C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni

Cnh America LLC

Iveco S.p.a.

Cnh Industrial Italia S.p.a.

Maurizio Miglietta

Andrea Saroldi

Silvano Marenco

Renzo Cicilloni

Vincenzo Murdocco

John Henry Posselius

Riccardo Morselli

Sergio Damiani

Roberto Montanari

Mario Gambera

Stefano Salio

Gianfranco Burzio

Carlo D'Ambrosio

Ermanno Ansaldi

Sebastiano Campo

Enrico De Virgilio

Domenico Albero

Massimo Gaido

Salvatore Pirri

Pier Claudio Antonello

Angela Chinu

Silvia Citelli

Domenico Gostoli

Valter Quenda

Mirko Muro

Claudio Ricci

Silvio Data

Claudio Dicanosa

Andrea Secondi

John T Posselius

An automotive electronic control system configured to detect and signal the presence of a passenger left unattended in a motor vehicle based on signals from an automotive sensory system comprising:

Detecting and signalling the presence of a passenger involuntarily left unattended in a motor vehicle

An automotive accelerator device includes an accelerator member movable in response to driver operation, a position sensor associated with the accelerator member to output a position signal indicating an operation degree of the accelerator member, and signal processing means configured to receive the position signal generated by the position sensor and to generate a command for a motor vehicle engine based on the position signal and a characteristic curve of the accelerator device that defines the command for the motor vehicle engine as a function of the position signal; the signal processing means are further configured to: receive signals indicating a current motor vehicle speed and a target motor vehicle speed, and to dynamically adapt the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed with respect to the target motor vehicle speed.

Automotive gas pedal management to increase driving safety and reduce fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission in motor vehicles

A driving style evaluation system () for a motor vehicle (), configured to receive and process motor vehicle-related data and motor vehicle mission-related data to compute a Driving Style Evaluation Index (DSEI) indicative of the driving style of a motor vehicle driver during a motor vehicle mission in relation to a motor vehicle fuel consumption, based on the following summary index: Fuel Economy Index (FEI), which is indicative of the driving style of the motor vehicle driver from the fuel saving perspective, and is computed based on pre-summary indices computed based on respective partial indices in turn computed based on a combination of the following physical quantities which affect the motor vehicle fuel consumption: time interval, ending with a motor vehicle stop, during which the motor vehicle speed reduction is mainly due to a combination of a gas pedal release and a gear downshift, possibly with operation of at least one motor vehicle braking system only during the final part of the maneuver; engine speed and torque fluctuations within preset time intervals; time elapsed between a gas pedal release and operation of at least one motor vehicle braking system; time during which at least one motor vehicle braking system is operated; amount of energy dissipated by at least one motor vehicle braking system; engine power and instantaneous fuel consumption in different gears; and time interval between two consecutive gear shifts; and wherein the pre-summary and partial indices are weighted by means of respective dynamic weighting coefficients, each of which is computed based on a respective motor vehicle mission-independent weight, which is indicative of the influence that the physical quantities based on the which the Fuel Economy Index (FEI) is computed have on the overall fuel consumption reduction, and based on a respective motor vehicle mission-dependent benefit, which represents an evaluation of the benefit that the Fuel Economy Index (FEI) provides in the driving style evaluation during the motor vehicle mission.

Fuel saving-aimed motor vehicle driving style evaluation

A system for determining and/or controlling the relative position of two relatively movable elements, comprising a vehicle container combination, a utility vehicle including an unloading apparatus and at least three transmitting devices intended to be fitted, in use, in a predetermined spatial arrangement to one of the two relatively elements and configured to transmit respective signals; a single sensor device intended to be fitted, in use, to the other of the two relatively movable elements and configured to receive, and to determine the source direction (&#x3c8;, &#x3a6;) of, the signals transmitted by the transmitting devices; and an electronic processing unit connected to the sensor device and configured to determine the relative position of the two relatively movable elements based on the source direction (&#x3c8;, &#x3a6;) of the signals transmitted by the transmitting devices, and on the spatial arrangement of the transmitting devices.

Determination of relative position of two relatively movable elements

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The system comprises: detector devices () operable to provide electrical signals indicative of the relative distance and relative speed of the motor vehicle (V) with respect to a fixed or moving obstacle (O) ahead, and a processing and control unit (ECU) connected to such detector devices () as well as to brake actuators () and arranged to cause activation of the brake actuators () to effect automatic emergency braking of the motor vehicle (V) when the relative distance between the motor vehicle (V) and an obstacle (O) ahead lies between a first predetermined limit value (d) equal to the minimum value at which it is still possible to avoid collision by braking and a preselected intermediate value (d) comprised between said first limit value (d) and a second limit value (d) which is less than the said first limit value (d) and is equal to the minimum relative distance value at which it is still possible to follow a path which avoids the obstacle (O), or when the relative distance (d) becomes less than said second limit value (d).

Motor vehicle driving aid system

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Orbassano, Italy

Maurizio Miglietta