents by Inventor Roberto Ronchetto

Roberto Ronchetto 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).

  • Patent number: 11912131
    Abstract: A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle adapted to be interposed between an internal combustion engine and a vehicle transmission has a tray-like support structure defining a housing for a decoupling clutch and adapted to be fixed to the internal combustion engine. A module drive is carried by the support structure and has a first transmission member adapted to be connected to the decoupling clutch by means of a torsional vibration damper and has a second transmission member adapted to be connected to an electric machine. The torsional vibration damper has an actuator defining a centering with respect to the crankshaft and to a transmission torque converter and has a seat for a support bearing with respect to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Ronchetto, Alessio Courtial, Gregorio Luciani
  • Patent number: 11913549
    Abstract: A tensioner for a belt transmission of a motor vehicle engine has a fixed part configured to be constrained to the engine and provided with a pin defining a rotation axis (A), an arm having a hub portion hinged on the pin and rotatable about the axis (A) and an opposite portion rotatably supporting a pulley configured to cooperate with a transmission belt, a main spring interposed between the fixed part and the arm to exert a thrust on the arm such as to rotate the arm towards the belt, a roller bearing supporting the arm on the pin, and a pair of damping devices exerting on the arm opposite actions so as to minimize the load on the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Ronchetto, Gianluca Osella
  • Publication number: 20230030761
    Abstract: A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle configured to be interposed between an internal combustion engine and a transmission of the vehicle has a tray-like support structure configured to be secured to the engine and defines a housing for a clutch to be interposed between a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and the module. An actuator controls the clutch. The actuator includes an annular chamber provided in the support structure and opens toward the housing, and an annular piston housed in the annular chamber is axially sliding but angularly fixed. A thrust member is coupled in a rotationally free manner to the annular piston, coaxial thereto and operable to cooperate with a control member of the clutch under the thrust of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto RONCHETTO, Alessio COURTIAL, Gregorio LUCIANI
  • Patent number: 11549579
    Abstract: Pulley-torsional damper integrated group comprising a hub adapted to be rigidly connected to a drive member and a pulley connected to the hub. The hub comprises an inner tubular wall and an outer tubular wall. The pulley is angularly coupled to said hub by means of the ring made of elastomeric material. The elastomeric ring has an outer surface towards the pulley and an inner surface towards the hub, and an adhesive is arranged on at least one of the outer or inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dayco Europe S.R.L
    Inventors: Giacomo Casagrande, Mattia Roberto De Luca, Miriam Nardone, Roberto Ronchetto
  • Publication number: 20220297527
    Abstract: A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle adapted to be interposed between an internal combustion engine and a vehicle transmission has a tray-like support structure defining a housing for a decoupling clutch and adapted to be fixed to the internal combustion engine. A module drive is carried by the support structure and has a first transmission member adapted to be connected to the decoupling clutch by means of a torsional vibration damper and has a second transmission member adapted to be connected to an electric machine. The torsional vibration damper has an actuator defining a centering with respect to the crankshaft and to a transmission torque converter and has a seat for a support bearing with respect to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto RONCHETTO, Alessio COURTIAL, Gregorio LUCIANI
  • Publication number: 20220297528
    Abstract: A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle has a tray-like support structure adapted to be fixed to an internal combustion engine and defining a housing for a decoupling clutch, a first power port for connection to an output member of the decoupling clutch, a second power port for connection to an electric machine, and a module transmission having respective transmission members associated with the power ports, and transmission means connecting the transmission members to each other. The power ports are configured so as to be couplable with respective rotating members of the decoupling clutch and of the electric machine by means of respective axially sliding couplings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto RONCHETTO, Alessio COURTIAL, Gregorio LUCIANI
  • Publication number: 20220268342
    Abstract: A tensioner for a belt transmission of a motor vehicle engine has a fixed part configured to be constrained to the engine and provided with a pin defining a rotation axis (A), an arm having a hub portion hinged on the pin and rotatable about the axis (A) and an opposite portion rotatably supporting a pulley configured to cooperate with a transmission belt, a main spring interposed between the fixed part and the arm to exert a thrust on the arm such as to rotate the arm towards the belt, a roller bearing supporting the arm on the pin, and a pair of damping devices exerting on the arm opposite actions so as to minimize the load on the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto RONCHETTO, Gianluca OSELLA
  • Publication number: 20200332875
    Abstract: Pulley-torsional damper integrated group comprising a hub adapted to be rigidly connected to a drive member and a pulley connected to the hub. The hub comprises an inner tubular wall and an outer tubular wall. The pulley is angularly coupled to said hub by means of the ring made of elastomeric material. The elastomeric ring has an outer surface towards the pulley and an inner surface towards the hub, and an adhesive is arranged on at least one of the outer or inner surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giacomo Casagrande, Mattia Roberto De Luca, Miriam Nardone, Roberto Ronchetto