Patents Assigned to Compagnie Plastic Omnium
  • ASSEMBLY OF A TAILGATE SHELL AND OF A COMPONENT INTENDED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE SHELL
    Publication number: 20100314902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly comprising a tailgate box and at least one link designed to be fitted on the box. The box is designed to receive a part that is fastened to the box by adhesive, said box having for this purpose an adhesive track, the box also including at least one lateral upright comprising a section member of open cross-section with the opening therein interrupting the adhesive track. The link comprises an additional segment of adhesive track, and the link and the upright being shaped so that the link can be fitted on the upright in such a manner that it closes the cross-section of the section member and causes the additional segment to span the interruption in the adhesive track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Franck Leterrier, Bertrand Hache
  • Multi-impact absorber for a vehicle
    Publication number: 20100308607
    Abstract: The invention relates to an absorber comprising first and second portions and made at least in part out of plastics material, wherein the first portion includes a first support wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorber and placed to bear against a beam of the vehicle; the second portion includes a second support wall extending in a longitudinal dimension of the absorber and essentially perpendicularly to the first wall, being placed to bear against the beam; and the second portion includes reinforcing walls corresponding essentially to a plane normal to the longitudinal direction of the absorber and arranged so that each has one end connected to the second wall, each reinforcing wall having at least one other end connected to an adjacent reinforcing wall, such that each reinforcing wall is connected to each of the adjacent walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventor: Stephane GINJA
  • Motor vehicle door
    Patent number: 7828366
    Abstract: The rear unit comprises first and second doors for a motor vehicle. The first and second doors respectively comprise first and second tailgates, the second door carrying the first tailgate. The first rear door has hinge means for hinging the first tailgate relative to the body of the motor vehicle, which means are fastened to the first tailgate. The first tailgate is pivotally movable relative to the body about a main pivot axis of the hinge means. The main axis is also suitable for moving in at least one guide slideway for guiding the main pivot axis in translation relative to the body in a direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Fabien Delwal, Denis Barral, Jerome Fillon, Hugues Cheron
  • Arrangement of a Radiator and a Shock Absorber and Beam in a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20100230195
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a radiator (10), an absorber (12), and an impact beam (18) on a motor vehicle, the beam having a front face (19). The absorber comprises a top transverse element (14) and two vertical legs (16), the transverse element and the legs are arranged in such a manner as to guide air entering the vehicle from the front substantially towards the entire surface area of the radiator, and the top transverse element is mounted on the front face of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Stéphane Ginja, Philippe Gilotte
  • SHOCK ABSORPTION MODULE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE
    Publication number: 20100127520
    Abstract: The invention provides an impact absorber module (10) for a motor vehicle, the module comprising: a top transverse element (12) for bearing against an impact beam (32) of the vehicle; a bottom transverse element (14) and two uprights (16a, 16b) connecting the top and bottom transverse elements (12, 14) together so as to form substantially a frame (18) referred to as an absorber frame, the bottom transverse element (14) or one of the two uprights (16a, 16b) being designed to bear against a bottom structural part (36) of the vehicle; and a wall (30) forming an air guide and extending from the top transverse element (12) towards a radiator (54) of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Stephane Ginja, Sebastien Charnaux, Philippe Gilotte
  • ASSEMBLY OF AN IMPACT BEAM AND AN ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20100109355
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising a rear impact beam and an impact absorber. The beam and the absorber have respective fastener means fastening them to a motor vehicle body-in-white. The absorber is shaped to absorb a corner impact and is designed to be arranged in the vicinity of a rear corner of the body-in-white in line with the longitudinal direction of the beam so as to leave a gap between a proximal end of the beam and the absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventor: Fernando Ballesteros
  • SUPPORT MOUNT FOR AN IMPACT ABSORBING SYSTEM INTENDED TO BE MOUNTED AT THE END OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SIDE MEMBER
    Publication number: 20100102577
    Abstract: The supporting piece is intended to be mounted at the end of a motor vehicle side member, this side member including, in the continuation thereof, a plate for mounting a transverse impact beam. The supporting piece includes a bearing surface for an absorber positioned in front of this bearing surface, the bearing surface being arranged in such a way as to extend under the mounting plate and substantially parallel thereto when the supporting piece is mounted at the end of the side member. The supporting piece is shaped in such a way that it does not deform irreversibly when the vehicle suffers an insurance impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Stéphane Ginja, Sébastien Charnaux, Hugues Cheron
  • Rear door for fitting to a motor vehicle, and a set of two rear doors
    Patent number: 7690709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rear door for a motor vehicle, the door including hinges (16, 16?) embodying an axis (Y) for pivoting the door on the vehicle between a closed position and an open position. The door includes a motor (17) for generating a driving torque about the pivot axis of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Denis Barral, Philippe Coudron, Gérald Andre, Guilherme Amorin, Jérôme Fillon
  • Energy absorber system for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7681700
    Abstract: The energy absorber system is adapted to a motor vehicle having side rails. The system comprises a top absorber beam positioning in front of the side rails of the motor vehicle, a bottom absorber beam for being positioned beneath the top absorber beam, and at least two uprights providing a rigid connection between the top and bottom beams. The system also includes a rigid cross-member extending between the side rails and being secured directly to the side rails, the top beam being secured to bear against the cross-member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Stephane Ginja, Laurent Rocheblave
  • Battery vent and pressure blowout relief frit
    Patent number: 7678492
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improvement in a battery cover having a vent opening, the improvement is a frit that has two functions; namely, it acts to allow gases to escape while preventing liquid to escape and in addition acts as a blowout disk when a pressure within the battery exceeds a predetermined pressure that blows the frit out of the cover preventing the explosion of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Bernd Schulte-Ladbeck
  • DEVICE FOR POSITIONING A PIECE OF CAR BODY WORK ON A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100052365
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for positioning a motor vehicle bodywork part, the bodywork part being intended to be juxtaposed with a door of the vehicle, it being possible for this door to adopt a open position and a closed position on the vehicle. The positioning device comprises elastic means capable of defining: a first position for the positioning device when the door is in opened position, and a second position for the positioning device when the door is in closed position, during which the elastic means are deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: Frederic Stablo, Sebastien Nozza
  • Motor vehicle rear door
    Patent number: 7669914
    Abstract: The rear door is for fitting to a motor vehicle having a rear chassis and a rear insurance impact absorber system suitable for absorbing insurance type impacts so as to prevent plastic deformation of the rear chassis of the vehicle. The door carries the rear impact absorber system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Laurent Rocheblave, Stephane Ginja
  • LINING FOR THE HOOD OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WITH CERTAIN PARTS OF THE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100045070
    Abstract: A motor vehicle hood lining for stiffening the hood in the vicinity of its periphery and co-operating therewith to form a hollow body over at least a fraction of its periphery, the lining being generally of channel section with a bottom and side walls. Said bottom or at least one of said side walls presents, at least locally, a zone of weakness that is dimensioned in such a manner that in the event of the hood impacting the head of a pedestrian, once the bottom of the hollow body has come to bear against a high hard point placed in the engine compartment, the zone of weakness breaks. The invention also relates to a combination of such a lining with various hard points in an engine compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Laurent Rocheblave, Axel Candeau, Laurent Martin
  • METHOD OF FASTENING FIRST AND SECOND THERMOPLASTIC PARTS, AND TWO-PART ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20100037449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fastening first and second thermoplastic parts of a motor vehicle, the first part having a protuberance projecting from a face and the second part having an engagement surface, the method consisting in bringing the second part into contact with the face of the first part, in heating the protuberance, and in plastically deforming the protuberance towards the second part so that the second part is gripped between the face of the first part and an end portion of the protuberance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM
    Inventors: David Tresse, Marc Verwaerde
  • Liquid-injection syringe assembly, and a sheath for the assembly
    Patent number: 7662131
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a body forming a reservoir for the liquid, the body being provided with a liquid-injection needle, a plunger mounted to be axially movable in the body between a ready position and an end-of-injection position, and a sheath in which the body is mounted to be axially movable between an active position in which the needle projects from a distal end of the sheath, and a protecting position in which the needle is retracted inside the sheath. The assembly also comprises means for axially securing the plunger and the sheath in a relative position of said plunger and said sheath serving firstly to position the body in its protecting position relative to the sheath and secondly to position the plunger in its end-of-injection position relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Thierry Rimlinger, Michel Pouget, Thierry Peysson, Philippe Dodier
  • Assembly consisting of a bumper skin and of a shock absorber
    Patent number: 7661735
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising a vehicle bumper skin and a channel-section bumper impact absorber, the absorber being made of thermoplastic material and comprising a web and two flanges, each having a free longitudinal edge and an opposite longitudinal edge that is connected to the web, the flanges and the web defining a longitudinal channel, in which the bumper skin and absorber are connected together in such a manner that the concave side of the absorber faces towards the bumper skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Thierry Roussel, Pierre Montanvert, Arnold Fayt, Stéphane Malteste
  • Bumper skin
    Patent number: 7658437
    Abstract: A bumper skin made of plastics material including a front portion, at least one side overrider, and a face of the bumper skin that is visible presenting a shape irregularity between the front portion and the overrider. The front portion and the overrider are constituted by two distinct parts, at least one of the two distinct parts is linked to the shape irregularity, and the shape irregularity includes a hole passing through the bumper skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Demange, Pierre Montanvert
  • Support for a motor vehicle light unit, a light unit, and an assembly comprising a front end module and such a support and/or light unit
    Patent number: 7645060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support for a motor vehicle light unit that enables the light unit to be mounted displaceably on an equipment module. The support includes a guide for guiding the light unit along a predetermined path relative to the equipment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gérald Andre, Laurent Decker, Hugues Cheron, Naoufil Ben Mariem
  • Assembly of a bodywork part and a headlight glass for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7641268
    Abstract: In an assembly of a bodywork part and a headlight glass for a motor vehicle that cooperate by elastic deformation, the headlight glass has an outline designed to be engaged in an opening in the bodywork part. The opening is defined by an outline in the bodywork part that is substantially complementary to the outline of the headlight glass. At least part of the outline of the bodywork part cooperates with the outline of the headlight glass by elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: David Goffart, Lilian Garboud, Marc Verwaerde, Pascal Barbier
  • Motor vehicle part including light unit support means
    Patent number: 7637562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle part including a light unit support possessing an initial “operational” position in which the light unit is held at a given height on the vehicle. The light unit support also is configured to take up a second “depressed” configuration on being subjected to a vertical force that is substantially equal to that of an impact with the head of a pedestrian, in which second configuration the light unit is located lower down relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Gerald Andre, Arnold Fayt, Laurent Rocheblave