Piaggio&c. S.p.a.

Stefano Bartolozzi

Mario Donato Santucci

Onorino Di Tanna

Walter Rosellini

Luca Bernardi

Marco Profeti

Andrea Raffaelli

Michele Bertelli

Lorenzo Nardo

Luigi Dall'Igna

Riccardo Savin

Valentino Mariotti

A saddle-riding type vehicle comprises a frame extending mainly along a longitudinal direction and comprising front, central, and rear portions. The vehicle comprises a powertrain connected to the frame and comprising at least one electric motor operatively connected to at least one driving wheel. The vehicle also comprises an electrical power supply assembly for powering the electric motor to allow the traction of the vehicle and comprising at least one first pair of batteries arranged on opposite sides with respect to a longitudinal center plane of the vehicle, orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the at least one driving wheel. Each battery is supported by a corresponding support movable between retracted and extended positions, each support being operatively connected to moving means which releases and/or causes the rotation of the support itself around a corresponding axis of rotation to allow the supports to reach the extracted position.

Saddle-riding type vehicle with a simplified battery removal system

Suspension assembly including a body associable to the chassis of the tilting vehicle and two junction devices opposite with respect to the body; the junction devices being articulated to the body by means of connecting elements, wherein each junction device includes a first structural junction portion rotationally coupled in a first coupling site to a first connecting element and a second structural joint portion rotationally coupled in a second coupling site to a second connecting element; and wherein the suspension assembly further includes elasto-damping elements associated with the hinge devices and adapted to damp the stresses transmitted by the wheels; and wherein each hinge device includes a dynamic junction portion rotationally coupled to a elasto-damping element in a dynamic junction coupling site; and wherein the junction device rigidly determines the relative positioning and spatial orientation of the first structural joint portion, the second structural joint portion and the dynamic joint portion; ; the suspension assembly further having a rocker arm element associated in a titling manner to the body and to the elasto-damping elements.

Suspension assembly for a tilting vehicle, forecarriage and tilting vehicle

A motorcycle () including:&#x2014;a motorcycle body () extending along a longitudinal axis (L-L) and having a front part (), a tail part () and a central part () included between the front part () and the tail part ();&#x2014;at least two wheels () constrained to the motorcycle body (), including a front wheel () and a rear wheel ();&#x2014;a traction engine () constrained to the motorcycle body () and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels ();&#x2014;at least one headlight () fixed to the front part () and at least one rear light () fixed to the tail part ();&#x2014;at least one kickstand () adapted to be moved in order to selectively assume a resting operating position and a working operating position, wherein, in the working operating position, the kickstand has at least one end portion leaning against a ground portion being placed laterally and/or under the motorcycle body;&#x2014;one first auxiliary lighting device () adapted to light the kickstand ().

Motorcycle including an auxiliary lighting device for parking operations

A motorcycle () including: a motorcycle body () extending along a longitudinal axis (L-L) and having a front part (), a tail part () and a central part () comprised between the front part () and the tail part (); at least two wheels () constrained to the motorcycle body (), including a front wheel () and a rear wheel (); a traction engine () constrained to the motorcycle body () and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels (); at least one headlight () fixed to the front part (); at least one rear light () fixed to the tail part (). The motorcycle () further includes a first auxiliary lighting device () fixed to the motorcycle body () and adapted to be electrically controlled in order to be activated and deactivated, wherein the first auxiliary lighting device () is arranged and oriented so that, when activated, it lights a ground portion (G) being on the side and/or under the central part () of the motorcycle body ().

Motorcycle comprising an auxiliary lighting device

A windscreen assembly () for a vehicleis described, comprising:&#x2014;a windscreen panel group () comprising a windscreen panel () and a support structure () to support the windscreen panel (); and&#x2014;a wiper group (. The wiper group () comprises a wiper (), a drive motor group () for actuating the wiper (), a tank () for a liquid and a pump () operationally connected to the tank (). The wiper group () is supported by the windscreen panel group () and said windscreen assembly () is configured to be removably coupled to said vehicle.

Windscreen wiper assembly for a vehicle

A regulation system of one or more supports of the domes of the headlights in a vehicle having a chassis, a rear wheel, at least one front steering wheel and a roll and steering mechanism operatively connected with the chassis is described. The regulation system comprises articulated connection means between the roll and steering mechanism and the supports for controlling the domes of such headlights so that they rotate such to compensate the roll rotation of the vehicle while driving.

Regulation system of the headlights in a tilting vehicle with roll mechanism

Motorcycles are provided which include a frame, two front steering wheels, a steering pipe rotatably connected to the frame and rigidly connected to two supporting assemblies, one for each front steering wheel and a steering group consisting of two pairs of transversal arms&#x2014;upper front, lower front, upper rear and lower rear&#x2014;arranged inverted at the opposite sides of a central steering pipe and laterally connected through two lateral posts. On each of the supporting assemblies the fixed portions of two telescopic elements may be constrained. Each pair of telescopic elements may be cantilever-mounted with respect to the steering wheel.

Tiltable motorcycles with two front steering wheels

Suspension group for motorized vehicles comprising a main spring which extends between a first and a second end of the group, a main damper connected in parallel to said main spring said main spring being pre-loaded by pre-loading means which together press the spring in compression and impose a rest length thereon, namely the length assumed by the spring when there are no further external loads on the first and/or on the second end of the group except for the pre-load caused by the pre-loading means, wherein the first and second end are connected kinematically to a first and a second mass of the motor vehicle respectively, the first mass being a mass suspended by the suspension group and the second mass being a non-suspended mass.

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Pontedera, Italy

Stefano Bartolozzi