Magneti Marelli S.p.a.

Magneti Marelli Powertrain, S.p.a.

Magneti Merelli Powertrin S.p.a.

Giuseppe Gamberini

Roberto Piciotti

Maurizio Fiorentini

Claudio Grossi

Stefano Musolesi

Massimo Zanotti

Loris Lambertini

Carlo Dall'Osso

Mengoli Mauro

Alessandro Cavrini

An acquisition system for detecting the angular position of a gas knob of a motorcycle; the acquisition system is provided with: a fixed supporting body; a mobile element, which is mounted mobile in the supporting body; a transmission device, mechanically connected to the gas knob and to the mobile element for transmitting the motion from the gas knob to the mobile element itself; and a main position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the mobile element for determining the angular position of the mobile element, and is designed to provide two mutually redundant measurements of the angular position of the mobile element.

Integrated control system for an internal-combustion engine of a motorcycle provided with a gas knob and acquisition system for detecting the angular position of a knob for the gas of a motorcycle

A system for acquiring the angular position of a gas twist grip in a motorcycle; the acquisition system is provided with a fixed supporting body; a rotating shaft turnable mounted in the supporting body; a transmission device mechanically connected to the gas twist grip and to the revolving shaft to transmit the motion of the gas twist grip to the revolving shaft itself; a main angular position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the revolving shaft to determine the angular position of revolving shaft, and is adapted to provide two reciprocally redundant measures of the angular position of the revolving shaft; and an angular control position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the revolving shaft to determine the angular position of the revolving shaft, and is adapted to provide two reciprocally redundant measures of the angular position of the revolving shaft.

Acquisition system for detecting the angular position of a gas twist grip in a motorcycle

An air supply unit for an internal combustion engine; the air supply unit is provided a number of butterfly valves and a distributor device, the latter being provided, for each butterfly valve, with a distribution duct capable of placing an internal duct of said butterfly valve in communication with a chamber of the distributor device connected to an intake box by means of a first air duct regulated by a solenoid valve; inside the distributor device, each distribution duct is connected to the intake box by means of a corresponding second air duct regulated by a respective bypass screw and is connected to a corresponding regulation duct opening into an air intake, which is accessible from the outside of the distributor device and is normally closed by an associated removable plug.

Air supply unit for an internal combustion engine

A butterfly body provided with a valve body having a through duct, a butterfly valve moving on command within the through duct in order to regulate the flow of fluid through this through duct and a device for moving the butterfly valve mechanically coupled to this butterfly valve in order to be able to vary, on command, the position of the latter within the duct, so as to control the flow of air flowing through the through duct, the valve body being made entirely from plastic and having, embedded within it, a bushing of metal, within which the electrical actuator controlling the displacements of the butterfly valve is adapted to be housed.

Butterfly body

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Bologna, Italy

Giuseppe Gamberini