Patents Assigned to Conception et Developpement Michelin
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Patent number: 8623169Abstract: Adhesive composition usable in particular as an adhesion primer, based on a polyisocyanate compound and a polyester or vinyl ester resin comprising (in particular hydroxyl) functional groups which are reactive towards isocyanate groups of said polyisocyanate, the total number of said isocyanate groups being in excess relative to the total number of said functional groups of the polyester or vinyl ester resin. The polyisocyanate compound is preferably a diisocyanate, the resin is preferably an epoxy vinyl ester resin, in particular novolac- and/or bisphenol-based. Said composition is usable, as an adhesion primer, in combination with a secondary adhesion layer preferably based on a polyvinylpyridine/stirene/butadiene elastomer and a polyester or vinyl ester resin.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Philippe Chenaux, Corinne Deforel
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Publication number: 20130000841Abstract: Adhesive composition usable in particular as an adhesion primer, based on a polyisocyanate compound and a polyester or vinyl ester resin comprising (in particular hydroxyl) functional groups which are reactive towards isocyanate groups of said polyisocyanate, the total number of said isocyanate groups being in excess relative to the total number of said functional groups of the polyester or vinyl ester resin. The polyisocyanate compound is preferably a diisocyanate, the resin is preferably an epoxy vinyl ester resin, in particular novolac- and/or bisphenol-based. Said composition is usable, as an adhesion primer, in combination with a secondary adhesion layer preferably based on a polyvinylpyridine/stirene/butadiene elastomer and a polyester or vinyl ester resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Philippe Chenaux, Corinne Deforel
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Patent number: 8228044Abstract: A supercapacitors voltage balancing device (2) to be connected to a supercapacitor module (1) having N individual supercapacitors (10) connected in series, for optimizing the voltage of the individual supercapacitors in the module.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventors: Rüdiger Kötz, Jean-Claude Sauter
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Patent number: 7901821Abstract: A method for shutting down an electricity supply system comprising a fuel cell, the cell being supplied with pure oxygen as the combustive gas and delivering an electric voltage to an electric power line, the system comprising a fuel gas feed circuit on the anode side and an oxygen feed circuit on the cathode side, the oxygen feed circuit comprising means that enable the said oxygen feed circuit to be opened to the atmosphere and means for delivering a stop signal to a control unit of the fuel cell. The shutting down procedure is activated on reception of a stop signal and comprises an initial stage during which the supply of oxygen is interrupted, a consumption stage during which a sustained current is drawn from the fuel cell, a neutralisation phase during which the oxygen feed circuit is opened to the atmosphere, and a final stage during which the supply of hydrogen is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignees: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventors: Félix Buchi, Gino Paganelli, Akinori Tsukada
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Patent number: 7861813Abstract: A ground contact system for a vehicle. The ground contact system comprises a wheel, a hub carrier, means for driving the wheel using at least one rotary motor secured to the hub carrier, reduction means comprising at least one gearwheel connected to the wheel and at least one pinion connected to the rotary motor, a sliding-bar suspension suspending the wheel from a support connected to the vehicle, and braking means. The braking means comprises a brake disc connected by its periphery to the wheel, and a brake calliper positioned inside the brake disc.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Rexhep Gashi, Daniel Laurent
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Patent number: 7762272Abstract: A vehicle (1) equipped with a tank (2) for storage of a fluid under pressure on the vehicle, the tank being connected to at least one vent channel (3 and 33), the vent channel leading to a discharge orifice (34), the vent channel being connected to the tank by means of at least one safety valve, wherein in that the safety valve is a thermal release valve (5), normally closed and capable of opening spontaneously under the effect of a rise in temperature, the safety valve being installed in a predefined zone of the vehicle and the discharge orifice being remote from the predefined zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignees: Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventors: Antonio Delfino, Daniel Laurent, Philippe Macherel
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Patent number: 7587807Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator of an electrical rotating machine that is configured to have a rotor mounted inside the stator. The stator has a laminated magnetic circuit having a stack of magnetic metal sheets disposed substantially parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor of the machine. The magnetic circuit has teeth that delimit longitudinally oriented slots. The method includes the step of installing electrically conductive wires in the slots and forming winding heads at the two axial ends of the magnetic circuit and installing this assembly on a vertical axis. The assembly is trapped between an outer sheath, forming part of the final motor, and a removable inner core substantially occupying a volume reserved for the rotor. The conductive wires in the slots are impregnated under vacuum with a slot-impregnating composition including a heat-setting resin and a filler, and the composition is polymerized.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Conception Et Developpement MichelinInventors: Gérald Bourqui, Jean-Louis Linda, Roger Meuwly, Marcel Tornare
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Patent number: 7574790Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a stator of an electrical rotating machine. The method includes: impregnating a first winding head with a first composition that includes a heat-setting resin and a filler of a first particle size; impregnating conductive wires in a slot region with a slot-impregnating composition that includes a heat-setting resin and another filler of a second particle size smaller than the first particle size of the filler of the first composition; and impregnating a second winding head with a composition that includes a heat-setting resin and a filler of a particle size larger than the second particle size.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Conception Et Developpement MichelinInventors: Gerald Bourqui, Jean-Louis Linda, Roger Meuwly, Marcel Tornare
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Patent number: 7484949Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an elongate composite element in undefined lengths, the composite element containing reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix based on a composition containing a curable resin, including a vacuum chamber, rigid-walled inlet tubing, an impregnation chamber, rigid-walled transfer tubing between the vacuum chamber and the impregnation chamber, a sizing die and, downstream of the sizing die, irradiation tubes providing radiation in the ultraviolet-visible spectrum to prepolymerize the resin.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Henri Hinc, Jean-Paul Meraldi, Antoine Virdis, Fernand Genoud
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Patent number: 7404461Abstract: An electrical power train for a vehicle, the power train comprising an electrical line (61), a fuel cell (3) connected to the electrical line (61), an electrical energy management unit (6) comprising a module controlling the fuel cell, a control device available to the driver of the vehicle for controlling deceleration of the latter, the control device being connected to the management unit, at least one electrical machine (4) connected to at least one driving wheel (40) connected to the electrical line (61) by means of an electronic module controlling the electrical machine, the electrical machine (4) being connected to a second cooling circuit (2) in which a cooling liquid circulates, independent of the first cooling circuit (1), an electrical dissipation element (8), and means for ordering the control module of the fuel battery to stop the process of producing electrical energy while connecting the said dissipation element (8) to the electrical line (61), in the event of a deceleration demand and when theType: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignees: Conception Et Developpement Michelin, S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventor: Pierre Varenne
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Patent number: 7401794Abstract: A vehicle having a suspended body (1), at least two wheels (2) each mounted on a wheel support. Each wheel support is mounted on a suspension device (5) comprising a suspension support (4) and means for guiding the wheel support relative to the suspension support. The suspension device allows a vertical displacement of the wheel support relative to the suspension support, the size of the displacement being sufficient to produce the vertical suspension movement required. At least one wheel is arranged transversely on one side of the body and at least one other wheel is arranged on the other side of the body. Each suspension support is connected to the body by a height variation mechanism (3, 7, 11, 12) which allows the relative height of the suspension support relative to the body (1) to be varied. Each height variation mechanism is actuated by height control means (15, 16, 17, 18).Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Daniel Laurent, Daniel Walser
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Patent number: 7399805Abstract: A process for the production of a vulcanized elastomer composition, said process consisting in producing an aqueous dispersion containing at least latex with a small particle size and a filler having undergone a mechanical working stage and conventional vulcanization ingredients, in drying said dispersion and then vulcanizing it in a mould under pressure without subjecting said dried aqueous dispersion to mechanical working.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Conception Et Développement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Hervé Mousty, Marcel Tornare
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Patent number: 7383903Abstract: An electric power train for a vehicle, the power train comprising an electrical line (61), an installation for producing electrical energy, the installation being connected to the electrical line (61), the installation having a first cooling circuit (1) using a cooling liquid, an electrical energy management unit (6), at least one electrical machine (4) connected to at least one driving wheel (40), connected to the electrical line (61) by means of an electronic control module for the electrical machine, the electrical machine (4) being connected to a second cooling circuit (2) in which a cooling liquid circulates, independent of the first cooling circuit (1), and an electrical dissipation element (8) being able to be electrically connected to the electrical line, wherein the electrical dissipation element (8) being immersed in the first cooling circuit (1).Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventor: Pierre Varenne
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Publication number: 20080100020Abstract: A ground contact system for a vehicle. The ground contact system comprises a wheel, a hub carrier, means for driving the wheel using at least one rotary motor secured to the hub carrier, reduction means comprising at least one gearwheel connected to the wheel and at least one pinion connected to the rotary motor, a sliding-bar suspension suspending the wheel from a support connected to the vehicle, and braking means. The braking means comprises a brake disc connected by its periphery to the wheel, and a brake calliper positioned inside the brake disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: Conception et Developpement Michelin S.A.Inventors: Rexhep Gashi, Daniel Laurent
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Patent number: 7337799Abstract: A vehicle (1) equipped with a tank (2) for storage of a fluid under pressure on the vehicle, the tank being connected to at least one vent channel (3 and 33), the vent channel leading to a discharge orifice (34), the vent channel being connected to the tank by means of at least one safety valve, wherein in that the safety valve is a thermal release valve (5), normally closed and capable of opening spontaneously under the effect of a rise in temperature, the safety valve being installed in a predefined zone of the vehicle and the discharge orifice being remote from the predefined zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignees: Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A., Paul Scherrer InstitutInventors: Antonio Delfino, Daniel Laurent, Philippe Macherel
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Publication number: 20080047609Abstract: A vehicle (1) equipped with a tank (2) for storage of a fluid under pressure on the vehicle, the tank being connected to at least one vent channel (3 and 33), the vent channel leading to a discharge orifice (34), the vent channel being connected to the tank by means of at least one safety valve, wherein in that the safety valve is a thermal release valve (5), normally closed and capable of opening spontaneously under the effect of a rise in temperature, the safety valve being installed in a predefined zone of the vehicle and the discharge orifice being remote from the predefined zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicants: CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPPEMENT MICHELIN S.A., PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTInventors: Antonio Delfino, Daniel Laurent, Philippe Macherel
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Publication number: 20080029215Abstract: Adhesive composition usable in particular as an adhesion primer, based on a polyisocyanate compound and a polyester or vinyl ester resin comprising (in particular hydroxyl) functional groups which are reactive towards isocyanate groups of said polyisocyanate, the total number of said isocyanate groups being in excess relative to the total number of said functional groups of the polyester or vinyl ester resin. The polyisocyanate compound is preferably a diisocyanate, the resin is preferably an epoxy vinyl ester resin, in particular novolac- and/or bisphenol-based. Said composition is usable, as an adhesion primer, in combination with a secondary adhesion layer preferably based on a polyvinylpyridine/stirene/butadiene elastomer and a polyester or vinyl ester resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2005Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPPEMENT MICHELIN S.A.Inventors: Antonio Delfino, Philippe Chenaux, Corinne Deforel
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Publication number: 20080005888Abstract: The stator for an electrical machine comprises a laminated magnetic circuit 1 having a plurality of teeth delimiting longitudinally oriented slots, electrically conductive wires 2 being disposed in the slots, and winding heads 3 at the ends of the stator. An outer sheath 4 forms part of the final motor. The stator includes a composition 6 for impregnating the winding heads, of which the filler has a large particle size, and a slot-impregnating composition 8, containing a filler of smaller particle size.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPPEMENT MICHELINInventors: Gerald Bourqui, Jean-Louis Linda, Roger Meuwly, Marcel Tornare
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Patent number: 7165640Abstract: Traction chain for an automobile vehicle including a wheel support (K) which supports a rotating hub designed to receive a drive wheel (W), and a rotating toothed wheel having the same rotation axis as that of the drive wheel, the toothed wheel meshing directly with the hub. At least two gear-wheels are permanently engaged with the toothed wheel and are rotated by an input shaft that is driven by an electric motor. A gear ratio change shifter mechanism is shiftable between first and second driving positions and a neutral non-driving position. In the first driving position the shifter mechanism directly connects the input shaft with one of the gear-wheels. In the second driving position the shifter mechanism indirectly connects the input shaft with the other gear-wheel through a transmission path which establishes a gear reduction ratio different from the gear ratio established by the direct connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Conception et Developpement MichelinInventors: Daniel Laurent, David Olsommer, Pierre Varenne, Pierre-Alain Magne
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Patent number: 7096985Abstract: A vehicle has an engine driving an alternator. The electrical energy supplied by the alternator feeds an electric traction motor, via a rectifier, an electric line, and an inverter. The electric traction motor is mechanically coupled to a wheel. A super-capacitor is connected to the electric line by a voltage-matching circuit. A unit for controlling the torque applied to the vehicle wheel manages the circulation of the electrical energy in the drivetrain so as always to discharge the super-capacitor as a priority, in order to be able to be ready to recover the energy at the next braking.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Conception et Developpement Michelin SAInventors: Jean-Jacques Charaudeau, Gerald Bourqui, Pierre Varenne