Patents by Inventor Regis Munoz

Regis Munoz 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: 10757763
    Abstract: A heating device intended to heat body, such as fluid contained in fluid circuit, the device including at least one electric heating element, as well as at least one control module to electrically power the heating element, the heating element being formed by propulsive winding circuit of direct-current electric motor which, when it is electrically powered by a direct supply voltage, generates drive force which tends to drive the motor in direction of displacement determined by the polarity of the supply voltage, and the control module including activation mode called heating oscillating mode, according to which the control module causes a warm-up of the propulsive winding circuit by Joule effect by applying at the terminals of the winding circuit an alternating supply voltage whose polarity switches, alternately and automatically, according to predetermined frequency called heating frequency, from a first polarity to opposite second polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AKWEL
    Inventors: Matthieu Bardin, Regis Munoz
  • Patent number: 10634273
    Abstract: This transfer device includes at least one body defining at least partially a transfer conduit having a first orifice and a second orifice, and one heating member arranged at least partially in the body so as to heat the at least one transfer conduit. The first orifice and the second orifice are offset i) on the one hand, along a first direction, and ii) on the other hand, along a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventors: Matthieu Bardin, Bastien Bacquet, Jean-Michel Issartel, Régis Munoz, Mathieu Mekraz, Antoine Rohaut, Séverine Roos, Céline Turpin
  • Patent number: 10330515
    Abstract: A measuring device that measures the level of fluid in a tank, for example a level of an aqueous urea solution in a tank for catalytic converters of combustion engines. The measuring means include: at least one sensor including a capacitive element electrically coupled to an oscillator configured to deliver a signal Si whose frequency FiPAD is a function of the capacitance of the capacitive element; at least one sensor being intended to be disposed outside of the tank, so that the capacitance of the capacitive element varies based on the level n of the fluid, when the level is comprised between a first threshold hi-min and a second threshold hi-max; a processing module, coupled to at least one sensor, and configured to determine the level n of fluid in the tank based on the frequency of the signal Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventor: Regis Munoz
  • Patent number: 10330039
    Abstract: A safety device intended to detect a leakage in a dry area of an automotive liquid used in a fluid circuit onboard a vehicle, the automotive liquid containing at least one dangerous substance other than water, such as urea, the device including a detection cell sensitive, on the one hand, to the presence of a liquid in the dry area and, on the other hand, to the possible dangerous substance content of the liquid, the device also including a selective analysis unit, capable of distinguishing on the one hand whether the detection cell is in the presence of a liquid or not, and on the other hand, in the presence of liquid, whether the present liquid corresponds to the automotive liquid containing the dangerous substance or to another liquid, called neutral liquid, such as a water condensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventor: Regis Munoz
  • Patent number: 10175086
    Abstract: A measurement device has two electrodes in the liquid forming a capacitor the capacitance of which depends on the height of the liquid, a microcontroller connected to an electrode and having a capacitance determination circuit for determining first and second values of the capacitance of the capacitor respectively during charging and discharging of the capacitor, an oscillator circuit for generating signals at a reference frequency when the electrodes are not connected to the microcontroller, then at a variable frequency dependent on the height of the liquid when the electrodes are connected to the microcontroller. The microcontroller further includes a programmable logic device configured into a comparator circuit, and a frequency determination circuit connected to the programmable logic device so as to determine the variable frequency from the reference frequency and from the signals of the programmable logic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventor: Régis Munoz
  • Publication number: 20170342929
    Abstract: A safety device intended to detect a leakage in a dry area of an automotive liquid used in a fluid circuit onboard a vehicle, the automotive liquid containing at least one dangerous substance other than water, such as urea, the device including a detection cell sensitive, on the one hand, to the presence of a liquid in the dry area and, on the other hand, to the possible dangerous substance content of the liquid, the device also including a selective analysis unit, capable of distinguishing on the one hand whether the detection cell is in the presence of a liquid or not, and on the other hand, in the presence of liquid, whether the present liquid corresponds to the automotive liquid containing the dangerous substance or to another liquid, called neutral liquid, such as a water condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventor: Regis MUNOZ
  • Publication number: 20170311391
    Abstract: A heating device intended to heat body, such as fluid contained in fluid circuit, the device including at least one electric heating element, as well as at least one control module to electrically power the heating element, the heating element being formed by propulsive winding circuit of direct-current electric motor which, when it is electrically powered by a direct supply voltage, generates drive force which tends to drive the motor in direction of displacement determined by the polarity of the supply voltage, and the control module including activation mode called heating oscillating mode, according to which the control module causes a warm-up of the propulsive winding circuit by Joule effect by applying at the terminals of the winding circuit an alternating supply voltage whose polarity switches, alternately and automatically, according to predetermined frequency called heating frequency, from a first polarity to opposite second polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventors: Matthieu BARDIN, Regis MUNOZ
  • Publication number: 20170059386
    Abstract: A measuring device that measures the level of fluid in a tank, for example a level of an aqueous urea solution in a tank for catalytic converters of combustion engines. The measuring means include: at least one sensor including a capacitive element electrically coupled to an oscillator configured to deliver a signal Si whose frequency FiPAD is a function of the capacitance of the capacitive element; at least one sensor being intended to be disposed outside of the tank, so that the capacitance of the capacitive element varies based on the level n of the fluid, when the level is comprised between a first threshold hi-min and a second threshold hi-max; a processing module, coupled to at least one sensor, and configured to determine the level n of fluid in the tank based on the frequency of the signal Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventor: Regis MUNOZ
  • Publication number: 20170009925
    Abstract: This transfer device includes at least one body defining at least partially a transfer conduit having a first orifice and a second orifice, and one heating member arranged at least partially in the body so as to heat the at least one transfer conduit. The first orifice and the second orifice are offset i) on the one hand, along a first direction, and ii) on the other hand, along a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventors: Matthieu BARDIN, Bastien BACQUET, Jean-Michel ISSARTEL, Régis MUNOZ, Mathieu MEKRAZ, Antoine ROHAUT, Séverine ROOS, Céline TURPIN
  • Publication number: 20160370219
    Abstract: A measurement device has two electrodes in the liquid forming a capacitor the capacitance of which depends on the height of the liquid, a microcontroller connected to an electrode and having a capacitance determination circuit for determining first and second values of the capacitance of the capacitor respectively during charging and discharging of the capacitor, an oscillator circuit for generating signals at a reference frequency when the electrodes are not connected to the microcontroller, then at a variable frequency dependent on the height of the liquid when the electrodes are connected to the microcontroller. The microcontroller further includes a programmable logic device configured into a comparator circuit, and a frequency determination circuit connected to the programmable logic device so as to determine the variable frequency from the reference frequency and from the signals of the programmable logic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MGI COUTIER
    Inventor: Régis MUNOZ
  • Patent number: 6705131
    Abstract: In a yarn processing system including a textile machine (M), accessory equipment (A) along yarn channels (C) extending towards said textile machine (M), a computerised control and monitoring network arrangement with network participating electronic devices (D) and at least one control unit (CU), said network arrangement having at least one DC-power supply line to said devices and said control unit and message transmission paths inter-linking said control unit and said devices, said message transmission paths are combined in a common message transmission bus which is constituted by the conductive part (17) of the DC-power supply line (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventor: Regis Munoz