Patents Assigned to Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société)
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Publication number: 20140132951Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring a urea solution in a tank of a motor vehicle tank. This device comprises a light source capable of emitting a light beam, a photodetector capable of detecting a portion of a light beam emitted by the light source and a part made of a material allowing the propagation of a light beam emitted by the light source. The part has moreover a surface intended to be in contact with the urea solution. The light source, the photodetector and the part are arranged in such a way that a light beam emitted by the light source is propagated by the surface of the part, by reflection or by refraction, toward the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventor: Philippe Lucien Valmy Georis
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Publication number: 20140110038Abstract: A process for manufacturing a fuel tank, including: inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; inserting a core inside the parison, the core including two parts of a reinforcing element capable of securing two different locations inside the parison; pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities; fixing the two reinforcing element parts at the two locations of the parison using the core; withdrawing the core; closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; opening the mold and extracting the tank; making an opening into the tank wall; and through the opening, putting at least a third reinforcing element part to link/connect the two first parts together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Vincent Cuvelier, David Hill
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Patent number: 8701705Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a transfer tube assembly mounted on a saddle type fuel tank. The assembly of the present invention includes: a main fuel pump allowing a fuel pump system to deliver fuel to the engine; a sender delivering residual fuel to the main fuel pump; a wire harness connecting the main module and the sender and configured to inform of a fuel amount in the sender; and a transfer tube for transferring the residual fuel in the sender to the main fuel pump. The wire harness and the transfer tube are integrally coupled and configured so that a function of the wire harness can be performed simultaneously with a function of the transfer tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventor: Seung-Ju Park
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Patent number: 8695203Abstract: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank (FT) equipped with an internal accessory, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, said process comprising the following steps: the parison is introduced into the mold cavities; the core is introduced inside the parison, the core having first been fitted with the accessory; the mold is closed so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; the parison is pressed against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; the accessory is fastened to the parison by snap riveting using a device attached to the core; the mold is opened to withdraw the core; and the final molding of the parison is carried out by blow molding and/or thermoforming.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Frederic Jannot, Bjorn Criel, Barbara Mabed, Pierre-Francois Tardy, Ralph Pohlmann
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Publication number: 20140093226Abstract: Urea tank and base plate with an integrated heating element in which the heating element comprising at least one resistive track affixed to one flexible film and/or placed between two flexible films.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Vincent Potier, Stéphane Leonard, Joël OP DE BEECK, François Dougnier, Nadia Walling, Larry Tipton, Volodia Naydenov
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Patent number: 8667783Abstract: Method for controlling the operation of a pump driven by an electric motor and controlled by a controller, according to which an electronic control module (ECM) sends, to the controller, a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control signal having a duty cycle that varies as a function of the desired operating conditions for the pump and according to which the controller acts on the electric motor to apply said operating conditions to the pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Volodia Naydenov, Joel Op De Beeck, Vincent Potier
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Patent number: 8663544Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 8658079Abstract: Process and device for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with at least one communication component, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two impressions and a core, said process comprising the pressing of the parison against the impressions and formation of a pocket in this parison, the communication component being fastened in this pocket by welding of at least one portion of its side wall to at least one portion of the side wall of the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, David Hill
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Publication number: 20140048985Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn CRIEL, Stephane LEONARD, Thierry FERRACIN, Frederic JANNOT
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Publication number: 20140034649Abstract: Method for stake-fastening an accessory (4) into a plastic fuel tank, whereby : the accessory (4) is equipped with at least one orifice (5) which passes right through the accessory (4); at least some of the plastic of which the wall of the tank (1) is made is melted; and some of the molten plastic is forced through the orifice (5) of the accessory without becoming detached from the remainder of the molten plastic; the protruding molten plastic is given an appropriate shape (8) to obtain a self-formed plastic rivet, and is left to solidify; the size and shape of the orifice (5) and/or of the solidified plastic (8) being such that the accessory (4) is mechanically fastened to the tank by at least some of the solidified plastic (8), the stake-fastening of the accessory (4) occurring at the time of manufacture of the tank (1) through the moulding of a split or at least two-part parison.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn CRIEL, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Pascal De Henau
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Publication number: 20140027959Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn CRIEL, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Publication number: 20140027958Abstract: A process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including at least one component, by molding a parison using a mold including two impressions and a core, the process including: introducing a parison into the mold impressions; introducing a core inside the parison, the core having a moving device including the at least one component closing the mold so that the impressions come into leaktight contact with the core; pressing the parison against the impressions by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the impressions; fastening the at least one component on an inner wall of the parison; opening the mold to withdraw the core; and final molding the parison by blow-molding and/or thermoforming; and to enable its fastening to the parison, the component is moved away from the core by the moving device through a combination of a rotational motion and a linear motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: David Hill, James Edward Thompson, Bjorn Criel
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Patent number: 8636943Abstract: Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory and having a plastic wall produced from a parison, said process comprising, in order, the following steps: a) the accessory and the molten parison are introduced into a mold so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, said mold comprising cavities equipped with at least one moving part; b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison to carry out a pre-blow molding of said parison; c) the pre-blow-molded parison is pressed locally against the accessory using the moving part in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison; d) the mold is closed and the final blow molding of the parison is carried out by flattening it against the mold cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mold.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Sylvain Roos, Manuel Bretnacher
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Patent number: 8631556Abstract: A process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: introducing a parison into mold cavities; introducing a core inside the parison, where the core is first fitted with a swirl pot having a housing for the pump; closing the mold so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; pressing the parison against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; fastening the swirl pot to the parison using a device attached to the core; molding the parison by blow molding and/or thermoforming; unmolding the tank, and mounting a pump in the housing of the swirl pot. The mounting of the pump is achieved by way of an intermediate part, the external shape of which is standard and complementary to that of the housing, and the internal shape of which is adapted to the pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Ralph Pohlmann, Franck Dhaussy
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Patent number: 8625978Abstract: Urea tank and base plate with an integrated heating element in which the heating element comprises at least one flexible part which is preferably a flexible heater comprising at least one resistive track affixed to one flexible film and/or placed between two flexible films.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Vincent Potier, Stéphane Leonard, Joël Op De Beeck, François Dougnier, Nadia Walling, Larry Tipton, Volodia Naydenov
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Patent number: 8615986Abstract: Process for transferring a liquid from a passive tank (1) for storing the liquid to an active tank (2) using a pump intended for pumping the liquid held in the passive tank (1) and transferring it to the active tank (2), according to which the pump is commanded so as to transfer liquid from the passive tank (1) to the active tank (2) when said active tank (2) has a liquid level below a set point level Lsp and when the passive tank (1) contains liquid at a temperature above the freezing point of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Gouriet, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Nicolas Duret
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Publication number: 20130334077Abstract: A system for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, and including a tank for storing the additive, the tank including two halve shells manufactured as two separate parts that are assembled, at least one of the shells including an active component fixed inside of it.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Joel Op De Beeck, Jae Sik Choi
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Publication number: 20130313137Abstract: A tank for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, the tank including a wall defining an internal volume, an electrical component located in the internal volume, and at least one electric cable configured to connect the electrical component to a voltage source outside the tank, at least one portion of the electric cable being inserted into an intermediate part connected to a base plate mounted over an opening in the wall, the base plate incorporating a casing mounted leaktight around an orifice in the base plate. The intermediate part is fastened by a quick-connect coupling including an electrical connector to which the electric cable is connected leaktight with aid of a seal and that emerges from the orifice in the base plate to outside the tank. The seal is inserted between the intermediate part and the connector and/or into a housing of the intermediate part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Dominique Madoux, Stephane Leonard, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Patent number: 8591798Abstract: Method for stake-fastening an accessory (4) into a plastic fuel tank, whereby:—the accessory (4) is equipped with at least one orifice (5) which passes right through the accessory (4); —at least some of the plastic of which the wall of the tank (1) is made is melted; and—some of the molten plastic is forced through the orifice (5) of the accessory without becoming detached from the remainder of the molten plastic; —the protruding molten plastic is given an appropriate shape (8) to obtain a self-formed plastic rivet, and is left to solidify; the size and shape of the orifice (5) and/or of the solidified plastic (8) being such that the accessory (4) is mechanically fastened to the tank by at least some of the solidified plastic (8), the stake-fastening of the accessory (4) occurring at the time of manufacture of the tank (1) through the moulding of a split or at least two-part parison.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Pascal De Henau
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Patent number: 8590374Abstract: Method for mounting a capacitive level sensor inside a liquid tank having a bottom wall, the sensor having a foot and a measuring portion comprising at least one capacitive element supported by a rigid support extending from said foot, wherein the foot is fixedly secured to the bottom wall of the tank through a retainer, and according to which the rigid support forms an angle with the foot so that the length of the measuring portion of the sensor is higher than the height of the tank in the portion where the foot is located.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société Anonyme)Inventors: James Edward Thompson, Russell Sarquis, Damon Upton