FERRARI S.p.A. Patente

A road vehicle comprising a radiator having a first face facing outwards from the vehicle and an opposite second face facing inwards from the vehicle such that during the motion of the vehicle there is a flow of air passing through the radiator from the outside to the inside of the vehicle to allow heat to pass from a hot fluid circulating in the radiator to the flow of air passing through the radiator; wherein downstream of the radiator, the road vehicle comprises a conveyor group configured to convey the flow of air exiting the second face of the radiator into two air evacuation circuits respectively configured to evacuate the air at different positions of the vehicle.

An instrument (12) for performing an audio test on a loudspeaker (11) of a motor vehicle (1) having walls (2) defining an interior passenger compartment (3) with two sitting areas (P) for users of the motor vehicle (1) placed side by side and a pair of sun visors (6) having respective hinge means (7, 8) to be hinged to the walls (2) on at least a first and a second hinge attachment (9, 10) of the walls (2) respectively at said sitting areas (P), the instrument (12) comprising a support device (13) having attachment means (14, 15) configured to be coupled to the first and second hinge attachments (9, 10), so that the support device (13) is carried by said walls (2) within the passenger compartment (3) between said sitting areas (P), one or more microphones (16) carried by the support device (13) at respective fixed positions and configured to pick up sounds emitted by the loudspeaker (11) and generate related signals, and a signal processing unit (18) carried by the support device (13) and configured to at least transmit, externally to the instrument (12), data associated with the signals generated by the microphones (16).

A motor vehicle wheel (10) has a rim (13) and a tyre (14) which defines, together with the rim (13), an annular chamber (15); the wheel furthermore has a heat exchanger (24) which is carried by the rim (13) and communicates with the outside via an inlet port and an outlet port for receiving and respectively circulating back a heat exchange liquid; the heat exchanger (24) forms part of a circuit (32) coupled to a heat source installed on the motor vehicle (1) for heating the heat exchange liquid and, therefore, improving the road holding.

A motor vehicle (1) having a roll axis (X) and a pitch axis (Y), as well as comprising a body (2) internally defining a passenger compartment (5) with a first and a second sitting area (9, 10) for a driver and a passenger of the motor vehicle, the first and second sitting areas (9, 10) being aligned with each other according to the pitch axis (Y) and comprising a first seat (12) and a second seat (13), respectively, the first seat (12) being distinct from the body (2) and supported by the body (2) above a portion (P) of the body (2), characterized in that the second seat (13) is fixed in a rearward position relative to the first seat (12) according to the roll axis(X) .

A road vehicle has a support frame (2); a passenger compartment (4); a front axle (7) and a rear axle (10); a plurality of wheels (8, 11) mounted on the front axle (7) and on the rear axle (10) and connected to the support frame (2) through the interposition of respective suspensions (9, 12); a braking system (16) provided with at least one brake disc (17) coupled to a wheel (8, 11) in an angularly fixed manner and with a brake caliper (18) associated with the brake disc (17); and a pneumatic cooling circuit (19, 20) provided with an inlet (21, 27) communicating with the external environment and an outlet (22, 28) oriented so as to direct a flow of cooling air, which is fed through the inlet (21, 27) from the external environment, onto the brake disc (17).

A motor vehicle (1) includes a rear wheel (18) and a body (2) having a floor (4) arranged to face a ground during use, the floor (4) having a rear end portion defining a diffuser (5) to expand an underlying aerodynamic flow, thereby generating downforce, and a rear wheel arch (14) defining an underlying wheel well (16) housing the rear wheel (18), characterized by comprising a duct (24) extending through the body (2) from an inlet (28) located in a front position with respect to the wheel well (16) to an end section (25) having an opening (26) discharging onto the wheel well (16) between the rear wheel (18) and an intermediate portion of the diffuser (5) according to a pitch axis (Y) of the motor vehicle (1).

A road vehicle has a support frame (2) delimited, on the lower side, by an aerodynamic underbody (11); a passenger compartment (4); an outer bodywork (5); a front compartment (6) delimited by a front bumper (8) and a front bonnet (9); a first duct (17) having a first inlet (18) made through the aerodynamic underbody (11) and a first outlet (19) made through the front bonnet (9); and a second duct (20), which has a second inlet (21) made through the front bumper (8), flows into the first duct (17) so as to have a second outlet (22) made inside the first duct (17), and is delimited, on the lower side, by a front wing (23) configured to generate a downforce on the aerodynamic underbody (11) itself.

A road vehicle has a support frame (2) delimited, on the lower side, by an aerodynamic bottom (11); a passenger compartment (4); an outer body (5); a front compartment (6) obtained in the outer body (5) and delimited by a front bumper (8) and by a front hood (9); and a downforce wing (23), which is configured to generate a downforce on the road vehicle and is provided with a deflector (32), which is movable, relative to the downforce wing (23), between a rest position, in which the deflector (32) is substantially contained in an airfoil of the downforce wing (23), and an operating position, in which the deflector (32) projects from the downforce wing (23).

A car seat for road cars has a seat (2); and an operating assembly (6) to selectively control a height and an inclination of the seat (2) relative to a support frame of a road car; the operating assembly (6) having a pair of rear connecting rods (7) coupled in a rotary manner to the seat (2) and to the support frame, a pair of variable-length front connecting rods (11) coupled in a rotary manner to the seat (2) and to the support frame to selectively control the inclination of the seat (2) relative to the support frame, and an actuator device (17) to rotate the rear and front connecting rods (7, 11) and to selectively control the height of the seat (2) relative to the support frame.

An alarm system, for a motor vehicle (1) having a bodywork (6) internally defining a passenger compartment (2), equipped with: a proximity monitoring unit (16), configured to monitor surroundings of the motor vehicle (1); and a processing unit (14), operatively coupled to the proximity monitoring unit (16) and configured to determine a pre-alarm condition upon detection of movement in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1), based on information provided by the proximity monitoring unit (16). At least one sensor assembly (12) is solidly coupled to the bodywork (6) of the motor vehicle (1) to provide detection signals as a function of a contact or touch on the bodywork (6); the processing unit (14) is operatively coupled to the sensor assembly (12) and is configured, following the determination of the pre-alarm condition, to: acquire the corresponding detection signals and perform processing operations designed to recognize the contact or touch on the bodywork (6); and generate alarm signalling as a function of the recognition of the contact or touch.

A targa style car (1) has a passenger compartment (4), which is rearwardly delimited by a rear window (20), which is at least partly transparent, and has an openable roof (11); the roof (11), when opened, is stored in a compartment (16), which is arranged behind the passenger compartment (4) and is closed by a movable cover (18); the rear window (20) forms part of such cover (18) and includes a wall (28), defining an aperture (29), and a panel (30), which is movable relative to the wall (28) to open and close this aperture (29).

A convertible motor vehicle (1) is described, comprising a body (2); a passenger compartment (4); a front and a rear (5, 6) with a load compartment (7); and a retractable hardtop (3); the motor vehicle (1) is capable of being selectively switched to a first configuration in which the hardtop (3) is partly arranged so as to cover the passenger compartment (4); and a second configuration in which the hardtop (3) is partly housed within the load compartment (7); the hardtop (3) comprises: a first panel (10) arranged so as to cover, at the top, a first portion (21) of the passenger compartment (4) in the first configuration of the motor vehicle (1) and housed in the load compartment (7) in the second configuration of the motor vehicle (1); and a second panel (11) arranged so as to cover, at the top, a second portion (22) of the passenger compartment (4) both in the first configuration and in the second configuration of the motor vehicle (1); the first panel (10) is located in front of the second panel (11) and comprises a third portion (31) and a pair of fourth portions (32) opposite one another along the second axis (Y); the third portion (31) is interposed between the fourth portions (32) along the second axis (Y).

Car (1) having a passenger compartment (4), bounded at the rear by a rear wall (9), and a receptacle (16) arranged outside and behind said passenger compartment (4) to perform the function of a storage compartment or housing for a sunroof, wherein the car (1) is provided with an air-conditioning system (10) having a plurality of air vents in the passenger compartment (4), an air treatment unit (12) connected to the air vents, an outside air intake to suck air from an outside environment, an inside air intake (20) arranged at the rear wall (9) to suck air from the passenger compartment (4), and a fan device that is configured to suck air from at least one of the two intakes and to supply such air to the air treatment unit (12), the fan device is arranged outside the passenger compartment (4) and behind the receptacle (16), and communicates with the inside air intake (20) via a duct having a slit portion, which is arranged below the receptacle (16) and has a cross-section elongated along a horizontal axis (24) orthogonal to a median longitudinal plane of the car (1).

A convertible motor vehicle is described, comprising a passenger compartment, a front and a rear with a load compartment and a retractable hardtop; the vehicle is capable of being selectively switched to a first configuration in which the hardtop is at least partly arranged so as to cover the passenger compartment and a second configuration in which the hardtop is at least partly housed within the load compartment; the hardtop comprises with reference to the normal travel direction of the motor vehicle and in a plan view orthogonal to a third axis transverse to the first and second axes: a first panel arranged so as to cover, at the top, a first portion of the passenger compartment in the first configuration and housed in the load compartment in the second configuration; and a second panel arranged so as to cover, at the top, a second portion of the passenger compartment both in the first configuration and in the second configuration.

A control system (10) is described, configured to implement a real-time control of at least one actuator device (7) in a vehicle (1), having a first control loop (10a) provided with: a digital twin model (12), configured to implement a virtual representation replicating the behavior of the vehicle (1); and a digital controller (14), configured to output a control signal (SCMD) to be provided to the actuator device of the vehicle (1), based on a feedback control loop closed on the digital twin model (12). The control system (10) may have a second control loop (10b), configured to generate a compensation of the control action implemented by the first control loop (10a) prior to sending an actual command to the vehicle (1), based on a difference between an actual behavior of the vehicle (1) and the behavior replicated by the digital twin model (12).

Method for controlling the electric motors of a road motor vehicle (1) comprising: at least one pair of ground-resting wheels (11), which are arranged spaced side by side to one another, on opposite sides of the vertical midplane of the vehicle, to form a single axle of the vehicle; and a powertrain (3) that comprises a pair of independent electric motors (4), each of which is mechanically connected to a respective wheel (11) of said axle, so as to drive into rotation exclusively the same wheel (11); the method of controlling the electric motors comprising a motors-efficiency maximisation step that provides for alternately activating only one electric motor (4) of said pair of electric motors (4), causing it to temporarily deliver the entire mechanical power and/or drive torque momentarily requested to the powertrain (3).

Motor vehicle comprising a first conditioning circuit (101) configured to cyclically circulate a first conditioning fluid along a first path (102) in a closed loop, the first conditioning circuit (101) comprising on the first path (102), a first heat exchanger (103) configured to expose the first conditioning fluid to a first heat exchange with a second conditioning fluid external to the first conditioning circuit (101), and a second heat exchanger (105) comprising a material confined in a closed thermodynamic system, arranged to make thermal contact with the first conditioning fluid and adapted to switch between a solid phase and a liquid phase only when a temperature of the first conditioning fluid in thermal contact with the material satisfies a relationship with a phase change threshold, thus resulting in a second heat exchange between the material and the first conditioning fluid based on a latent heat of the material.

An engine assembly (10) for a motor vehicle (1) comprising an internal combustion engine (11), an intake system (12), an exhaust system (13) and a forced induction system (30) provided with a turbine (31) and with a compressor (32). The intake system (12) comprises two ducts (23b, 24b), which fluidly connect the compressor (32) to the internal combustion engine (11), and two bypass ducts (56, 58), which fluidly connect the compressor (32) to the internal combustion engine (11). The engine assembly (10) comprises two further compressors (50, 51), each located at a respective duct (23b, 24b), and an electronic control unit (60). The electronic control unit (60) is configured to receive and/or determine a quantity (ω1, ω2) associated with a rotation speed of at least one of the internal combustion engine (11) and the forced induction system (30); control that the gas flow flows through the ducts (23b, 24b) and is compressed by the further compressors (50, 51), respectively, when the quantity (ω1, ω2) complies with a control criterion; and control that the gas flow flows through the bypass ducts (56, 58), when the quantity (ω1, ω2) does not comply with the control criterion.

A road vehicle (1) with an endothermic engine (2) comprising an air intake duct (3) for introducing air into at least one combustion chamber (4); wherein there is provided in the air intake duct a device (5) for selectively generating a tumble of air in the combustion chamber; wherein the device for selectively generating a tumble consists of a single fin (6) arranged within the air intake duct; in which the fin (6) is shaped as a corresponding portion of the inner surface of the intake duct (3) and is movable between a rest position, in which it is substantially entirely in contact with the corresponding portion of the inner surface of the intake duct (3) and does not interfere with the flow of air passing through the intake duct, and a plurality of working positions in which it progressively penetrates the intake duct to convey the flow of air passing through only at a portion of the intake duct.

A method to control a car (1) having: a frame (2), which develops along a longitudinal direction (L) having a front-rear orientation; at least two drive wheels (4); at least one electric motor (6) connected to the two drive wheels (4); and a generation assembly (7) having an electric generator (9) and an internal combustion engine (8) provided with a drive shaft (11), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the drive wheels (4). The control method comprises the steps of: determining a rotation speed (ω_W) of the rear drive wheels (4); and varying the rotation speed (ω_E) of the first internal combustion engine (8) based on the rotation speed (ω_W) of the rear drive wheels (4).

A car (1) having: at least one electric motor (6) connected to the two drive wheels (4); a first generation assembly (7) having a first electric generator (9) and a first internal combustion engine (8), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the drive wheels (4); a second generation assembly (7) having a second electric generator (9), which is mechanically independent of the first electric generator (9), and a second internal combustion engine (8), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the drive wheels (4); and one single common outlet pipe (22), which ends with an emission opening (23), through which exhaust gases are released into an external environment and which receives exhaust gases from both exhaust ducts (20) of the two internal combustion engines (8).

A car (1) having: a frame (2), which develops along a longitudinal direction (L) having a front-rear orientation; two front drive wheels (3); two rear drive wheels (4); at least one electric motor (6) connected to the two rear drive wheels (4); a first generation assembly (7) having at least a first electric generator (9) and a first internal combustion engine (8) provided with a first drive shaft (11), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the rear drive wheels (4); and a second generation assembly (7) having at least a second electric generator (9), which is mechanically independent of the first electric generator (9), and a second internal combustion engine (8) provided with a second drive shaft (11), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the rear drive wheels (4).

A car (1) having: at least one electric motor (6) connected to the two drive wheels (4); a first generation assembly (7) having a first electric generator (9) and a first internal combustion engine (8), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the drive wheels (4); a second generation assembly (7) having a second electric generator (9), which is mechanically independent of the first electric generator (9), and a second internal combustion engine (8), which is mechanically connected only to the electric generator (9) and, therefore, is mechanically independent of the drive wheels (4); and two interconnection ducts (29), which establish a hydraulic communication between a first lubrication circuit (28) of the first internal combustion engine (8) and a second lubrication circuit (28) of the second internal combustion engine (8), so that part of the lubricating oil flowing in the first lubrication circuit (28) can flow to the second lubrication circuit (28) and vice versa.

A method to control car (1) having: at least one electric motor (6) connected to the two drive wheels (4); a first generation assembly (7) having a first electric generator (9) and a first internal combustion engine (8) provided with a first drive shaft (11), which is mechanically connected only to the first electric generator (9); and a second generation assembly (7) having a second electric generator (9), which is mechanically independent of the first electric generator (9), and a second internal combustion engine (8) provided with a second drive shaft (11), which is mechanically connected only to the second electric generator (9). The control method comprises the steps of: controlling the two internal combustion engines (8) in a synchronous manner so as to cause the two internal combustion engines (8) to rotate at the same rotation speed (ω<E>) in order to obtain a regular sound generation; or controlling the two internal combustion engines (8) in an asynchronous manner so as to cause the two internal combustion engines (8) to rotate at different rotation speeds (ω<E>) in order to obtain an irregular sound generation.

A road vehicle has a support frame (2); a passenger compartment (4); an outer body (5); and a pneumatic duct (8), which opens outwards through the outer body (5), and houses, on the inside, a cooling unit (12) provided with at least two radiators (13, 14) movable relative to one another between a first operating position, in which the radiators (13, 14) substantially overlap one another and the cooling unit (12) has a minimum exchange surface, and a second operating position, in which the radiators (13, 14) are substantially offset relative to one another and the cooling unit (12) has a maximum exchange surface.

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