Abstract:
An electroinjector is provided for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine. The electroinjector includes an electroactuator, an injection nozzle, and a pin, which is movable along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the nozzle under the control of the electroactuator and according to the supply pressure of the fuel into the electroinjector. A first electrical command and at least a second electrical command, which are sufficiently close to one another as to displace the pin with a profile of motion without any discontinuity in time, and such as to cause the pin to perform a first opening displacement and, respectively, a second opening displacement, are supplied to the electroactuator. Between one injection and the next, at least one among the following quantities is varied as a function of operating parameters of the engine: duration of at least one among the electrical commands; number of the electrical commands; and distance in time between the electrical commands.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing magnetic field detection devices is described, said method comprising the operations of manufacturing a magneto-resistive element (10; 20) comprising regions with metallic conduction (13; 23) and regions with semi-conductive conduction (11; 31). Said method comprises the following operations:—forming metallic nano-particles (37) to obtain said regions with metallic conduction (13; 23);—providing a semiconductor substrate (31);—applying said metallic nano-particles (37) to said semiconductor substrate (31) to obtain a disordered mesoscopic structure. A magnetic device is also described, comprising a spin valve, said spin valve (110) comprising a plurality of layers (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117) arranged in a stack which in turn comprises at least one free magnetic layer (111) able to be associated to a temporary magnetisation (MT), a spacer layer (133) and a permanent magnetic layer (112) associated to a permanent magnetisation (MP). The spacer element (133) is obtained by means of a mesoscopic structure of nanoparticles in a metallic matrix produced in accordance with the method for manufacturing magnetoresistive elements of the invention.
Abstract:
A system and a method avoids the collision of a vehicle with animals tending to cross the road before the moving vehicle. Such system comprises a visual system directly actuating a RF emitter, or more RF emitters, emitting directional sound waves with a frequency above 25,000 Hz. Sound waves are directed frontally though with a frequency decreasing from the center of the roadway towards the road edge, so as to lead the animal to move towards the road edge.
Abstract:
A method and system converts statements entered in an ordered natural language into an event-driven model, which may be easily parsed to discover missing or contradictory conditions. A user interface allows a user to enter functional requirements of a design into the system in a well-defined manner. An ordered natural language parser checks each phrase entered by the user for syntax errors and alerts the user of errors or unclear statements. Once any ambiguities are resolved, an engine generates a dynamic event-driven sub model. A parser checks the sub model for logical errors, such as missing or contradictory conditions and alerts the user of the same. A second engine then generates a complete dynamic event-driven model, which can be a combination of several sub models. The complete model can then be simulated and validated.
Abstract:
A device for imparting a whirling motion on the flow of air for supplying a turbo-supercharged internal-combustion engine is designed to be interposed in the duct for supplying the air upstream of the supercharger for supercharging the engine. The device comprises an elbow-shaped portion of duct and partializing means, which are able to limit the section of passage in the upstream branch of the aforesaid elbow portion to an area which constitutes a fraction of the total section of the duct and which is adjacent to a wall of the duct. In this way, the downstream branch of the elbow portion is reached by a tangential flow that gives rise to a helical flow of the air in said downstream branch. The device enables creation upstream of the supercharger of a negative pressure sufficient for enabling a recirculation of exhaust gases, upstream of the supercharger, and at the same time imparts on the air flow a whirling movement that enables the supercharger to be exploited in the most efficient way.
Abstract:
The invention describes a system for monitoring industrial processes, comprising sensor means for detecting one or more process quantities in at least one process station, acquisition means for acquiring measuring signals emitted by said sensor means, processing means operating on signals generated by said acquisition means for obtaining process information, and means for managing the manufacturing flow operating on the basis of said information on process quality. According to the invention, said acquisition means are arranged locally in said at least one process station and comprise means for coding said measuring signals generated by said sensor means into coded signals, said means for managing the manufacturing flow are arranged in remote position with respect to acquisition means and there are wireless transceiver means associated to said acquisition means for sending coded signals generated by said acquisition means to said means for managing the manufacturing flow.
Abstract:
Method for activation of the regeneration of a particulate filter for a motor vehicle engine, comprising the steps of calculating an estimated value (xM) of a quantity of particulate accumulated in the particulate filter; comparing (8) the estimated value (xM) with a threshold value (mTH) corresponding to a predetermined maximum quantity of particulate; and activating the regeneration (9) if the estimated value (xM) exceeds the threshold value (mTH). The step of calculating an estimated value (xM) comprises the steps of estimating a first quantity of particulate (xMS) accumulated in the particulate filter by means of a statistical model (3) based on experimental data; estimating a second quantity of particulate (xMF) accumulated in the particulate filter by means of a physical model (2) using physical quantities measured; determining a field of admissibility on the basis of the first quantity of particulate (xMS); comparing the estimated value (xM) with the second quantity of particulate (xMF) if the second quantity of particulate (xMF) is within the field of admissibility; and limiting the estimated value (xM) if the second quantity of particulate (xMF) is outside the field of admissibility.
Abstract translation:用于激活用于机动车辆发动机的微粒过滤器的再生的方法,包括以下步骤:计算颗粒过滤器中积聚的颗粒量的估计值(x M M); 将估计值(x M M S)与预定最大量的颗粒相对应的阈值(m TH TH)进行比较(8); 以及如果所述估计值(x M S)超过所述阈值(m THS),则激活所述再生(9)。 计算估计值(x M M)的步骤包括以下步骤:通过统计模型估计在微粒过滤器中累积的第一数量的颗粒(x MS) (3)基于实验数据; 通过物理模型(2)使用所测量的物理量来估计累积在颗粒过滤器中的第二数量的颗粒(xLM); 基于第一数量的颗粒(x MS MS)确定可接受性的领域; 如果第二数量的颗粒(x> MF)是第二量的颗粒(x> MF),则将估计值(x M M)与第二数量的颗粒 在可受理领域内; 并且如果第二数量的颗粒(x> MF)在可接受性范围之外,则限制估计值(x M M)。
Abstract:
The high-pressure pump (7) comprises a number of pumping elements (18) actuated in reciprocating motion through corresponding suction and delivery strokes. Each pumping element (18) is provided with a corresponding intake valve (25) in communication with an intake pipe (10) supplied by a low-pressure pump (9). Set on the intake pipe (10) is an on-off solenoid valve (27) having a reduced flow rate substantially of the same order of magnitude as the maximum amount of fuel that can be injected by an injector (5). The solenoid valve (27) is controlled in a chopped way in synchronism with an intermediate part (32) of the suction stroke of each pumping element (18).
Abstract:
A fuel injector (1) for an internal-combustion engine has a shell (2) provided with two opposite terminal portions; the first terminal portion (4) has an inlet (7) for supply of the fuel and is generally designed to extend outside the engine, whilst the second terminal portion (5) has a nozzle (9) communicating with said inlet (7), is designed to be housed in the engine and has, in the radial direction, dimensions smaller than those of the first portion (4); the injector (1) further has an actuator (16) and a servo valve (15) housed in the first terminal portion (4); the servo valve (15) is provided with an open/close element (32), which can slide axially, under the action of the actuator (16) and substantially in a fluid-tight way, in a seat (27) and is subjected to an axial resultant of pressure of the fuel that is substantially zero; the fuel inlet (7) is made laterally in an intermediate axial position between the actuator (16) and the nozzle (9).
Abstract:
A method is provided for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine provided with an electroinjector, including an electroactuator, an injection nozzle, and a pin, which is movable along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the nozzle under the control of the electroactuator and according to the supply pressure of the fuel into the electroinjector. The method supplies to the electroactuator a first electrical command and at least a second electrical command, which are sufficiently close to one another as to displace the pin with a profile of motion without any discontinuity in time, and such as to cause the pin to perform a first opening displacement and, respectively, a second opening displacement. Between one injection and the next, at least one among the following quantities is varied as a function of operating parameters of the engine: duration of at least one among the electrical commands; number of the electrical commands; and distance in time between the electrical commands.