Patents by Inventor Stefano Dalpez
Stefano Dalpez 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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Publication number: 20220235894Abstract: A distribution line component for a motor vehicle, including a line housing having a first line opening and having a second line opening, the first and the second line openings being connected to each other in fluid-conducting fashion by a line configuration in the line housing, the distribution line component including, for protection against the effects of a thermally caused increase in volume of a fluid accommodated in the line housing, a volume equalization component compressible by fluid in the line housing, a connection formation for connecting to a counterpart connection formation of a further line component being developed in the area of at least one line opening; the volume equalization component being situated in or on the connection formation and assigned to its line opening in such a way that a section of the further line component connected to the connection formation contributes jointly with the line housing to secure the position of the volume equalization component on the line housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Alessandro Iviglia, Fabrizio Chini, Matteo Guindani, Elia Mulas
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Publication number: 20220228899Abstract: A fluid sensor for impedance-based determination of a quantity or a quality, such as type, composition, or purity of a fluid present in the surroundings of the fluid sensor, where the fluid sensor includes a first electrically conductive electrode which is arranged on a first extruded substrate component made of an electrically insulating, thermally curable synthetic, and where the fluid sensor includes a second electrically conductive electrode which is arranged on a second extruded substrate component made of an electrically insulating, thermally curable synthetic, where in each case an electrically conductive surface both that of the first electrode and also of the second electrode is exposed in such a way that it is wettable by fluid in the surroundings of the fluid sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Elia Mulas, Fabrizio Chini, Davide Monsorno, Matteo Traina, Saverio Girardi
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Patent number: 11346269Abstract: A vehicle tank for receiving a liquid medium, encompassing: a tank body having a tank wall; a heat exchanger arranged in an interior of the tank body, the heat exchanger having a first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface that faces toward the tank wall and is spaced away from the tank wall; and an electric heating apparatus that is arranged in the interior of the tank body, the electric heating apparatus being arranged between the first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface and the tank wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Stefano Dalpez, Davide Monsorno, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Francesca Sartori
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Publication number: 20210148274Abstract: A vehicle tank for receiving a liquid medium, encompassing: a tank body having a tank wall; a heat exchanger arranged in an interior of the tank body, the heat exchanger having a first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface that faces toward the tank wall and is spaced away from the tank wall; and an electric heating apparatus that is arranged in the interior of the tank body, the electric heating apparatus being arranged between the first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface and the tank wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Stefano Dalpez, Davide Monsorno, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Francesca Sartori
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Publication number: 20200282957Abstract: A motor-vehicle washing apparatus for cleaning a vehicle portion having a container for stocking liquid, a nozzle for delivering liquid, a first conveying conduit that proceeds from the container to the nozzle, a first conveying apparatus that is arranged to bring about, in the first conveying conduit, a flow of liquid from the container to the nozzle, a second conveying conduit that to direct a fluid that differs from the liquid from an aspiration location toward the nozzle, a second conveying apparatus that is arranged to bring about, in the second conveying conduit, a flow of the fluid toward the nozzle, a control apparatus for controlling the operation of the first and second conveying apparatus, the first and second conveying conduits being constituted, along a common conveying conduit portion located closer to the nozzle, by a common conveying conduit apparatus, so that the liquid and the fluid flow, at least in the common conveying conduit portion, in the same conveying conduit apparatus, the fluid isType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Alessandro Iviglia, Stefano Dalpez
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Patent number: 10690418Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) for arrangement inside a service-liquid tank (12), in particular inside a motor-vehicle service-liquid tank (12), comprising: a heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) for receiving a supply of liquid (22), an electric heating device (20) which is constructed and arranged for the transfer of heat into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14), and a heat-exchanger line (24) which originates at least from the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) and which is designed for the transfer of heat from the liquid flowing in the heat-exchanger line (24) to an area (26) outside the heat-exchanger line (24), characterized in that the heat-exchanger line (24), as a circulation line, discharges into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Stefano Dalpez
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Patent number: 10352221Abstract: Heating device (10), in particular for heating an operating fluid tank of a motor vehicle, preferably a tank for storage of aqueous urea solution, the heating device (10) comprising an electrical resistance heating trace (14) with a heating side (14b), on which, in intended operation, heat is emitted to a fluid to be heated, and the heating side (14b) opposing a carrier side (14a), on which the resistance heating trace (14) faces a mounting supporting it, wherein the resistance heating trace (14) is disposed between a flexible film (16) on its heating side (14b) and a substrate (12), rigid in comparison with the flexible film (16), as the supporting mounting on the carrier side (14a), which is characterized in that the resistance heating trace (14a) is connected to the rigid substrate (12) on the carrier side (14a) without intermediate arrangement of a further film.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KGInventors: Fabrizio Chini, Luca Marini, Ivan De Metri, Francesca Brunori, Stefano Dalpez
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Patent number: 10224845Abstract: A method is provided for determining an operational readiness state of an electric motor, a pump motor for pumping an operating fluid, for example, an aqueous urea solution, in a vehicle. The method includes applying an electric drive voltage to the electric motor according to a prescribed drive voltage curve in order to drive a rotor of the electric motor to rotate through a prescribed angle of rotation, detecting a response behavior of the electric motor, and determining the state of the electric motor based on the results determined in step b).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Luca Marini, Stefano Dalpez
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Publication number: 20170254247Abstract: Heating device (10), in particular for heating an operating fluid tank of a motor vehicle, preferably a tank for storage of aqueous urea solution, the heating device (10) comprising an electrical resistance heating trace (14) with a heating side (14b), on which, in intended operation, heat is emitted to a fluid to be heated, and the heating side (14b) opposing a carrier side (14a), on which the resistance heating trace (14) faces a mounting supporting it, wherein the resistance heating trace (14) is disposed between a flexible film (16) on its heating side (14b) and a substrate (12), rigid in comparison with the flexible film (16), as the supporting mounting on the carrier side (14a), which is characterized in that the resistance heating trace (14a) is connected to the rigid substrate (12) on the carrier side (14a) without intermediate arrangement of a further film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Fabrizio CHINI, Luca MARINI, Ivan DE METRI, Francesca BRUNORI, Stefano DALPEZ
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Publication number: 20170254246Abstract: A heating device (10) for a motor vehicle operating fluid tank, in particular for storing aqueous urea solution, wherein the heating device (10) has two electrical conductors (12, 14), an element (16) made from PTC plastic, which is electrically arranged between the two electrical conductors (12, 14) and is in electrical contact with the two electrical conductors (12, 14), and a shell (18, 20), which protects the electrical conductors and the PTC plastic element (16) from the outside environment (22) at least in some sections, which is characterized in that at least one electrical conductor (12, 14) is made at least in some sections from a metal foil (12, 14), in particular aluminum foil, and that the shell (18, 20) is an insulating surface, in particular a plastic film (18, 20) that is preferably bonded to the metal foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Fabrizio CHINI, Luca MARINI, Ivan DE METRI, Francesca BRUNORI, Stefano DALPEZ
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Publication number: 20170257911Abstract: An electrical heating device (14) for an operating fluid tank (10) of a motor vehicle, in particular for a tank (10) for storing aqueous urea solution, having at least one PTC element (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44), that is disposed connecting two electrical conductors (24, 26, 28, 29), characterized in that the electrical heating device (14) comprises a multitude of PTC elements (34, 36, 28, 40, 42, 44), of which each is connectively arranged to two electrical conductors (24, 26, 28, 29), wherein at least one of the electrical conductors (24, 26, 28, 29) is configured as a laminar conductor component and forms a heat conductor for transferring the heat produced in the PTC element (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44) to a volume portion of the outside environment (18) of the electrical heating device (14), which is adjacent to the electrical heating device (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Fabrizio CHINI, Luca MARINI, Ivan DE METRI, Francesca BRUNORI, Stefano DALPEZ
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Publication number: 20170254594Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) for arrangement inside a service-liquid tank (12), in particular inside a motor-vehicle service-liquid tank (12), comprising: a heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) for receiving a supply of liquid (22), an electric heating device (20) which is constructed and arranged for the transfer of heat into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14), and a heat-exchanger line (24) which originates at least from the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14) and which is designed for the transfer of heat from the liquid flowing in the heat-exchanger line (24) to an area (26) outside the heat-exchanger line (24), characterized in that the heat-exchanger line (24), as a circulation line, discharges into the heat-exchanger liquid reservoir (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Fabrizio CHINI, Luca MARINI, Ivan DE METRI, Francesca BRUNORI, Stefano DALPEZ
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Publication number: 20170163186Abstract: A method is provided for determining an operational readiness state of an electric motor, a pump motor for pumping an operating fluid, for example, an aqueous urea solution, in a vehicle. The method includes applying an electric drive voltage to the electric motor according to a prescribed drive voltage curve in order to drive a rotor of the electric motor to rotate through a prescribed angle of rotation, detecting a response behavior of the electric motor, and determining the state of the electric motor based on the results determined in step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KGInventors: Luca MARINI, Stefano Dalpez