US Patent Issued to PIAGGIO & C. on Feb. 24 for "Transport vehicle with heat engine and method for characterizing acoustic emissions of said vehicle" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,129, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A. (Pontedera, Italy).

"Transport vehicle with heat engine and method for characterizing acoustic emissions of said vehicle" was invented by Pietro Vaccarino (Pontedera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport vehicle (1) comprising: -a heat engine (8) operable at a number of revolutions varying between a minimum number and a maximum number; -an adjusting device (52) configured to adjust an infeed flow of air-fuel mixture to the heat engine (8); -at least one on-board memory unit (61) in which an acoustic emission map (70) of the transport vehicle (1) is stored, wherei...