Patents by Inventor Sylvie Genies

Sylvie Genies 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: 11165103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regenerating the capacity of an electrochemical lithium battery, including the following steps: a) evaluating the quantity of lithium ions; b) when the evaluated lithium ion quantity is less than or equal to a threshold value, applying an electric current between the cathode or the anode and the container such as to cause the delithiation of the casing, the casing is also arranged to house an element providing both electric insulation and ionic conduction between the anode and cathode electrodes of the electrochemical cell and the casing, said casing including at least one lithium ion storage zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: David Brun-Buisson, Sylvie Genies
  • Patent number: 10170733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible structure (6) comprising a strain gauge (7) that is elongate along a longitudinal axis X1, and intended to measure the deformation of the flexible structure in a direction X parallel to the axis X1, the strain-gauge support (71) being bonded to the flexible structure only via the lateral ends (75, 76) thereof. One particularly targeted application is the bonding of strain tool gauges to the packaging of a flexible lithium battery, such as an Li-ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: David Brun-Buisson, Sylvie Genies
  • Patent number: 10067086
    Abstract: A method recalibrates in situ a comparison electrode integrated into an electrochemical system. The electrochemical system includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte. The method includes verifying a potential of the comparison electrode relative to the working electrode or to the counter electrode in situ, detecting whether there is a drift in the potential of the comparison electrode relative to a potential plateau for which the comparison electrode was functionalized or designed, and when the drift is detected, recalibrating the comparison electrode in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Sylvie Genies, Melanie Alias, Sylvain Leirens, Angel Zhivkov Kirchev
  • Patent number: 10020546
    Abstract: A device for managing an accumulator, including: a plurality of strain gauges including at least three strain gauges, the strain gauges being arranged to measure stresses along at least three distinct stress axes; a measuring device measuring strains undergone by each gauge along its stress axis; a reversible electrical switch; a calculating device controlling opening and closing of the electrical switch, depending on measurements carried out by the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Sylvie Genies, Melanie Alias, Caroline Coutier, Estelle Le Baron, Sophie Mailley
  • Patent number: 9673650
    Abstract: Method for monitoring an electrochemical cell or a battery (1), in particular method for monitoring the first charging of an electrochemical cell or of a battery (1) of Li-ion type, comprising a step of acquiring data relating to acoustic emissions produced in the electrochemical cell or in the battery and, by using the data acquired, a step of detecting: the formation of a passivation film on an electrode of the electrochemical cell or of the battery; and/or the first storage of lithium in an electrode of the electrochemical cell or of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER-GRENOBLE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Sylvie Genies, David Brun-Buisson, Nina Kircheva, Pierre-Xavier Thivel
  • Publication number: 20170141360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible structure (6) comprising a strain gauge (7) that is elongate along a longitudinal axis X1, and intended to measure the deformation of the flexible structure in a direction X parallel to the axis X1, the strain-gauge support (71) being bonded to the flexible structure only via the lateral ends (75, 76) thereof. One particularly targeted application is the bonding of strain tool gauges to the packaging of a flexible lithium battery, such as an Li-ion battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: David Brun-Buisson, Sylvie Genies
  • Publication number: 20170012323
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regenerating the capacity of an electrochemical lithium battery, including the following steps: a) evaluating the quantity of lithium ions; b) when the evaluated lithium ion quantity is less than or equal to a threshold value, applying an electric current between the cathode or the anode and the container such as to cause the delithiation of the casing, the casing is also arranged to house an element providing both electric insulation and ionic conduction between the anode and cathode electrodes of the electrochemical cell and the casing, said casing including at least one lithium ion storage zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: David BRUN-BUISSON, Sylvie GENIES
  • Publication number: 20160290959
    Abstract: A method recalibrates in situ a comparison electrode integrated into an electrochemical system. The electrochemical system includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte. The method includes verifying a potential of the comparison electrode relative to the working electrode or to the counter electrode in situ, detecting whether there is a drift in the potential of the comparison electrode relative to a potential plateau for which the comparison electrode was functionalized or designed, and when the drift is detected, recalibrating the comparison electrode in situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S
    Inventors: Sylvie GENIES, Melanie ALIAS, Sylvain LEIRENS, Angel Zhivkov KIRCHEV
  • Publication number: 20160290948
    Abstract: An electrochemical system includes an electrolyte that includes at least one ionic form of a chemical element A chosen from lithium and sodium. The electrolyte is in contact with a comparison electrode, a working electrode and a counterelectrode. The comparison electrode includes a first part in contact with the electrolyte and including a metal M capable of alloying with the chemical element, or a metal alloy of the metal M and of the chemical element A. The comparison electrode also includes a second part including an electrically conducting material, chemically inert with respect to the chemical element A and its ionic form and in direct contact with the first part of the comparison electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Sylvie GENIES, Melanie ALIAS, Sylvain LEIRENS
  • Publication number: 20160245875
    Abstract: Method for determining the state of health of a battery, using a sensor of the acoustic activity of the battery, comprising the following steps: detection of at least one acoustic event by the sensor; determination of the value of at least one parameter for each acoustic signal detected in the course of the elementary cycle of use; calculation, for the elementary cycle of use, of a value of acoustic density according to a density calculation function taking into account said at least one parameter determined for each of the acoustic signals detected in the course of the cycle; calculation of a state of health value corresponding to said previously calculated acoustic density value, on the basis of a functional relation or a predetermined database, making it possible to know the state of health for a given acoustic density value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Nina Kircheva, Pierre-Xavier Thivel, Sylvie Genies, Mélanie Alias, Sothun Eric Hing
  • Publication number: 20160072158
    Abstract: A device for managing an accumulator, including: a plurality of strain gauges including at least three strain gauges, the strain gauges being arranged to measure stresses along at least three distinct stress axes; a measuring device measuring strains undergone by each gauge along its stress axis; a reversible electrical switch; a calculating device controlling opening and closing of the electrical switch, depending on measurements carried out by the measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES
    Inventors: Sylvie GENIES, Melanie ALIAS, Caroline COUTIER, Estelle LE BARON, Sophie MAILLEY
  • Patent number: 9096140
    Abstract: Method for managing the recharging of at least one battery, characterized in that it comprises a transmission of a desired charge level (Ci) for a battery (i) at a given instant (Ti) such that the recharging enables the battery (i) to reach a charge level (C(i)) greater than or equal to the desired charge level (Ci) at the given instant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Duy Long Ha, Sylvie Genies
  • Publication number: 20150082617
    Abstract: The process for charging a lead battery comprises an initialisation phase (E1), during which a value representative of an amount of lead oxide of the negative active material of the battery is determined, and a charging phase (E2), the duration of which is determined as a function of the value representative of amount of lead oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Rémy Christin, Sylvie Genies, Jean-Marie Klein
  • Patent number: 8988045
    Abstract: The method for charging or discharging a battery comprises measurement of the voltage at the terminals of the battery and comparison of the measured voltage with an end of charging or discharging voltage threshold. The method also comprises measurement of a temperature representative of the temperature of the battery and measurement of the current flowing in the battery to form a pair of measurements. The voltage threshold is then determined according to the pair of measurements. Charging or discharging of the battery is stopped when the voltage threshold is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Klein, Arnaud Delaille, Sylvie Genies
  • Publication number: 20140159674
    Abstract: Method for monitoring an electrochemical cell or a battery (1), in particular method for monitoring the first charging of an electrochemical cell or of a battery (1) of Li-ion type, comprising a step of acquiring data relating to acoustic emissions produced in the electrochemical cell or in the battery and, by using the data acquired, a step of detecting: the formation of a passivation film on an electrode of the electrochemical cell or of the battery; and/or the first storage of lithium in an electrode of the electrochemical cell or of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Universite Joseph Fourier - Grenoble
    Inventors: Sylvie Genies, David Brun-Buisson, Nina Kircheva, Pierre-Xavier Thivel
  • Patent number: 8710349
    Abstract: A photovoltaic system including: one photovoltaic panel including a face configured to receive light rays, one battery mechanically connected to the photovoltaic panel by a retaining structure, and one space which is opened onto the environment external to the photovoltaic system forming an air layer separating the battery and the photovoltaic panel and including a thickness at least equal to approximately 1 cm. The ratio between the thickness of the photovoltaic system and a dimension of one side of the face of the photovoltaic panel is less than or equal to approximately ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Sylvie Genies, Helene Rouault
  • Patent number: 8476870
    Abstract: The diagnostic method applies to a standalone system including a generator, a power regulator and a power storage element. The method includes comparison of the effective charging power or current of the power storage element respectively with a predefined power or current threshold. If the effective charging power or current is lower than said threshold, the power storage element is disconnected. An abnormal behavior is then detected either by comparing the effective charging power with the smaller of the values representative of the theoretical charging power of the power storage element and of the maximum power able to be delivered by the generator and comparing the effective and theoretical charging voltages, or by comparing the effective and theoretical charging currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Antoine Labrunie, Sylvie Genies
  • Publication number: 20120212184
    Abstract: The method for charging or discharging a battery comprises measurement of the voltage at the terminals of the battery and comparison of the measured voltage with an end of charging or discharging voltage threshold. The method also comprises measurement of a temperature representative of the temperature of the battery and measurement of the current flowing in the battery to form a pair of measurements. The voltage threshold is then determined according to the pair of measurements. Charging or discharging of the battery is stopped when the voltage threshold is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Klein, Arnaud Delaille, Sylvie Genies
  • Publication number: 20120212173
    Abstract: Method for managing the recharging of at least one battery, characterized in that it comprises a transmission of a desired charge level (Ci) for a battery (i) at a given instant (Ti) such that the recharging enables the battery (i) to reach a charge level (C(i)) greater than or equal to the desired charge level (Ci) at the given instant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Duy Long Ha, Sylvie Genies
  • Patent number: 8134342
    Abstract: The autonomous system comprises an intermittent power source delivering a direct current. A supercapacitance is connected in parallel with the battery and the power source respectively via a first switch and a second switch. Charging of the battery comprises pulsed current charging managed by a control circuit. During a current pulse, the amplitude of the current and the amplitude of the voltage increase at the terminals of the battery are measured. The dynamic internal resistance of the battery is determined from said amplitudes. A maximum acceptable current threshold is determined according to a maximum voltage threshold, to said dynamic internal resistance and to the no-load voltage at the battery terminals. At the next current pulse, the value of the charging current is limited by controlling the closing time of the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Antoine Labrunie, Arnaud Delaille, Sylvie Genies