Patents by Inventor Baptiste BOUTIN

Baptiste BOUTIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240149192
    Abstract: An oil filter for vehicle lubrication system includes a housing forming a cavity, a filter medium mounted in the housing cavity, an inlet port located upstream of the filter medium in the direction of oil flow, a first outlet port located downstream of the filter medium. The oil filter includes a second outlet port located downstream of the filter medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baptiste BOUTIN, Nicolas GRANOTTIER
  • Patent number: 11892072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of managing the oil temperature of a transmission of a motor vehicle, the transmission comprising a lubrication circuit and an oil cooling circuit, the oil temperature management circuit comprising a liquid/liquid heat exchanger mounted on the lubrication circuit, the lubrication circuit comprising a pump for circulating the oil in the lubrication circuit, and a temperature sensor wherein, before a starting stage of the vehicle, if the temperature of the oil is lower than a first value, the pump of the lubrication circuit is activated so as to circulate the oil in the liquid/liquid exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas Granottier, Baptiste Boutin
  • Patent number: 11725722
    Abstract: A powertrain assembly includes one or several electric motors, a gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, an axle comprising: an axle housing, movable parts inside axle housing, comprising a shaft for a wheel, a lubricating system comprising an axle lubricating device comprising an axle oil sump and a gearbox lubricating device comprising a gearbox oil sump inside the gearbox housing which is a dry sump having an oil storage area which is separate from said gearbox oil sump, a scavenge pump and a first duct configured to retrieve oil from gear box oil sump and to convey the retrieved oil up to the oil storage area, and a main pump and a second duct configured to convey oil from the storage oil area to lubricate the gears of the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas Granottier, Baptiste Boutin
  • Patent number: 11583791
    Abstract: The filter element includes a filter medium having an axis and forming a channel extending substantially axially, a first and a second end plate, each end plate covering one axial end of the filter medium and being sealingly mounted on the axial end whereby a liquid to be filtered can flow through the filter medium towards the channel and out of the filter element through an opening in fluid communication with the channel, or reversely. The filter element includes a protrusion fixedly secured to the first end plate and extending outwardly from the first end plate, the protrusion being substantially tubular and having a through hole in fluid communication with the first end plate opening, the protrusion forming a female coupling piece of a male-female connector, and a locking member capable of releasably locking a male coupling piece of the male-female connector in the female coupling piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baptiste Boutin, Hervé Coste, Bertrand Cauvin
  • Publication number: 20230038331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid filter (6, 12), preferably a fuel filter, for a vehicle, said filter comprising a filter head (36) delimiting an inlet port (19) and an outlet port (21), a filter housing (30) which is to be screwed below the filter head (36) and which contains a filter element (32) centred on a central axis (X38), said filter element including a filter medium (38), a top end plate (42) and a bottom end plate (40). The filter housing (30) delimits a first volume for receiving a flow of liquid to be filtered, said first volume being delimited radially around the filter medium (38) and communicating with the inlet port (19) and a second volume for receiving a flow of filtered liquid, said second volume being delimited radially inside the filter medium (38) and communicating with the outlet port (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baptiste BOUTIN, Hervé COSTE
  • Publication number: 20220355229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter cartridge (32) for a liquid such as fuel, said filter cartridge being intended to be positioned inside a filter housing (30) and comprising a filter media (38) defining an inner volume (V38), a lower end plate (40), and an upper end plate (42), including a liquid passage opening (O42), which communicates with the inner volume of the filter media. The upper end plate (42) includes an automatic degassing valve (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hervé COSTE, Baptiste BOUTIN
  • Publication number: 20220316577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of managing the oil temperature of a transmission of a motor vehicle, the transmission comprising a lubrication circuit and an oil cooling circuit, the oil temperature management circuit comprising a liquid/liquid heat exchanger mounted on the lubrication circuit, the lubrication circuit comprising a pump for circulating the oil in the lubrication circuit, and a temperature sensor wherein, before a starting stage of the vehicle, if the temperature of the oil is lower than a first value, the pump of the lubrication circuit is activated so as to circulate the oil in the liquid/liquid exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas GRANOTTIER, Baptiste BOUTIN
  • Publication number: 20220316583
    Abstract: A powertrain assembly includes one or several electric motors, a gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, an axle comprising: an axle housing, movable parts inside axle housing, comprising a shaft for a wheel, a lubricating system comprising an axle lubricating device comprising an axle oil sump and a gearbox lubricating device comprising a gearbox oil sump inside the gearbox housing which is a dry sump having an oil storage area which is separate from said gearbox oil sump, a scavenge pump and a first duct configured to retrieve oil from gear box oil sump and to convey the retrieved oil up to the oil storage area, and a main pump and a second duct configured to convey oil from the storage oil area to lubricate the gears of the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas GRANOTTIER, Baptiste BOUTIN
  • Patent number: 11071932
    Abstract: A filter element is provided and includes a filter medium having an axial channel, end plates each sealingly covering one axial end of the filter medium, one end plate having an opening in fluid communication with the channel, a hole arranged on the liquid path, not on the filter medium, and a closing member which is arranged in the hole and which is configured: to prevent liquid from flowing through the hole when the liquid pressure upstream the closing member is below a predetermined threshold to open at the threshold, to allow liquid to flow through the hole, and, after it has been opened, to remain open. A method is provided for checking the suitability of a filter element, at first use after a filter element change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: François Giroud, Baptiste Boutin, Thomas Grange
  • Patent number: 10874961
    Abstract: A filter element includes: a filter medium having an axis and forming an axial channel; a first and a second end plates, each end plate covering one axial end of the filter medium and being sealingly mounted on the axial end, the first end plate having an central opening coaxial and in fluid communication with the channel; the filter element being designed to be placed in a filter housing for forming a liquid filtering device, whereby a liquid to be filtered can flow along a liquid path through the filter medium towards the channel and out of the filter element through the central opening. The filter element further includes further includes a detachable plug whose position can change from an attached position to a detached position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Grange, Baptiste Boutin
  • Patent number: 10344730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine comprising:—a low pressure fuel pump (18);—a low pressure supply circuit (34) through which fuel is delivered by the low pressure pump (18) to one or several high pressure circuits (16), said low pressure supply circuit (34) comprising at least one delivery connection (36) for delivering fuel to the high pressure circuit(s) (16);—a pressure regulator (54) through which excess fuel from the low pressure supply circuit (34) is discharged through the pressure regulator (54) in a pump return circuit (56) which is fluidically connected to an input (20) of the low pressure pump (18) without passing through the fuel tank (14); characterized in that the pressure regulator (54) is located downstream of the delivery connection (36), and in that a fuel derivation circuit (60) is fluidically connected to the low pressure fuel supply circuit (34) downstream of the at least one delivery connection (36) to the high pressure circuit(s) and upstre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Grange, Hervé Coste, Baptiste Boutin
  • Publication number: 20190193003
    Abstract: The filter element includes a filter medium having an axis and forming a channel extending substantially axially, a first and a second end plates, each end plate covering one axial end of the filter medium and being sealingly mounted on the axial end, the first end plate having an opening in fluid communication with the channel, whereby a liquid to be filtered can flow through the filter medium towards the channel and out of the filter element through the opening, or reversely. The filter element further includes a protrusion fixedly secured to the first end plate and extending outwardly from the first end plate, the protrusion being substantially tubular and having a through hole in fluid communication with the first end plate opening, the protrusion forming a female coupling piece of a male-female connector, and a locking member capable of releasably locking a male coupling piece of the male-female connector in the female coupling piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baptiste BOUTIN, Hervé COSTE, Bertrand CAUVIN
  • Publication number: 20190070537
    Abstract: A filter element is provided and includes a filter medium having an axial channel, end plates each sealingly covering one axial end of the filter medium, one end plate having an opening in fluid communication with the channel, a hole arranged on the liquid path, not on the filter medium, and a closing member which is arranged in the hole and which is configured: to prevent liquid from flowing through the hole when the liquid pressure upstream the closing member is below a predetermined threshold to open at the threshold, to allow liquid to flow through the hole, and, after it has been opened, to remain open. A method is provided for checking the suitability of a filter element, at first use after a filter element change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: François GIROUD, Baptiste BOUTIN, Thomas GRANGE
  • Publication number: 20190060802
    Abstract: A filter element includes: a filter medium having an axis and forming an axial channel; a first and a second end plates, each end plate covering one axial end of the filter medium and being sealingly mounted on the axial end, the first end plate having an central opening coaxial and in fluid communication with the channel; the filter element being designed to be placed in a filter housing for forming a liquid filtering device, whereby a liquid to be filtered can flow along a liquid path through the filter medium towards the channel and out of the filter element through the central opening. The filter element further includes further includes a detachable plug whose position can change from an attached position to a detached position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas GRANGE, Baptiste BOUTIN
  • Publication number: 20160230733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine comprising:—a low pressure fuel pump (18);—a low pressure supply circuit (34) through which fuel is delivered by the low pressure pump (18) to one or several high pressure circuits (16), said low pressure supply circuit (34) comprising at least one delivery connection (36) for delivering fuel to the high pressure circuit(s) (16);—a pressure regulator (54) through which excess fuel from the low pressure supply circuit (34) is discharged through the pressure regulator (54) in a pump return circuit (56) which is fluidically connected to an input (20) of the low pressure pump (18) without passing through the fuel tank (14); characterized in that the pressure regulator (54) is located downstream of the delivery connection (36), and in that a fuel derivation circuit (60) is fluidically connected to the low pressure fuel supply circuit (34) downstream of the at least one delivery connection (36) to the high pressure circuit(s) and upstre
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas GRANGE, Hervé COSTE, Baptiste BOUTIN