Patents Assigned to AKWEL SA
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Patent number: 11422038Abstract: The system includes a thermal probe with a heat-sensitive element, a fluid-tight plunger body, shaped to completely wrap the heat-sensitive element of the probe, a probe support including two orifices for joining the system to the duct, linked by an inner channel substantially axially extending in a main flow direction of the fluid in the support and including a radial opening through which the plunger body is configured to be at least partially submerged inside the inner channel. More particularly, the inner channel is delimited by a tubular wall having an inner surface with a depression located facing the opening in order to limit singular pressure losses of the fluid likely to be generated by the presence of the plunger body in the fluid by defining a flow pathway of the fluid around the plunger body.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Thomas Fernandes, Jérémy Dreux, Olivier Pujol
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Patent number: 10954702Abstract: The opening control includes a handle, movable in rotation relative to the casing at least between leveling, ejection and opening positions, an ejection lever connected to the handle by at least one common axis of rotation with this handle and an electric actuator for controlling a pivoting of the ejection lever between at least one ejection position and a non-ejection position. In particular, the opening control includes a biasing member connected to the ejection lever and configured to exert a force for returning the lever towards the ejection position according to an ejection direction of rotation, and means for blocking the lever in its non-ejection position. The blocking means are capable of cooperating with the lever in order to release the lever when the handle is displaced in a direction of rotation opposite to the ejection direction, by application of an external push force on the handle.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20210017942Abstract: A plastic injection rail, subjected to an inner relative pressure for an engine, includes: a conduit body; a plug; and a junction part overmolded within a contact area defined by portions of the plug and the end of the conduit body. The junction part can fixedly attach the plug into the end of the body, and includes a first portion arranged around the contact area, and a second portion within a space between the conduit body and plug. The plug has a hollow projection that extends toward the plug head. The plug body includes hollow rings including a primary ring arranged at the level of the free end of the plug body and secondary rings arranged between the primary ring and plug head. The junction part presents a generally cylindrical shape formed by rings including a primary ring closest to the contact area, and secondary rings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: AKWEL SAInventors: Pascal GUERRY, Patrick COUTIER
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Patent number: 10753258Abstract: The object of the invention is a heater of a corrosive fluid comprising at least one heat diffuser having at least a first portion intended to be immersed in a corrosive fluid, and at least a second portion intended to be arranged out of the corrosive fluid, at least one heating block comprising at least one heating member configured to heat the corrosive fluid, said heat diffuser comprising at least one housing in which the at least one heating block is housed at least partially, at least the first portion of the heat diffuser being made of anodized aluminum or of anodized aluminum alloy and is configured to be in direct contact with the corrosive fluid. The object of the invention is also a corrosive fluid tank comprising a heater according to the invention and a method for manufacturing a heat diffuser of the heater according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Yves Lamirand, Sylvain Jaquet
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Patent number: 10634273Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Matthieu Bardin, Bastien Bacquet, Jean-Michel Issartel, Régis Munoz, Mathieu Mekraz, Antoine Rohaut, Séverine Roos, Céline Turpin
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Patent number: 10626865Abstract: A lightweight gear pump easy to manufacture, having a reduced manufacturing cost, while giving sufficient performances. It consists of: A gear, three metal plates, placed on each other, an intermediate plate of which including an eight-shaped cavity adapted to house the gear, and two peripheral plates having the function of enclosing the gear in the cavity, a circuit for fluid supply to the gear, centering means to align the three plates above each other, the three metal plates being provided with centering holes in the axial direction, adapted to receive the centering means, the device according to the invention is particularly intended for liquid transfer applications for automobiles or heavy trucks.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Matthieu Bardin, Christophe Bondran
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Patent number: 10481011Abstract: The invention concerns a temperature probe (1) comprising a thermistor provided with a heat-sensitive element connected to two electrically-conductive output wires, two electrically-conductive metal blades presenting proximal end portions connected, by welding, to the respective output wires and supporting said heat-sensitive element at a distance from said proximal end portions, and a plunger body (5) made in a plastic material overmolded by injection at least around the proximal end portions of the blades, of the output wires and of the heat-sensitive element, said plunger body presenting an end portion (50) overmolded directly all around the heat-sensitive element, said heat-sensitive element being wrapped only by said plunger body. The present invention finds application in the field of temperature measurement of a fluid circulating within a combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventor: Ben Hammouda Chokri
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Patent number: 10464698Abstract: A filling head for filling a tank with a liquid, the filling head delimiting a conduit for filling the tank which extends axially along a filling axis from an upstream section which is adapted to receive a filling nozzle, up to a downstream section which is designed to be connected on the tank to fill, and a degassing circuit including an inlet which is adapted to be connected on the tank and an outlet in communication with the outside, the filling head being characterized in that it delimits a suction window which connects the downstream section of the filling conduit on the degassing circuit, so as to promote the suction of the gases via the degassing circuit, during the filling of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Didier Comtat, Lionel Joly, Antoine Marier, Santiago Andrade Calvo
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Patent number: 10415449Abstract: The invention concerns a circuit intended to transfer, by means of a pump, first fluid, such as an aqueous urea solution, from a reservoir to an injector, said circuit also containing a second fluid, such as air, and said circuit comprising, downstream of the pump and of the reservoir, a downstream circuit portion which includes, on the one hand, a main branch which leads to the injector and, on the other hand, bypass branch which returns to the reservoir and which is provided with a double-seat valve designed to selectively and automatically adopt: purge configuration allowing to purge the second fluid through the valve out of the main branch, a pressurized supply configuration allowing to direct the first fluid to the injector under a predetermined working pressure, and a recirculation configuration allowing a recirculation through the bypass branch, and to the reservoir, of the first fluid coming from said reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Matthieu Bardin, Christophe Bondran, Sylvain Jaquet, Yves Lamirand
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Publication number: 20190265109Abstract: The system includes a thermal probe with a heat-sensitive element, a fluid-tight plunger body, shaped to completely wrap the heat-sensitive element of the probe, a probe support including two orifices for joining the system to the duct, linked by an inner channel substantially axially extending in a main flow direction of the fluid in the support and including a radial opening through which the plunger body is configured to be at least partially submerged inside the inner channel. More particularly, the inner channel is delimited by a tubular wall having an inner surface with a depression located facing the opening in order to limit singular pressure losses of the fluid likely to be generated by the presence of the plunger body in the fluid by defining a flow pathway of the fluid around the plunger body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: AKWEL SAInventors: Thomas FERNANDES, Jérémy DREUX, Olivier PUJOL
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Patent number: 10337640Abstract: This valve includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a seat with a liquid passage, a plug movable between i) an open position and ii) a closed position, and a biasing member for urging the plug toward the closed position. The valve includes an actuating member having a face which sustains an actuating pressure. The actuating member is movable between i) an actuation position for opening the plug and ii) a rest position. The valve operates, selectively: in a feed mode, where the plug is open and the actuating member is at rest, the liquid flowing in one direction throughout the second chamber, or in a latch mode, where the plug is closed and the actuating member is at rest, no liquid flowing in the valve, or in a drain mode, where the plug is open, the liquid flowing in the reverse direction throughout the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventors: Alain Cler, Yves Lamirand, Matthieu Bardin, Christophe Bondran
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Patent number: 10330039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventor: Regis Munoz
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Patent number: 10330515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventor: Regis Munoz
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Publication number: 20190187017Abstract: The device comprises a case body comprising a base body provided with a chamber for measuring the fluid and an electrical connector body, assembled to delimit together a housing internal to the case body, a detection element, an intermediate part for positioning the detection element including a transverse space for receiving the detection element and an environment gasket for sealing the internal housing with respect to the external environment. The part and the connector are shaped to cooperate by nesting in order to ensure a relative positioning of the part relative to the connector body and in a nested position, the part and the connector delimit together an external peripheral groove configured to receive the environment gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: AKWEL SAInventor: Marco Martino SPANEVELLO
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Publication number: 20190032619Abstract: A method for manufacturing an injection rail subjected to an inner relative pressure, comprises the following steps: providing an injection rail body, comprising at least one end to be closed, providing a plug shaped so as to close the end of the body, assembling the plug into the end of the body, positioning the assembly within a mold cavity in which an overmolding area is at least contiguous with a contact area defined by a portion of the plug and a portion of the end of the conduit body are in contact with each other, the overmolding area being shaped so as to delimit the shape of a junction part configured to fixedly attach the plug into the end of the conduit body, filling the overmolding area by matter injection in order to form the junction part, the overmolding area comprising a matter injection inlet opening into the contact area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: AKWEL SAInventors: Pascal GUERRY, Patrick COUTIER
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Patent number: 10175137Abstract: A pressure measurement device has: a first chamber coupled to at least one fluid utilization unit, a second chamber coupled to a vacuum source, a seat with a passage for the fluid between the first and the second chamber, a plug for allowing or blocking the fluid flow through the passage, a retaining member for retaining the plug against the seat, a pressure sensor, and a measurement cavity coupled to the first chamber. The retaining member has a channel arranged to couple the first chamber and the measurement cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventor: Marco Martino Spanevello
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Patent number: 10175086Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: AKWEL SAInventor: Régis Munoz