Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.a.

Marelli Suspension Systems Italy S.p.a.

Piero Monchiero

Andrea Santini

Guido Borgna

Giordano Greco

Andrea Tonoli

Nicola Amati

Renato Galluzzi

Marco Di Vittorio

Simone Marchetti

Massimo Trinchera

Armando D'Aponte

Stefano Lo Giudice

Guido Sebastiano Alesso

Salvatore Circosta

Lorenzo Castagno

Guido Alesso

A vehicle is provided which has a vehicle body, at least one hub of a wheel, and a suspension connecting the hub to the vehicle body. The suspension has a suspension arm hinged to the vehicle body and to the hub, a spring, and an electromechanical rotary actuator operable between an active adjustment condition and a damping condition of the motion of the suspension, via a leverage.

Vehicle provided with a suspension and an electromechanical rotary device for controlling the suspension, and method for controlling motion of a vehicle suspension

A method for manufacturing a structural element comprises steps of providing separate first and second half-shells made of at least one layer of composite material including a fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix, providing a core made of ductile material, joining the core to the first half-shell such that at least one cavity is defined inside the structural element, and joining the second half-shell to the first half-shell.

Composite structural element, particularly for a vehicle suspension, and method for manufacturing the same

A swing arm for a suspension of a vehicle comprises a substantially transversely outer arm portion having a free end for mounting of a support for supporting a wheel of the vehicle and a substantially transversely inner arm portion with a first branch and second branch. The first branch is substantially aligned with the outer arm portion and has a free end for mounting of a first connector for connection to a body of the vehicle, and the second branch extends along an arched path towards a rear part of the vehicle and has a free end for mounting of a second connector for connection to the vehicle body. A single-sheet metal piece includes a main portion having an open section and at least one secondary portion arranged in an edge zone of the swing arm, having a closed section, and formed by at least one strip of the metal piece folded onto the main portion and firmly secured with a free edge of the strip to the main portion. A method for manufacturing the swing arm comprises steps of obtaining the main portion by stamping of the metal piece, folding the strip of the metal piece so as to obtain the secondary portion, and firmly securing the free edge of the strip to the main portion.

Suspension arm for a motor vehicle wheel suspension and method for manufacturing same

The cross-member () comprises first and second beam elements () having an open cross-section and firmly secured to each other so as to enclose a closed cross-section chamber () having such shape and sizes as to provide the cross-member () with the desired torsional stiffness. A free edge () of the first beam element () is firmly secured to the outer surface of an intermediate portion () of the second beam element () and a free edge () of the second beam element () is firmly secured to the inner surface of an intermediate portion () of the first beam element (). The two beam elements () are advantageously made as stamped sheet metal pieces.

Cross-member for a twist-beam axle rear suspension for a motor vehicle

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Turin, Italy

Piero Monchiero