Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.

Politecnico Di Milano

Stanley Black & Decker Mea Fze

Alfredo Cigada

Renato Caretta

Federico Mancosu

Federico Cheli

Andrea Calatroni

Fabio Inzoli

Francesco Ballio

Giorgio Diana

Laurent Saunier

Federico c/o Pirelli Tyre SpA Mancosu

Renato c/o Pirelli Tyre SpA Caretta

The present invention concerns a device () for measuring the position of the bed and surface of a river, in which the device comprises a support () along which a plurality of measurement areas () and means () suitable for determining the local heat dissipation in each measurement area () are defined; the present invention also concerns a method for determining the position of such interfaces, in which a device () according to the present invention is arranged so that it intersects the interface, ensuring that one or more measurement areas () are immersed in each of the means constituting the interface and finding the value of the power dissipated in the measurement areas () from the temperature measured at said means.

Hydraulic monitoring unit

A method for determining the force at the hub of a wheel of a vehicle while traveling. The wheel includes a rim and at least one deformation sensor directly associated with the rim in at least one predetermined position and arranged according to at least one predetermined orientation. The method includes the steps of detecting at least one deformation component of the rim during travel through the at least one deformation sensor; applying to the at least one deformation component, during travel, a correlation parameter characteristic of the rim, between the force at the hub and the relative deformation of the rim to determine at least one force component at the hub correlated with the at least one deformation component of the rim. The determining of the correlation parameter preferably takes place through experimental tests that include the steps of providing a sample wheel having a rim substantially the same as that of the wheel and determining at least one correlation coefficient between at least one force component acting upon the sample wheel at the hub along at least one predetermined direction and at least one respective deformation component of the rim of the wheel.

Method for determining a force at the hub of a wheel of a vehicle while traveling and wheel suitable for allowing said method to be carried out

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Milan, Italy

Alfredo Cigada