Patents by Inventor Dino Bouillon

Dino Bouillon 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).

  • Method for recharging a pair of vehicle batteries of different nominal voltages, and associated system
    Patent number: 9643498
    Abstract: A system supplying electrical power to a vehicle including: a network of electricity consuming units; a first electrical accumulation battery connected to the network, exhibiting a first maximum voltage when unloaded less than a maximum network voltage; a second electrical accumulation battery connected to the network, exhibiting a second maximum voltage when unloaded greater than the maximum voltage when unloaded of the first battery, and a minimum acceptable voltage when unloaded below the maximum network voltage; a drivable alternator connected to the network, configured to deliver to the second battery an electrical energy under a setpoint voltage drivable to various setpoint values; an electronic management facility, configured to impose at least two different setpoint voltages successively on the alternator when the vehicle is running, a low alternator voltage greater than the first maximum voltage, and a high alternator voltage greater both than the minimum voltage and than the low alternator voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Gerard Saint-Leger, Dino Bouillon
  • METHOD FOR RECHARGING A PAIR OF VEHICLE BATTERIES OF DIFFERENT NOMINAL VOLTAGES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140184153
    Abstract: A system supplying electrical power to a vehicle including: a network of electricity consuming units; a first electrical accumulation battery connected to the network, exhibiting a first maximum voltage when unloaded less than a maximum network voltage; a second electrical accumulation battery connected to the network, exhibiting a second maximum voltage when unloaded greater than the maximum voltage when unloaded of the first battery, and a minimum acceptable voltage when unloaded below the maximum network voltage; a drivable alternator connected to the network, configured to deliver to the second battery an electrical energy under a setpoint voltage drivable to various setpoint values; an electronic management facility, configured to impose at least two different setpoint voltages successively on the alternator when the vehicle is running, a low alternator voltage greater than the first maximum voltage, and a high alternator voltage greater both than the minimum voltage and than the low alternator voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Gerard Saint-Leger, Dino Bouillon