Abstract:
A switching device for an electric motor (100) comprises a fixed body (2), at least one moveable body (5, 10) that can be moved with respect to the fixed body (2) between at least one first and one second position, in which the phases (104, 105, 106) are respectively in a first and a second electrical configuration, and a moving unit (9) configured to move said moveable body (5, 10) between the first and the second position. This moving unit (9) can be selectively coupled to the rotor (102) of the electric motor (100) so as to rotate with it and comprises a selecting device (20) operationally placed between the rotor (102) and the moveable body (5, 10) of the switching device (1) and configured to transform each revolution of the rotor (102) into a movement of the moveable body (5, 10) between the first and the second position.
Abstract:
It is disclosed an electronic monitoring circuit (4) for detecting a variation in the power or current absorbed by an electronic circuit (2) under test. The circuit comprises an input terminal adapted to receive a pulse-width modulation control signal (S_pwm_ctrl), a resistor (4-3) having a first terminal connected to the input terminal, and a capacitor (4-1) having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the resistor (4-3). The output terminal is adapted to generate an output signal (S_∆T) as a function of the value of the voltage drop at the ends of the capacitor, said output signal (S_∆T) being representative of a variation (ΔT+, ΔT-) of the pulse width of the pulse-width modulation control signal (S_pwm_ctrl), wherein said variation of the pulse width is a function of the power or current absorbed by the electronic circuit under test.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an ignition coil for an internal combustion engine comprises manufacturing a containment body (5) provided with a containment chamber (6), defining an internal volume, and with a lateral seat (7) facing outwards, and preparing an electronic board (3) provided with a first face (3a) and a second face (3b), opposite the first. The electronic board (3) is positioned inside said lateral seat (7) and a polymeric material with high thermal conductivity is then printed on the electronic board (3) so as to cover it.
Abstract:
An endothermic/electric hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle comprises a first propulsion unit (2), of the electrical type, provided with at least a first electric machine (EM1) coupled to a transmission shaft (5), a second propulsion unit (3), of the hybrid type, provided with an output shaft (9) and comprising at least one internal combustion engine (ICE) and at least one second electric machine (EM2) which can be selectively coupled together to provide torque to the output shaft (9) in an independent or combined manner and a coupling member (4) operatively interposed between the output shaft (9) of the second propulsion unit (3) and the transmission shaft (5) of the first propulsion unit (2).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ignition coil, in particular for an internal combustion engine for a vehicle, which comprises devices for connecting without welding.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of method and devices for determining and putting in fuel into an internal combustion engine on the basis of an air-fuel ratio in proximity to the stechiometric value. The present invention is based on the use of the ion current released by a device, positioned on each cylinder of said engine. This ion current is acquired by a Control Unit equipped by means, preferably electronic ones, which implement the invention, repeated continually for each engine cycle and for each cylinder, characterized in that said method develops over various phases.
Abstract:
A method for protecting an on-board charging device (100) comprises the steps of detecting the phase and neutral voltages coming from the grid, detecting a current signal representing a compensation current generated by a compensation circuit, combining the phase voltages together so as to obtain a homopolar voltage signal, squaring the current signal and the homopolar voltage signal so as to obtain a first square current wave and a second square voltage wave, combining the first and second square waves together so as to generate an output signal having a first logic level when the first and second square waves are in phase and a second logic level when the first and second square waves are out of phase, generating a voltage increasing in proportion to the duration of each section of the output signal having the first value, comparing the voltage value with a limit value and generating an alarm signal when the voltage level exceeds the limit value.
Abstract:
A coolant housing for an electric machine, preferably for automotive use, comprises a hollow body (2) extending around its own central axis (A) and provided with a radially internal wall (3), delimiting a reception volume (5) of an electric machine, and a radially external wall (4). The housing further comprises a cavity (6) delimited between the radially internal wall (3) and the radially external wall (4) and containing at least one latent heat storage element (7) arranged inside said cavity (6).
Abstract:
It is disclosed a direct-direct voltage converter comprising a rectifier (5; DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4) adapted to generate a first level of direct voltage (∆HV), a transformer (10) comprising a primary winding (10.1) connected to the rectifier and comprising a secondary winding (10.2), a resonance inductor (L_res) interposed between the rectifier and the primary winding (10.1). The DC-DC converter further comprises a first (S5) and a second (S6) switch connected together in series, comprises a first inductor (L1) having a first terminal connected to a first terminal of the secondary winding, comprises a second inductor (L2) having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the secondary winding and having a second terminal connected to a second terminal of the first inductor, comprises a freewheel diode (D3) having a cathode terminal connected to the second terminal of the first inductor (L1) and having an anode terminal connected to a common node between the first and the second switch, in which the anode terminal of the freewheel diode is adapted to receive a lower value (LV-) of a second level of direct voltage (∆LV). The DC-DC converter further comprises a limiting switch (S10) having a first terminal (I) connected to the second terminal of the first and second inductors and further connected to the cathode terminal of the freewheel diode (D3), having a second terminal (O) adapted to receive a higher value (LV+) of the second level of direct voltage and having a control terminal (C) adapted to receive a third signal (S_sf) for controlling the opening and closing of the limiting switch. The electronic driving device (30) is adapted to generate the first (SINC2), second (SINC1) and third (S_sf) control signals. The DC-DC converter being configured to operate in a first operating mode (t50, t62; ∆Tl) in which the input is the second voltage level and the output is the first voltage level. The freewheel diode is configured to operate in forward biasing (t50, t52, t56, t58), when the limiting switch (S10) is in an opening position, and it is configured to operate in reverse biasing (t54, t60), when the limiting switch (S10) is in a closing position.
Abstract:
Slip ring for an electric machine comprising a tubular shaped insulating element (2) provided with a cylindrical body (3) extending along its own central axis (A) between a first end portion (4a) and a second end portion (4b), at least two conductive elements (6) each of which extending from a first end (6a), placed in correspondence of the first end portion (4a) of the cylindrical body (3), and a second end (6a), placed in correspondence of the second end portion (4b) of the cylindrical body (3), wherein each conductive element (6) comprises at least one ring (7, 8) attached to the first end portion (4a) of the cylindrical body (3) and defining the first end (6a), and a conductive wire (10, 11) developing between the ring (7, 8) and a free end (10b; 11b) facing outwardly to the second end portion (4b) of the cylindrical body (3); Each wire (10, 11) comprises at least a deformation compensation section (10c, 11c) housed inside the cylindrical body (3).