FERRARI S.p.A.

A motor vehicle (1) is described, comprising a supporting structure (2) and a plurality of wheels (3a, 3b) rotatable relative to the supporting structure (2). The supporting structure (2) comprises a face (2a), which is adapted to be facing the ground (G) on which the wheels (3a, 3b) rest and which defines a bottom area (7) of the motor vehicle (1). The motor vehicle (1) also comprises a plurality of oblong elements (15). Each oblong element (15) comprises a first end (15a) and a second end (15b), which are arranged opposed to each other along an extension direction (S) of the oblong element (15). Each oblong element (15) is also deformable and fixed to the supporting structure (2) on the side of the face (2a) at its first end (15a); the second end (15b) of each oblong element (15) is, in contrast, free and movable relative to the supporting structure (2).

A road car is provided with a support frame (2) for a passenger compartment (4), with an outer body (5) configured to define a front compartment (6) delimited by a front bumper (7) and by a front hood (8) and a rear compartment (9) delimited by a rear hood (10), with a front duct (12) extending between the front bumper (7) and the front hood (8) and configured to house a radiator (13) on the inside, and with a rear duct (16) obtained through the outer body (5) and under the rear hood (10) to receive at least part of an air flow fed along the front duct (12).

A motor vehicle (1) includes an engine (8), an engine compartment (6), a passenger compartment (5), a firewall (15), an interior trim panel (16), a compartment (21) between the trim panel (16) and the firewall (15), a sound conveying duct (22) having an inlet (23) in the engine compartment (6) and extending according to at least one distribution portion (32) along a first axis (K) up to dividing at a division node into at least two disjoint branches (34) extending in the compartment (21) along respective branch axes (W) up to discharging in one or more through-openings (36) of the trim panel (16) with respective divergent portions (35), characterized by further comprising lateral ducts (41) having connecting portions (42) connecting respectively to the branches (34) with a configuration parallel to the divergent portions (35) and extending along respective second axes (H) from the connecting portions (42) up to discharging respectively at second through-openings (40) of the trim panel (16), the second through-openings (40) communicating with the passenger compartment (5).

A supercharging compressor (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) has an inlet port (8), an outlet port (9), a support body (10) and an impeller (11) that is coupled to the support body (10) so as to rotate about an axis (13) and is configured so as to draw in air from the inlet port (8) and compress this air towards the outlet port (9) when subjected to rotation; the compressor (1) also has a Peltier cell cooling device (19), arranged between the inlet port (8) and the impeller (11) and provided with at least one Peltier cell (25), which has two faces (26, 27), opposite each other, and is fed by means of electrical wiring (20) to generate a difference in temperature and, thus, a transfer of heat between these faces (26, 27) in order to cool the air at the inlet to the impeller (11).

A monitoring system (30) is described for monitoring by ion current the combustion in an internal combustion engine (26) of a vehicle (21), wherein the engine has at least one cylinder (32) defining a combustion chamber (45) and having associated therewith a first spark plug (54), facing the combustion chamber (45), and a second spark plug (58), arranged at a prechamber (56) communicating with the combustion chamber (45) through one or more connecting openings (57). The monitoring system (30) has a digital processing unit (31) provided with at least one acquisition channel (62) associated with a respective cylinder (32) and coupled to the corresponding first and second spark plugs (54, 58) so as to receive a first and, respectively, a second ion current signal (i_ion1, i_ion2), as a function of an ion flow between respective electrodes (2, 3) of the first and second spark plugs (54, 58). Said acquisition channel (62) is configured to process a combined signal (I_ion), resulting from a combination of said first and second ion current signals (i_ion1, i_ion2), to implement monitoring of the combustion of a fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber (45).

A battery pack (6) for an electric road vehicle (1), comprising: a casing (10); at least one electrochemical cell (11, 12) comprising, in turn, a cathode, an anode and a solid electrolyte electrically connected to the cathode and anode; the cell (11, 12) has a thickness (L) along a first axis (X) increasing, in use, following the activation of said first cell (11, 12) itself; the first cell (11, 12) is accommodated inside said casing (10); the battery pack (6) comprises a layer (46) of spongy material in contact with the first cell (11, 12) and adapted to permit, in use, the increase in the first thickness (L) along said first axis (X) of said first cell (11, 12); the battery pack (6) comprises a circuit (55), through which a heat transfer fluid can flow, which is adapted to cool the first cell (11, 12); the layer (46) defining at least one first branch (65) of the circuit (55).

A motor vehicle (1) includes a bottom (3) having a lower surface (5) facing towards the ground, a panel (6) having an external upper surface (6b) facing towards an external space above the motor vehicle (1), characterized by comprising an aerodynamic duct (10) passing substantially vertically from a first opening (11) on the lower surface (5) of the bottom (3) to a second opening (12) on the upper surface (6b) of the panel (6).

A monitoring system (10) is described, adapted to monitor the operation of a burner (9) associated with an exhaust gas after-treatment apparatus (8) for exhaust gases produced by an internal combustion engine (6) of a vehicle (1), comprising: a Lambda probe (44), coupled to the burner (9) so as to detect information associated with a combustion within the burner (9); and a processing unit (12), operatively coupled to the Lambda probe (44) so as to use the information detected by the Lambda probe (44) to indirectly estimate temperature information associated with the burner (9). The processing unit (12) is adapted to recognize a correct ignition of an air/fuel mixture within the burner (9) and consequently a correct combustion, based on said temperature information.

A car (1) having two front wheels (2); two rear wheels (3); a body (4); at least one radiator (18) configured to be crossed by an air flow so as to transfer heat; at least one cooling duct (19), which contains the radiator (18) on the inside and extends between an inlet opening (20), which is obtained through the body (4), and an outlet opening (21), which is obtained through the body (4); and at least one lateral aerodynamic appendage (22) provided with an airfoil (23), which is located higher than the inlet opening (20) of the cooling duct (19), is shaped so as to generate a downforce, is oriented horizontally and is arranged at a given distance from the rest of the body (4) so that the air can also flow under the airfoil (23). The cooling duct (19) at least partly extends under the airfoil (23).

A car (1) having: two front wheels (2); two rear wheels (3); a body (4), which has two front wheelhouses (9), which surround the front wheels (2) at the top, and two rear wheelhouses (10), which surround the rear wheels (3) at the top; a cabin (5), which is obtained inside the body (4) between the front wheels (2) and the rear wheels (3); a front compartment (7) obtained within the body (4) and arranged in front of the cabin (5) between the front wheels (2); an openable front hood (8), which covers the front compartment (7) at the top and has, on each side, at least one through vent opening (11) configured for the passage of air; and, for each front wheelhouse (9), an air passage duct (12), which connects a through inlet opening (13) obtained through the front wheelhouse (9) to a respective vent opening (11) of the front hood (8).