Patents by Inventor Michel Vanvolsem

Michel Vanvolsem 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: 9211792
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel tank arrangement is provided for a fuel that includes at least a first fluid and a second fluid. The tank arrangement includes a tank and a partition wall arranged inside the tank in order to create at least a first compartment for storing the first fluid and a second compartment for storing the second fluid. The position of the partition all inside the tank can be changed to set the volume of the first compartment and the second compartment to predetermined values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Iyad Balloul, Jean-Christophe Palmer, Michel Vanvolsem
  • Patent number: 9097161
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Trucks AB
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
  • Publication number: 20140318497
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel tank arrangement is provided for a fuel that includes at least a first fluid and a second fluid. The tank arrangement includes a tank and a partition wall arranged inside the tank in order to create at least a first compartment for storing the first fluid and a second compartment for storing the second fluid. The position of the partition all inside the tank can be changed to set the volume of the first compartment and the second compartment to predetermined values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventors: Iyad Balloul, Jean-Christophe Palmer, Michel Vanvolsem
  • Patent number: 8745978
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
  • Publication number: 20140069087
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
  • Patent number: 8646258
    Abstract: The mixing system includes a mixing chamber in which exhaust gases can flow in a flow direction, a nozzle designed to inject a fluid inside the mixing chamber, according to an injection direction, and an evaporating device positioned inside the mixing chamber, downstream from the injection inlet. The nozzle and the evaporating device are movable one with respect to the other, so that a substantial portion of the flow of the fluid injected into the mixing chamber hits the evaporating device regardless of the flow rate of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Iyad Balloul
  • Publication number: 20120073272
    Abstract: The mixing system includes a mixing chamber in which exhaust gases can flow in a flow direction, a nozzle designed to inject a fluid inside the mixing chamber, according to an injection direction, and an evaporating device positioned inside the mixing chamber, downstream from the injection inlet. The nozzle and the evaporating device are movable one with respect to the other, so that a substantial portion of the flow of the fluid injected into the mixing chamber hits the evaporating device regardless of the flow rate of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Iyad Balloul
  • Publication number: 20110167809
    Abstract: An engine arrangement including an internal combustion engine and an energy recovering system includes an exhaust line collecting exhaust gas from the engine, a filter having an active portion inserted between two successive parts of the exhaust line, in order to hold the particles contained in the exhaust gas, and filter rotating means designed to rotate the filter so as to shift the active portion of the filter, a secondary line carrying intake air towards an area of said filter distinct from the active portion, according to a direction opposite from an exhaust gas flowing direction inside the filter, so as to sweep the particles away from the filter and release them downstream, inside the secondary line. The secondary line includes a first arrangement, located downstream from the filter, for burning the particles and thereby heating air flowing in the secondary line, and a second arrangement capable of recovering the heat into work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Iyad Balloul, Michel Vanvolsem, Marc Lejeune
  • Publication number: 20110162353
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas pipe, a first fluid flows in a flow direction in the pipe, and a second fluid is injected inside the pipe by a nozzle, from an injection inlet arranged in the pipe wall, according to an injection direction. A mixing device fastened inside the pipe upstream from the injection inlet creates turbulence that helps the mixing of the fluids. The mixing device has a first portion located on the injection inlet side of the pipe and a second portion located opposite the injection inlet side of the pipe, the portions being designed so that the fluid velocity is higher downstream from the mixing device second portion than downstream from the mixing device first portion. An aqueous solution of urea can be injected inside an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, Julien Ampere
  • Publication number: 20110146250
    Abstract: A thermal energy thermal energy containing arrangement for an exhaust gas purification device incorporated in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine is provided. The purification device has an inlet port through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can flow in and an outlet port through which the treated exhaust gas can flow out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventors: Michel Vanvolsem, RĂ©gis Vonarb