Patents by Inventor Vito CONIGLIARO
Vito CONIGLIARO 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: 20250206139Abstract: Road vehicle having a longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of travel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the road vehicle comprises a steering wheel inside the passenger compartment on the driver's side; a dashboard and a steering column on one side connected to the steering wheel and on the opposite side connected to the dashboard; wherein the dashboard comprises: a supporting plate behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and a first information display screen; a central information display screen along the transverse direction at the side of the supporting plate toward the passenger; wherein the plate and the central screen are integrated with each other in a single structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Thierry ANNEQUIN-DIGOND, Thomas GRANJARD
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Patent number: 12337753Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by the activation device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Gianluca Fumarola, Vito Conigliaro
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Publication number: 20250181101Abstract: A selector knob for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The selector knob comprises a support adapted to be attached to a component of the motor vehicle, a lever carried by the support in a rotatable manner about a straight axis among a plurality of distinct angular positions, transduction means configured to detect information about an actual angular position of the lever and to generate a control signal corresponding to the detected information, and a cam element coupled to the support in a movable manner along a radial direction with respect to said axis and fixed with respect to the support, the cam element further being stably cooperating in contact with a radially inner surface of the lever extending about said axis and defining a plurality of grooves, each of which accommodates the cam element when the lever reaches a said distinct angular position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Davide MARCON, Tommaso CARDITELLO
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Publication number: 20250178435Abstract: A selector knob for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The selector knob comprises a support adapted to be attached to a component of the motor vehicle, a lever carried by the support in a rotatable manner about a straight axis among a plurality of distinct angular positions, transduction means configured to detect information about an actual angular position of the lever and to generate a control signal corresponding to the detected information, wherein the transduction means comprises a number of sensors equal to the number of said distinct angular positions, the sensors being angularly distributed about said axis and facing the lever according to respective radial directions with respect to said axis, wherein each of the sensors is configured to detect the presence of a device fixed to the lever when the lever reaches a said distinct angular position, thereby detecting the actual angular position of the lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Davide MARCON, Tommaso CARDITELLO
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Patent number: 12296682Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from within the passenger compartment; a content display device comprising a projection device which can be rolled up and unrolled, provided with a foldable screen; the projection device further comprising a support structure on which the rear main surface of the foldable screen is mounted; the support structure being rollable and unrollable around a winding axis, arranged within the vehicle dashboard; the vehicle dashboard further comprising a slit on the exposed surface and configured to be traversed by the foldable screen and by the support structure during the rolling up and/or unrolling of the projection device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12227075Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12221152Abstract: A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a pair of wheels; a steering mechanism, which can be operated by a driver and is connected to said wheels through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along a first axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for the driver; the steering mechanism can be moved along the first axis between a third position taken on when said motor vehicle is in said first configuration and a fourth position taken on when said motor vehicle is in the second configuration; the third and fourth positions are spaced apart from one another along the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito Conigliaro, Thierry Annequin-Digond
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Publication number: 20250026251Abstract: A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, with a support structure; a first side and a second, third, and fourth side mounted on the support structure in a sliding manner along the first axis and movable between a respective first and second position spaced apart from one another relative to the first axis; the first side and second side are opposite one another with reference to the first axis; the third side is interposed between the first side and the fourth side along the first axis; the fourth side is interposed between the third side and the second side along the first axis; the cockpit is available in a first, two-seater configuration, in which it comprises a first seat laterally delimited by the first side and third side arranged in the respective first positions; and a second seat laterally delimited by the fourth side and second side arranged in the respective first positions; the cockpit is available in a second single-seater configuration, in which it comprises a single third seat laterally deliType: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Alessandro Paolo DE PAOLI, Thomas GRANJARD, Daniel Martin TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20250026253Abstract: A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a first seat comprising a first seat cushion and a first backrest; and a second seat comprising a second seat cushion and a second backrest; the cockpit can be shifted into a two-seater configuration, in which the first seat is in a first position, in which it is next to the second seat along a first axis and in which the second seat cushion and the second backrest are arranged in a second and a third position; the first seat can be moved along the first axis between the first position and a fourth position, the second seat cushion can be moved between the second position and a fifth position, and the second backrest can be moved between the third position and a sixth position parallel to a second axis, which is transverse to the first axis; the cockpit is selectively movable to a single-seater configuration, in which the first seat is in the fourth position, the second seat cushion is in the fifth position and the second backrest is in the sixth positioType: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Alessandro Paolo DE PAOLI, Thomas GRANJARD, Daniel Martin TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20250026249Abstract: A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a frame, which can be fixed to the motor vehicle; a first and a second seat cushion; a first and a second backrest and a central tunnel; the cockpit is available in a first configuration, in which the first seat cushion and the first backrest define a first seat for a driver; and the second seat cushion and the second backrest define a second seat for a passenger; the cockpit can be shifted to a second configuration, in which it defines a single third seat for a driver with a third cushion and a third backrest; the central tunnel comprises a support structure and an arm, which is movable between a first position in which it is folded on the support structure and defines an armrest shared by the first and second seats; and a second position in which it is spaced apart from the support structure and defines the third backrest of the third seat; the support structure defines a third seat cushion of the third seat, when the cockpit is in the second configuraType: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Alessandro Paolo DE PAOLI, Thomas GRANJARD, Daniel Martin TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20250026244Abstract: A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a frame, a first and a second seat cushion; a first and a second backrest; and a first and a second side; the cockpit can be arranged to a first configuration, in which the first seat cushion, the first backrest and the first side define a first seat for a passenger; and the second seat cushion, the second backrest, and said second side define a second seat for a driver; the cockpit can be movable to a second configuration, in which a third seat cushion, a third backrest, the first side and second side define one single third seat for a driver; said first side and second side being interposed between said first seat and said third seat and between said third seat and said second seat, respectively; the first side and the second side diverge in the second configuration of said cockpit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Alessandro Paolo DE PAOLI, Thomas GRANJARD, Daniel Martin TAYLOR
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Patent number: 12103551Abstract: A method for the performance-enhancing driver assistance of a road vehicle on a track comprising the steps of: determining, in use, the current position and the current orientation of the road vehicle on the track by means of a tracking device; identifying an optimal trajectory in relation to the conformation of the track and/or to the road vehicle; determining, in use, a relative position of the road vehicle with respect to the optimal trajectory by identifying a longitudinal relative position on the optimal trajectory; suggesting to the driver, by means of one or more colours emitted or assumed by a light interface device, depending on the longitudinal relative position, one or more actions to be performed to vary a longitudinal dynamic of the road vehicle in order to perform a mission optimising the performance on the track.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.Inventor: Vito Conigliaro
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Publication number: 20240294205Abstract: A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a pair of wheels; a steering mechanism, which can be operated by a driver and is connected to said wheels through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along a first axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for the driver; the steering mechanism can be moved along the first axis between a third position taken on when said motor vehicle is in said first configuration and a fourth position taken on when said motor vehicle is in the second configuration; the third and fourth positions are spaced apart from one another along the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Thierry ANNEQUIN-DIGOND
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Publication number: 20240294067Abstract: A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a plurality of driving members, which are housed inside the passenger compartment and can be operated by a driver in order to control the trajectory and the speed of the motor vehicle; at least one control member connected to one of the driving members through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver facing the control member and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along an axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for a driver; the first seat being arranged, in the first configuration, in a first position and the third seat being arranged, in the second configuration, in a second position spaced apart from the first position along the axis; the driving member can be moved along the axis to enable the transformation of the motor vehicle between said firstType: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Vito CONIGLIARO, Thierry ANNEQUIN-DIGOND
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Publication number: 20240166143Abstract: A content display device for a road vehicle comprising: a support element configured to be mounted centrally at a vehicle dashboard or a central tunnel of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a movement system coupled to the support element and hingeable to the vehicle dashboard or to the central tunnel to alternatively rotate the screen towards the driver and/or towards the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
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Publication number: 20240149830Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a powertrain system; an ignition system for the powertrain system comprising in turn a slot integral with the passenger compartment of the road vehicle and configured to receive and accommodate a key for the ignition of the road vehicle; wherein the ignition system comprises a detection system, configured to detect the presence or absence of the key at the slot, and a control unit, which is connected to the detection system and to the powertrain system and is configured to enable the power supply to the powertrain system only when the key is detected at the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Maximilian ROMANI, Vito CONIGLIARO
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Publication number: 20240149689Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from the interior of the passenger compartment; a content display device; a first projection device, which is configured to project onto the first projection surface one or more contents; at least one first aesthetic surface, also configured so as to substantially correspond to said part of the exposed surface; a support element, pivotably mounted on the vehicle dashboard and on which at least the first projection surface and the first aesthetic surface are arranged around an axis of symmetry; a movement system configured to rotate of the support element between a first configuration and a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
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Publication number: 20240149675Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a content display device comprising a support element mounted centrally at the dashboard of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and to a driver while driving; the screen has a curved shape and is horizontally divided into a first portion 11 and a second portion 12 which are respectively visible, in a substantially mutually exclusive manner, to the driver DR and to the passenger P.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
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Publication number: 20240149686Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Maximilian ROMANI, Vito CONIGLIARO
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Publication number: 20240149716Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a rechargeable power source, a body portion, a charging compartment on the body portion, a charge port arranged inside the charging compartment and connected to the rechargeable power source, a door having a first and a second face opposite one another according to the direction of a thickness of the door, the door being coupled to the body portion in a movable manner between a closing position, in which the door closes the charging compartment with the first face facing the charging compartment, and an opening position, in which the charging compartment can be accessed from the outside, so that an outer charging source can be connected to the charge port in order to enable a charging process of the rechargeable power source, and a screen to display one or more items of information relating to the charging process, wherein the screen is placed in a position so as to be covered by the door in the closing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Stefano GALAFASSI, Vito CONIGLIARO