VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME PROVIDED WITH A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR AUXILIARY UNITS, IN PARTICULAR GAS TANKS OR ELECTRIC BATTERIES

    公开(公告)号:US20220105799A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17421093

    申请日:2019-08-13

    IPC分类号: B60K15/07 B62D21/02 B60K15/03

    摘要: A light duty vehicle includes a vehicle frame, including a pair of vehicle longitudinal beams connected to each other by a plurality of cross-members and a cabin frame, having a pair of cabin longitudinal beams rigidly connected to front ends of the vehicle longitudinal beams. A supporting structure for auxiliary units, such as gaseous fuel tanks or electric batteries, which is carried by the vehicle frame, and includes an auxiliary frame extending between the vehicle longitudinal beams and having connection plates arranged in vertical planes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame and which are in contact with mutually facing inner lateral walls of the vehicle longitudinal beams and are rigidly connected to these longitudinal beams. The auxiliary frame fulfills a structural function equivalent to the structural function of one or more cross-members at an area of the vehicle frame where the cross-members are omitted.

    Connection system for connecting two or more overlapping layers of material, and related joint and connection method

    公开(公告)号:US11105353B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16369563

    申请日:2019-03-29

    摘要: A connection system for connection of two or more overlapping layers of material includes: a rivet having a head and a stem, the head being configured to bear upon a surface of a first layer of the layers of material, the stem having an outer surface that includes a surface sculpturing and being configured for passing through the layers of material and projecting beyond them; and a washer configured to fit on the stem and configured to bear upon a surface of a last layer of the layers of material, the washer being deformable by axial compression from an undeformed condition where it fits on the stem with play, to a deformed condition where it fits on the stem in a condition of interference with the outer surface of the stem. Moreover described is a corresponding method for joining the layers of material using the connection system.

    METHOD FOR MOULDING A SHEET INTO A COMPONENT OF COMPLEX SHAPE HAVING AREAS WITH DIFFERENT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY A MOTOR-VEHICLE COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210262732A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17144714

    申请日:2021-01-08

    IPC分类号: F27B9/24 B21D37/16

    摘要: A method for moulding a sheet into a component of complex shape having areas with different mechanical properties, particularly a motor-vehicle component, includes a first heating step of the sheet carried out by a kiln, prior to forming the component. The kiln has a main body with a roller shape, having a plurality of sectors extending along a radial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the roller body. The sectors are configured to each receive a sheet, so that the main body with a roller shape is arranged to simultaneously carry a plurality of sheets. The kiln includes a plurality of heating elements incorporated in the roller-shaped main body, so as to heat the sheets in contact with the roller body. The kiln includes at least one electronically-controlled drive motor, arranged to rotate the roller-shaped main body around the longitudinal axis of the kiln, so as to vary the position of the sectors with respect to the inlet and outlet ports. An additional heating step follows extraction of the sheets from the kiln, wherein the sheets are locally heated only at one area, so as to obtain sheets with areas heated to different temperatures.

    HINGE OF A MOTOR-VEHICLE MOBILE PART

    公开(公告)号:US20210032915A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16933260

    申请日:2020-07-20

    IPC分类号: E05D3/12

    摘要: A hinge of a motor-vehicle mobile part includes a first and a second hinge element mounted articulated with respect to each other about a hinge axis. The second hinge element is articulated to the first hinge element by an articulation portion having two pins defining the hinge axis, and projecting in opposite directions from two sides of the second hinge element. The first hinge element and the second hinge element are obtained by an additive manufacturing technique in an already reciprocally articulated condition, with the pins mounted with clearance within respective articulation seats formed on two flanges of the first hinge element adjacent to the sides of the second hinge element. The hinge also includes two bushing-shaped members, each interposed between one of said two pins and the respective articulation seat.

    Assisting A Motor Vehicle Driver In Negotiating A Roundabout

    公开(公告)号:US20190001993A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16060741

    申请日:2016-12-12

    IPC分类号: B60W50/14 B60W30/095

    摘要: An advanced driver assistance system designed to receive and process motor-vehicle position-related data and motor-vehicle motion-related data of a host motor vehicle and of neighbour motor vehicles detected in the vicinity of the host motor vehicle and which have been determined as entering the same roundabout in which the host motor vehicle will enter, to provide assistance to the driver of the host motor vehicle for negotiating the roundabout. A degree of proximity of the host motor vehicle and the neighbour motor vehicle to the roundabout based on motor-vehicle position-related data is determined and a determined alert level is provided the driver.

    Automotive control unit programmed to estimate road slope and vehicle mass, vehicle with such a control unit and corresponding program product

    公开(公告)号:US10124806B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US14901913

    申请日:2014-07-11

    发明人: Enrico Raffone

    摘要: Automotive electronic control unit programmed to realtime estimate either or both of vehicle mass and road slope, wherein; a. road slope, is estimated; a1. when vehicle is considered stopped based on an accelerometer signal indicative of vehicle acceleration, wherein the vehicle is considered stopped in the presence of substantially zero values of a speed signal indicative of vehicle speed, and a2. when vehicle is in rectilinear and curvilinear motion by implementing a road slope observer based on a linear Kalman filter, which is designed to: a21. operate based on signals indicative of vehicle speed and acceleration, and a22. compensate for accelerometric disturbances due to; a221. vehicle static pitch resulting from vehicle load distribution, and a222. vehicle dynamic pitch due to acceleration to which vehicle is subjected during motion, and a223. accelerometric disturbance components due to vehicle lateral dynamics; b. vehicle mass is estimated: b1. when vehicle is in motion, and b2. based on a recursive least square algorithm with forgetting factor, and b3. based on an accelerometric signal indicative of vehicle acceleration, on a vehicle speed signal, and other signals representing a vehicle propulsive/resistive torque, and b4. at different low gears, to provide a mass estimation and an associated variance for each gear, and b5. based on mass estimations and corresponding variances for each gear, and b6. compensating for accelerometer disturbances due to: b61, vehicle dynamic pitch; and b62. accelerometric disturbance components due to vehicle lateral dynamics; and b7. minimizing uncertainties on propulsive/resistive torque due to gear efficiency and rolling resistance.