Patents by Inventor Gregory Launay

Gregory Launay 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: 10532735
    Abstract: A method for starting a combustion engine fitted to a hybrid or dual-mode motor vehicle includes starting an additional motor upon a setpoint torque demanded by a driver of the vehicle, with a view to accelerating the vehicle beyond a threshold speed at which the combustion engine is driven beyond a stalling speed threshold when the combustion engine is mechanically coupled to wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Maxime Debert, Gregory Launay, Abdelmalek Maloum, Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif
  • Publication number: 20190031185
    Abstract: A method for starting a combustion engine fitted to a hybrid or dual-mode motor vehicle includes starting an additional motor upon a setpoint torque demanded by a driver of the vehicle, with a view to accelerating the vehicle beyond a threshold speed at which the combustion engine is driven beyond a stalling speed threshold when the combustion engine is mechanically coupled to wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Maxime DEBERT, Gregory LAUNAY, Abdelmalek MALOUM, Ahmed KETFI-CHERIF
  • Patent number: 9630522
    Abstract: A method controls a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine coupled to a first axle set and to at least two electric machines each one coupled to one wheel of a second axle set. The method includes determining the speed of at least one of the electric machines; comparing the determined speed against a threshold; and altering, if the determined speed is above the threshold, the maximum torque of the electric machines so as to limit the rotational speed of the machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif, Gregory Launay, Abdelmalek Maloum, Olivier Scheffges, Maxime Debert
  • Publication number: 20170021826
    Abstract: A method for starting a combustion engine fitted to a hybrid or dual-mode motor vehicle includes starting an additional motor upon a setpoint torque demanded by a driver of the vehicle, with a view to accelerating the vehicle beyond a threshold speed at which the combustion engine is driven beyond a stalling speed threshold when the combustion engine is mechanically coupled to wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Maxime DEBERT, Gregory LAUNAY, Abdelmalek MALOUM, Ahmed KETFI-CHERIF
  • Publication number: 20160272219
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for a motor vehicle includes functional modules for controlling elements of the vehicle, a fault management module generating confirmed fault signals from fault data, and a global management module for the operating modes of the vehicle. The global management module generates a mode signal when it detects at least one confirmed fault signal and distributes, to the functional modules, the mode signal including an instruction to the functional modules to switch the elements of the vehicle to a restricted operating mode in relation to the confirmed fault signal or signals detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif, Gregory Launay, Abdelmalek Maloum, Olivier Scheffges, Maxime Debert
  • Patent number: 9376106
    Abstract: A method and device for coupling an electric motor shaft with a wheel shaft of a vehicle includes measurement of rotation speed of the electric motor and measurement of rotation speed of the wheels. The method also includes formulating via a closed-loop control a first operating setpoint for the electric motor based on the measured rotation speed of the electric motor and the measured rotation speed of the wheels; formulating a second operating setpoint based on the measured rotation speed of the wheels to which at least one coefficient is applied; controlling the operation of the motor around a final operating setpoint formulated based on adding together the first and second operating setpoints; and coupling, if the measured speed of the wheels to which the at least one coefficient is applied is equal to the measured speed of the motor, the electric motor shaft with the wheel shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s
    Inventors: Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif, Gregory Launay, Abdelmalek Maloum
  • Publication number: 20160001770
    Abstract: A method and device for coupling an electric motor shaft with a wheel shaft of a vehicle includes measurement of rotation speed of the electric motor and measurement of rotation speed of the wheels. The method also includes formulating via a closed-loop control a first operating setpoint for the electric motor based on the measured rotation speed of the electric motor and the measured rotation speed of the wheels; formulating a second operating setpoint based on the measured rotation speed of the wheels to which at least one coefficient is applied; controlling the operation of the motor around a final operating setpoint formulated based on adding together the first and second operating setpoints; and coupling, if the measured speed of the wheels to which the at least one coefficient is applied is equal to the measured speed of the motor, the electric motor shaft with the wheel shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Ahmed KETFI-CHERIF, Gregory LAUNAY, Abdelmalek MALOUM
  • Publication number: 20150291057
    Abstract: A method controls a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine coupled to a first axle set and to at least two electric machines each one coupled to one wheel of a second axle set. The method includes determining the speed of at least one of the electric machines; comparing the determined speed against a threshold; and altering, if the determined speed is above the threshold, the maximum torque of the electric machines so as to limit the rotational speed of the machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s
    Inventors: Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif, Gregory Launay, Abdelmalek Maloum, Olivier Scheffges, Maxime Debert