Patents Assigned to AMPERE S.A.S.
  • Publication number: 20240409005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a management system and method for the heat treatment of at least one element of a drive train of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle so as to optimize the performance of the vehicle for intensive use being carried out or planned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Manuela DUQUE, Nicolas HOLLETTE
  • Patent number: 12164903
    Abstract: A device for managing an electronic control unit of a motor vehicle that includes an update module that updates the configuration of the electronic control unit. The update module has a first programmable update interface that updates the parameter value associated with at least one configuration parameter and updates the filter value associated with the at least one configuration parameter in response to the update. The update module has a second programmable update interface to update the parameter values associated with at least part of a set of configuration parameters on the basis of the filter values associated with the configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ampere S.A.S.
    Inventors: Marie-Cecile Afantenos, Patrick Benavoli, Pascal Menier
  • Patent number: 12158345
    Abstract: A method for estimating a precise position of a vehicle on a map includes acquiring at least one geolocated position of the vehicle by way of a geolocation system, pre-positioning the vehicle on the map, and particle filtering in which possible positions of the vehicle, called particles are processed. The particle filtering includes distributing particles on the map, and then updating the particles on the map, calculating the likelihood of each particle, selecting a limited set of particles, and, if an indicator relating to the likelihood of the selected particles and to the number of selected particles drops below a threshold, resampling particles on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Franck Li, Philippe Bonnifait, Javier Ibanez-Guzman
  • Patent number: 12152943
    Abstract: A device and method for detecting when at least one heat source exceeds a temperature threshold. The device includes a component having an electrical resistance that varies according to the operating temperature of the component, and an electrical power source suitable for supplying an electrical current to the component. The component is configured to be thermally coupled to the heat source, such that the operating temperature varies according to the temperature of the heat source and the heat released in the component by the Joule effect, the variable electrical resistance having a high value if the operating temperature is greater than a triggering threshold, the electrical power source being configured to generate the electrical current such that the operating temperature is greater than or equal to the triggering threshold once the temperature of the heat source is greater than or equal to the temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Natalie Rat, Abdeslam Ait El Bacha, Alexandre Dochter
  • Patent number: 12151680
    Abstract: A method for calculating a lateral position of an ego motor vehicle on a traffic lane includes calculating a first theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating a second theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating a third theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating the lateral position of the ego vehicle using a weighted average of the first lateral position, the second lateral position, and the third lateral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: AMPERE S.A.S., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guillaume Germain, Ludovic Bot, Raphael Quilliard
  • Patent number: 12145627
    Abstract: A method predicts the trajectory of an ego vehicle travelling in a main lane. A lane change by the ego vehicle from the main lane to an adjacent lane is determined according to an estimate of the dynamic behavior of a group of vehicles travelling in the adjacent lane. The group of vehicles includes at least one main vehicle which is located near the ego vehicle and a secondary vehicle which is located behind the ego vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Gonzalez Bautista, Vicente Milanes, Francisco Martin Navas Matos
  • Patent number: 12147238
    Abstract: A device for planning a path and/or a trajectory for a motor vehicle includes a module for receiving a sequence of input variables and hardware and software for determining a control law corresponding to the path and/or the trajectory according to the sequence of input variables received. The device includes a temporal classification unit in a set of compact representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: AMPERE S.A.S., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sebastien Aubert, Jean-Pierre Giacalone, Philippe Weingertner
  • Publication number: 20240380271
    Abstract: A winding guide for an electric machine rotor includes a base that is substantially circular about a longitudinal axis, teeth which rise radially from the base, and heads which extend at the free ends of the teeth and which project from the teeth, in cantilevered fashion. At least one of the heads has an inner face turned towards the base including a flat main portion which is inclined by a first angle strictly greater than 0 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis, and ribs which protrude from the main portion and the vertices of which are flat and inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis by a second angle comprised between zero degrees and the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Emmanuel MOTTE, Daniella VIVAS-MARQUEZ
  • Publication number: 20240372500
    Abstract: A method for correcting a temperature measurement of a winding of an AC electrical machine of an electric-propulsion or hybrid-propulsion motor vehicle, which comprises constantly retrieving a measured temperature value of the winding measured by a temperature sensor located on the surface of the winding, a measured value of the speed of rotation of the electrical machine measured by a position sensor, and a measured value of the effective current flowing through an inverter controlling the electrical machine measured by a current sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S
    Inventor: Bassel ASSAAD
  • Publication number: 20240369313
    Abstract: An interface for a coolant manifold of a cooling plate includes a first main face intended to be connected to a coolant manifold, and a second main face intended to be connected to a cooling plate having at least two flow paths for the circulation of a coolant. The second main face includes at least two holes of different geometries respectively allowing a circulation of coolant between the coolant manifold and each of the at least two flow paths of the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Philippe RECOUVREUR, Christophe ROBIN
  • Patent number: 12128896
    Abstract: A method secures a host vehicle circulating on a traffic lane of a road infrastructure including at least one lane adjacent to the traffic lane. The securing method includes, for each adjacent lane: detecting a plurality of vehicles present on the adjacent lane, including an estimate of at least one information item relating to each detected vehicle, including the speed; determining, with the detected vehicles forming a flow of vehicles, a value representing the speed of the flow on the adjacent lane, for example, the average speed; comparing the speed of the host vehicle with the value representing the speed of the flow of vehicles on the adjacent lane; and, if the speed of the host vehicle is greater than a predetermined threshold at the value representing the speed of the flow of vehicles on the adjacent lane, detecting a hazardous situation for the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Renaud Deborne
  • Publication number: 20240351445
    Abstract: A system for supplying power to a rechargeable electrical accumulation battery for a motor vehicle driven by an electric or hybrid powertrain includes a device for determining a maximum acceptable power for the battery depending on a first maximum power corresponding to a regenerating phase and on a second maximum power corresponding to a phase of charging the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: AMPERE S.A.S., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventor: Laurent OLLIVIER
  • Publication number: 20240351459
    Abstract: An electric charging system of a vehicle intended to receive at least one electric charging member includes at least one connector, a connector support intended to be rigidly connected to the vehicle, and an actuator including a locking pin intended to lock the electric charging member in relation to the connector. The connector support includes a guide to receive an actuating arm intended to unlock the locking pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Philippe LUCY
  • Publication number: 20240354123
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a unit for recording and storing a plurality of information items transmitted by a plurality of vehicles of a set of vehicles, an element for identifying and classifying signatures representative of malfunctions with applications on board the vehicles, a parameterization unit that compares an occurrence parameter of signatures representative of malfunctions with an application with a first predetermined threshold, and/or that compares a stability parameter of this application with a second predetermined threshold, and a communication element to transmit, to at least one vehicle of the set of vehicles, an order to deactivate an application based on the result of the comparisons carried out by the parameterization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Matthieu BAGLIN, Julie DARAGNES, Sebastien GONZALVE
  • Patent number: 12120836
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical component housing for housing an electrical component. The electrical component housing includes a resin base portion allowing the electrical component to be mounted, a metal cover portion attached to the base portion and configured to cover the electrical component, a metal plate in contact with a bottom surface of the base portion in a manner of covering the bottom surface of the base portion. The electrical component housing also includes a conductive member provided in a through hole that penetrates the base portion in a thickness direction of the base portion, wherein the conductive member electrically connects a ground terminal of the electrical component and the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Soichi Ishii, Rei Takahashi, Yasuyuki Kubota, Tadaaki Iiyama
  • Patent number: 12119773
    Abstract: A power source system mounted in a vehicle includes: a first power source (2); a first load (41) operated by electric power supplied from the first power source (2); a first controller (9) that controls an operation of the first load (41) by a first program; a second power source (8) connected to the first power source (2) via a converter (7); a second load (11) operated by electric power supplied from the second power source (8); a second controller (10) that controls an operation of the second load (11) by a second program; an electric power disconnecting device (3) that connects or disconnects between the first power source (2) and the first load (41); and a third controller (12) that controls the electric power disconnecting device (3). When the first program is changed, the third controller (12) disconnects the first power source (2) from the first load (41) by the electric power disconnecting device (3) before a change process of the first program is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Yukinori Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 12103215
    Abstract: A device manufactures an electrode strip for a battery including a current collector strip and at least one layer of electrochemically active composite material on either side of the current collector strip. The device includes an extruder including a sheath, an extrusion head, and an extrusion screw. The extrusion screw includes an outer tube and an inner tube that are coaxial and fitted into one another. The outer tube is mounted so as to be rotatably movable relative to the sheath. The inner tube is stationary relative to the sheath and includes an outlet located upstream of the extrusion head. Moreover, the manufacturing device includes advancing and unwinding structure to convey the current collector strip through the inner tube and up to the extrusion head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ampere S.A.S.
    Inventors: Nicolas Besnard, Victor Chaudoy
  • Publication number: 20240317208
    Abstract: A method for controlling in real time the path of a motor vehicle travelling in a traffic lane includes detecting a corner in the traffic lane, then, when the vehicle enters the corner, determining first and second quantities for a plurality of successive sampling increments, based on state variables characteristic of the movement of the vehicle, determining a first stored value dependent on the first quantity determined in the current sampling increment and one of the preceding sampling increments, determining a second stored value dependent on the second quantity determined in the current sampling increment and one of the preceding sampling increments, saving the first and second stored values determined for each sampling increment, then, when the vehicle exits the corner determining a value of the understeer gradient depending on the saved first and second stored values, and determining a command for the vehicle based on the understeer gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: AMPERE S.A.S, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joan DAVINS, Benjamin LE COQ, Raphael QUILLIARD
  • Patent number: 12101016
    Abstract: An electric motor unit includes: a case; a stator accommodated in the case; a rotor that is rotatably held inside the stator; a rotation shaft that is provided in the rotor and is rotatably supported by the case; a cooling device configured to inject a cooling liquid toward the stator; a gas passage that has a respiratory membrane that allows air to pass through and penetrates from an inner wall surface to an outer wall surface of the case; and a predetermined electrical component arranged between an injection port of the cooling device and an inner wall surface side opening of the gas passage. The gas passage is opened at the inner wall surface of a wall portion on one side of the case in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Daisuke Asakura, Karim Mikati
  • Publication number: 20240308529
    Abstract: A method is for determining the vehicle-extrinsic component of the slip rate of a stretch of road located in front of a motor vehicle moving towards the stretch of road. The method includes acquiring data relating to the condition of the stretch of road, and subsequently determining a value of the vehicle-extrinsic component of the slip rate of the stretch of road by a machine-learning algorithm applied to the acquired data relating to the condition of the stretch of road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Rodolphe GELIN, Thierry GIACCONE, Xavier MOUTON