Patents by Inventor Vittorio Ravaglioli

Vittorio Ravaglioli 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).

  • Method of estimating the MFB50 combustion index and the instantaneous torque generated by the cylinders of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10739232
    Abstract: A method of estimating the MFB50 combustion index of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine provided with a drive shaft coupled to at least a pair of position sensors, each of which is arranged at a respective end of the drive shaft; the estimation method comprising the steps of: acquiring the signals coming from two position sensors; determining the angular torsion of the drive shaft based on the signals from the two position sensors; and estimating the MFB50 combustion index of the single cylinders of the internal combustion engine based on the angular torsion of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNETI MARELLI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Federico Stola, Matteo De Cesare, Fabrizio Ponti, Vittorio Ravaglioli
  • METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE MFB50 COMBUSTION INDEX AND THE INSTANTANEOUS TORQUE GENERATED BY THE CYLINDERS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170122839
    Abstract: A method of estimating the MFB50 combustion index of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine provided with a drive shaft coupled to at least a pair of position sensors, each of which is arranged at a respective end of the drive shaft; the estimation method comprising the steps of: acquiring the signals coming from two position sensors; determining the angular torsion of the drive shaft based on the signals from the two position sensors; and estimating the MFB50 combustion index of the single cylinders of the internal combustion engine based on the angular torsion of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Federico STOLA, Matteo DE CESARE, Fabrizio PONTI, Vittorio RAVAGLIOLI
  • Method to control a supercharged internal combustion engine provided with a turbocharger by means of an estimation of the average power delivered by the turbine of the turbocharger
    Patent number: 9617931
    Abstract: A method to control a supercharged internal combustion engine by means of a turbocharger provided with a turbine and a compressor which compresses the air taken in; the control method includes the steps of determining the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and calculating the average power delivered by the turbine as a function of the absolute value of the j-th harmonic component of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger and of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and controlling the supercharged internal combustion engine as a function of the average power delivered by the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo de Cesare, Federico Covassin, Fabrizio Ponti, Vittorio Ravaglioli
  • METHOD TO CONTROL A SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDED WITH A TURBOCHARGER BY MEANS OF AN ESTIMATION OF THE AVERAGE POWER DELIVERED BY THE TURBINE OF THE TURBOCHARGER
    Publication number: 20150337747
    Abstract: A method to control a supercharged internal combustion engine by means of a turbocharger provided with a turbine and a compressor which compresses the air taken in; the control method includes the steps of determining the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and calculating the average power delivered by the turbine as a function of the absolute value of the j-th harmonic component of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger and of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and controlling the supercharged internal combustion engine as a function of the average power delivered by the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Matteo de Cesare, Federico Covassin, Fabrizio Ponti, Vittorio Ravaglioli