C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni

Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles S.r.l.

Poli-model S.r.l.

Marco Biasiotto

Stefano Alacqua

Francesco Butera

Alessandro Zanella

Piero Perlo

Cosimo Carvignese

Andrea Perosino

Gianluca Capretti

Pietro Perlo

Gianfranco Innocenti

Nereo Pallaro

Luca Liotti

Davide Penserini

Pietro Guerrieri

Carloandrea Malvicino

Angelo Storgato

Fabrizio Mattiello

Marco Ottella

Silvio De Marino

Gioele Sabato

Sandro De Pasquale

Marco Grosso

Sergio Pozzato

Riccardo Introzzi

Andrea Pipino

Gregorio Iuzzolino

Alessandro Usignolo

Antonio Mancuso

Sandro Depasquale

Marco Dalmasso

Simone Sivieri

Andrea Caroli

Giorgio Masoero

A ride-on vehicle, in particular a bicycle or a three-wheel vehicle, more in particular a purely electric or pedal assist bicycle or three-wheel vehicle, including an electrically-driven air conditioning unit carried by the frame of the vehicle. An auxiliary supporting structure is connected to the frame of the vehicle, and in one example includes two rear uprights transversally spaced from each other, extending above the saddle, and continuing into two upper beams and then into two front uprights, whose lower ends are connected to a frame portion which extends in front of the handlebar. An air guiding structure is associated to the auxiliary supporting structure and is in communication with an outlet of the air conditioning unit and has one or more outlets for the flow of conditioned air, which are configured for directing jets of conditioned air towards and/or around a body of a user.

Ride on vehicle with air conditioning

An electric-propulsion car includes: a main frame, a front axle unit, a rear axle unit, wherein the axle units each have an auxiliary frame for supporting the axle units and two suspension units that connect two respective wheel supports to the supporting auxiliary frame, wherein at least one of the axle units is a motorized axle with steering wheels including, mounted on said auxiliary frame, an electric motor for actuating the rotation of the wheels, a control unit for controlling said electric motor, a transmission unit for connecting the electric motor to the wheels, and a steering device for steering the wheel supports, and wherein each one of the main frame and auxiliary frames includes a reticular lattice structure including boxed elements made of steel, each one of the main frame and auxiliary frames being adapted to be pre-assembled separately and then assembled together. The main frame and auxiliary frames include elements made up of multiple segments connected together and derived from at least one boxed element made of high-tensile steel, wherein the at least one boxed element has at least one notch formed on at least one side of the boxed element without involving an ulterior side of the boxed element, the notch being made on the at least one side at the point where said ulterior side of the boxed element has to be bent to obtain the configuration of the finished boxed element.

Electric vehicle with segmented frame and auxiliary frame in lattice structure

A locking device for preventing the rotation and/or the axial movement of a pin includes a coil spring wound around at least a portion of the pin and having one end rigidly connected to a support structure. In its undeformed condition, the spring has an internal diameter smaller than the diameter of the pin, whereby in its resting condition the spring is tightened around the pin to prevent a rotation thereof at least in a direction or an axial movement in any direction. The device includes shape memory means for causing the unwinding of the turns of the spring for the purpose of temporarily releasing the pin.

Locking device for preventing a rotation and/or an axial movement of a pin, including shape memory releasing means

A system for distributing air in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, e.g. of a motor vehicle, comprises at least one outlet for the outflow of air in the passenger compartment which can be activated placing a hand at a short distance therefrom without touching it.

Air distribution system with contactless activation of air openings

A system for air distribution in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle, includes at least one outlet for outflow of air into the passenger compartment, which can be activated by putting one's hand at a short distance therefrom without touching it. Associated to the air outlet is an optical sensor, which is set at distance from the air outlet and is optically connected to a window adjacent to the air outlet.

Air-distribution system, with contactless activation of air outlets

A sunshade device comprises a sunshade in the form of a roller blind forming part of a roller-blind device, comprising a supporting structure, a shaft for rolling of the sunshade blind, mounted so that it can rotate on the aforesaid supporting structure, and a shape-memory actuator device for causing displacement of the blind from the rolled-up condition to the distended condition.

Sunshade device for motor-vehicles, with shape memory actuator

A flow of air coming out of a louver facing the internal space of the passenger compartment of a vehicle is oriented, exploiting the Coanda effect, in an area adjacent to a first surface of the passenger compartment or in an area adjacent to a second surface of the passenger compartment.

Device for distribution of air within the passenger compartment of a vehicle

An actuator comprises an elongated shape-memory element wound around a first element and having one first end connected to the first element and one second end connected to a second element. Heating means are provided for heating the shape-memory element in order to obtain a displacement of one of the ends thereof. The elongated shape-memory element is guided so that it can slide within a closed channel made of a material having a low coefficient of friction, for example defined by a sheath.

Actuator with a wound shape-memory element

A vehicle seat comprises at least one passage for a heating or conditioning air flow and a flow deviating device associated to the seat to control the flow of air through such passage. The flow deviating device comprises at least one Coanda effect deviating device. In the case of application to the front seat of a car, the passage internal to the seat for the ventilation air flow has an upstream end communicating with an air supplying duct, and a downstream end communicating with a discharge duct whose outlet opens at the rear of the seat, to ventilate the rear part of the car passenger compartment. Said passage inside the seat is formed on the surface of the seat padding in the area of contact with the user's body, immediately below the cover of the padding. The discharge duct is arranged such that the flow of air through the passage carries out a flushing action of the area of contact with the user's body and is not forced to flow substantially through the cover.

Seat, in particular a vehicle seat, with means for deviating a ventilation flow based on Coanda effect

Described herein is a valve for fluids, liquids or dusts, which can be used to particular advantage for controlling openings for passage of cooling air in refrigerating apparatuses or the like. The valve comprises a diaphragm open/close element having a central part and a peripheral edge connected, respectively, to a central support and to a peripheral support. Said supports are axially displaceable with respect to one another between a first relative end position and a second relative end position corresponding, respectively, to the open condition and to the closed condition of the valve, or vice versa. The relative displacement in an axial direction of said first and second supports is controlled by shape-memory means, including at least one shape-memory wire, which extends at least in part along the periphery of the diaphragm and is activated by electrical supply means. The heating of the wire is exploited to remove any possible formation of ice or frost that might tend to prevent correct movement of the diaphragm.

Valve for fluids having a diaphragm shutter controlled by shape memory means acting also as defrosting means

A motor vehicle air conditioning system including a Coanda effect air distributor device and mixing means which allow to vary the temperature of the air available to the different outlet conduits of the distributor device for the same setting of the means for regulating the temperature of the system. In this way, for a same setting of the temperature regulating means, the air conveyed to the outlets situated at the base of the windshield is at a higher temperature than the air conveyed to the other outlets and in particular to those adjacent to the floor of the motor vehicle passenger compartment. Preferably, a third, still lower temperature level is available to the outlets situated in the front part of the dashboard of the motor vehicle in the direction of the motor vehicle occupants.

Motor vehicle air conditioning system with air distributor and mixer device, with Coanda effect, having outlets at differentiated temperatures

An electrical energy generator device comprising an array of micro-fans each associated to a respective dynamo-electric generator by means of a respective connecting shaft, further comprises, for at least some of the micro-fans (), a lug element () associated to the respective connecting shaft () which mechanically co-operates at each revolution with a piezoelectric element (), for the production of additional electrical energy. In addition or instead of the aforesaid arrangement, it is possible to provide plates () made of piezoelectric material which vibrate in the flow of air that invests them, thereby producing electrical energy.

Electrical energy generator device with micro-fan array

An air-distribution system for the dashboard of a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of auxiliary ducts that branch off in parallel from a manifold. Associated to each auxiliary duct is an additional and independent unit for regulating the flow rate and/or the temperature of the air flow that traverses the respective auxiliary duct. Each auxiliary duct branches off into a number of terminal ducts and is provided with means for the distribution of the air to the terminal ducts, which are preferably of the type comprising means of deviation of the air by the Coanda effect.

Air-distribution system for the dashboard of a motor vehicle and the dashboard of a motor vehicle comprising said system

A suspension system for the cab of a lorry comprises a rotational damper preferably of a magneto-rheological type.

Suspension system for a truck cab

A valve for gases, liquids or powdery material, comprises a diaphragm shutter element having a central part and a peripheral edge connected, respectively, to a central support and to a peripheral support. Said supports can be displaced axially with respect to one another between a first relative end position and a second relative end position corresponding, respectively, to the open condition and to the closed condition of the valve, or vice versa. The relative displacement in the axial direction of said first and second supports is controlled by shape-memory means, preferably formed by a first shape-memory wire and a second shape-memory wire set on the two opposite faces of the diaphragm shutter element.

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Turin, Italy

Marco Biasiotto