Abstract:
A method to construct an electric machine provided with: a stator having a magnetic core longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; a stator winding having a series of rigid bars, which are “U”-shaped and are inserted through the stator slots defining an entry side, in which the cusps of the “U”-shaped bars are placed, and an exit side, in which the legs of the “U”-shaped bars are placed; the construction method comprises the steps of electrically connecting the ends of at least two non-adjacent legs to one another by means of a connection bridge, which is made of a flat plate arranged perpendicular to the central axis of rotation and has, for each leg, a corresponding “U”-shaped seat, which is suited to receive the end of the leg.
Abstract:
An electronic device including an electronic switch M1, an electrical pre-charge circuit and a measurement, command and diagnosis module. The main electronic switch M1 has a first electrical terminal D1, a second electrical terminal S1, and a main driving terminal G1. The main electronic switch M1 is adapted to take, based on a driving signal DRV, depending on the command signal CMD and on an enabling signal ENB, a closed condition or an open condition, wherein the first electrical terminal D1 is respectively connected to or disconnected from the second electrical terminal S1. The pre-charge electrical circuit is adapted to carry out, based on the command signal CMD, a pre-charge operation, aimed at equalizing the electric potentials (V1, V2) of the first and second terminals of the device, before the main electronic switch M1 takes a closed condition, upon of a transition from the open condition.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a solid-state relay including a power semiconductor switch device connected between a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal and having a command terminal. An electronic driving block is adapted to generate a command signal applied to the command terminal to switch the at least one semiconductor switch device from a closed/open state to an open/closed state to disconnect/connect the first electrical circuit portion from/to the second portion of the electrical circuit. An electronic block detects a current which crosses the power semiconductor switch device. The electronic detection block includes a first electronic device adapted to generate a first signal indicative of a difference of potential between the first and second terminals generated by the current which crosses a total resistance present between the first and second terminals of the power semiconductor switch device in the closed state. The total resistance comprises the sum of a first resistance associated with the semiconductor switch device in the closed state and of second bonding resistances associated with an electrical connection between one of the conductive terminals and the respective either first or second electrical terminal.
Abstract:
A method for performing an active profiling of the sound emitted by a vehicle engine including the steps of injecting second acoustic waves (MW), which are able to combine with the first acoustic waves (EW) in a merge point in said primary propagation path and to generate third resulting acoustic waves (RW); and generating a driving signal for the diffuser by regulating the amplitude of harmonics of the driving signal (SP) as a function of reference acoustic waves and of a workpoint of the engine, calculating equalization coefficients (α1, . . . , αM) to be applied to the amplitudes of said harmonics of the driving signal (SP) via a self-tuning procedure, and comparing the reference acoustic waves (TW) with a simulation (SRW) of the resulting waves. The simulation (SRW) is obtained by applying to a simulation of the second acoustic waves a model of the secondary propagation path.
Abstract:
An electric machine comprising a stator comprising: at least one stator winding elements that extends from a first to a second end, separate from each other, at least one electrical bridge suitable to electrically connect the separate ends of said stator winding element, at least a support and attachment plate made of electrically insulating material which defines at least one seat suitable to house at least partially, and retain in position, the electrical bridge, the seat being provided with attachment means which form at least partially a shaped coupling with the at least one electrical bridge, so as to mechanically lock it in position on the support and attachment plate, said seat allowing the passage of the ends of the stator winding element and the electrical connection between the latter and the electrical bridge, the seat electrically insulating the electrical bridge from other components of the stator.
Abstract:
Method to detect and control detonation phenomena in an internal combustion engine provided with a number of cylinders and with at least two detonation sensors; for each combustion cycle as a function of the cylinder and of the engine point that is being explored, the method comprises processing the signal coming from each detonation sensor so as to determine a detonation energy for each detonation sensor; calculating a detonation index for each detonation sensor and controlling the internal combustion engine as a function of a total detonation index through the algebraic sum of the detonation indexes for each detonation sensor.
Abstract:
Described herein is a device for detecting the attitude of motor vehicles, which comprises using at least one filter of a complementary type for computing an estimate ({circumflex over (x)}i) of angles of attitude (θ, φ, Ψ) of the motor vehicle as a function of input signals comprising an acceleration signal (A) and an angular-velocity signal (ω). According to the invention, the device (10) comprises a plurality of complementary filters (121, . . . , 12n), each tuned for operating in a specific dynamic range, and a supervisor unit (11), configured for recognising the dynamic range of the input signals (A, ω) and selecting a corresponding filter (12i) from said plurality of complementary filters (121, . . . , 12n).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fuel injector. The fuel injector is provided with an injection nozzle, an injection valve, and an electromagnetic actuator. The injection valve has a movable needle to adjust the flow of fuel through the injection nozzle. The electromagnetic actuator is adapted to move the needle between a closing position and an opening position of the injection valve and is provided with a movable plunger which is mechanically connected to the needle and has at least one feeding through hole for the passage of fuel towards the injection nozzle. The plunger is provided with a hydraulic type braking device, which is coupled to the feeding hole and hydraulically dissipates kinetic energy to slow down the opening stroke of the needle when the needle moves towards the opening position of the injection valve.
Abstract:
Fuel pump for a direct injection system provided with a common rail; the fuel pump has: a pumping chamber defined in a main body; a piston which is mounted in a sliding manner inside the pumping chamber to cyclically vary the volume of the pumping chamber; an intake channel which originates from a wall of the pumping chamber; an intake valve which is coupled to the intake channel; a delivery channel which originates from a wall of the pumping chamber; a delivery valve which is coupled to the delivery channel; and an actuating spring which has a plurality of turns having a pitch between the turns being variable and coupled to the piston so as to push the piston towards a maximum volume or minimum volume position of the pumping chamber.
Abstract:
A method to determine the injection pattern in the compression stroke of the combustion cycle of the cylinders of a direct-injection internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of determining the initial quantity of fuel and an objective quantity of fuel to be injected for each partial injection of a maximum number of partial injections; determining an effective quantity of fuel to be injected for each partial injection as a function of the respective initial quantity of fuel and of the respective objective quantity of fuel; and determining an objective pattern of partial injections to be performed in the compression stroke as a function of the value of the end of injection angle and of the effective quantity of fuel to be injected for each partial injection of a maximum number of partial injections to be performed in the compression stroke.