Patents by Inventor Fabrice PEPIN

Fabrice PEPIN 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).

  • Patent number: 9895828
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and a method of fabricating a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate with an opening, a chute channel assembly inserted into the opening, a surface skin, and a foam layer disposed between the surface skin and the substrate. The chute channel assembly includes a wall section surrounding a chute channel for the airbag and a cover plate covering the chute channel and closing the opening. The cover plate includes an airbag door, wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is in contact with the foam layer. The outer surface of the cover plate has a rough surface structure, the outer surface having a surface roughness parameter Ra of at least 4 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Gwenael Monnier, Jérôme Boulbes, Thierry Schupbach, Fabrice Pepin, Yohann Boniface, Richard Guenin
  • Publication number: 20160332590
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and a method of fabricating a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate with an opening, a chute channel assembly inserted into the opening, a surface skin, and a foam layer disposed between the surface skin and the substrate. The chute channel assembly includes a wall section surrounding a chute channel for the airbag and a cover plate covering the chute channel and closing the opening. The cover plate includes an airbag door, wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is in contact with the foam layer. The outer surface of the cover plate has a rough surface structure, the outer surface having a surface roughness parameter Ra of at least 4 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Gwenael Monnier, Jérôme Boulbes, Thierry Schupbach, Fabrice Pepin, Yohann Boniface, Richard Guenin
  • Patent number: 8893585
    Abstract: This tool, which is in particular a hammer, comprises a gripping handle, a striking head, and an intermediate shaft extending the handle and supporting the head, whereas the handle comprises a tube in which the shaft partially extends, this tube and this shaft being made from a rigid material presenting a first hardness. This shaft has a radial area bearing against the tube, with interposition of a link part, for absorbing vibrations, made from flexible material presenting a second hardness that is much lower than the first hardness, and a free terminal area, not covered by the link part, radially separated from the walls of the tube so as to be able to vibrate freely in an internal volume of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fiskars France SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Descombes, Didier Lugrin, Fabrice Pepin
  • Publication number: 20120152066
    Abstract: This tool, which is in particular a hammer, comprises a gripping handle, a striking head, and an intermediate shaft extending the handle and supporting the head, whereas the handle comprises a tube in which the shaft partially extends, this tube and this shaft being made from a rigid material presenting a first hardness. This shaft has a radial area bearing against the tube, with interposition of a link part, for absorbing vibrations, made from flexible material presenting a second hardness that is much lower than the first hardness, and a free terminal area, not covered by the link part, radially separated from the walls of the tube so as to be able to vibrate freely in an internal volume of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: FISKARS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric DESCOMBES, Didier LUGRIN, Fabrice PEPIN