Patents Assigned to Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
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Patent number: 9205377Abstract: SCR system comprising a tank for storing an additive, an injector, a pump for conveying the additive from the tank to the injector via an injection line, a primary filter located on the injection line between the tank and the pump and a secondary filter also located on the injection line but between the pump and the injector, said system further comprising a particle trap located between both filters.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventor: Larry Tipton
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Publication number: 20150345355Abstract: A method and system for purifying exhaust gases of a combustion engine or an SCR method for purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, according to which ammonia gas is exclusively metered in the exhaust gases. The method includes: releasing ammonia gas from at least one solid absorbing matrix where it is stored by sorption; metering the released ammonia gas in the exhaust gases; regenerating the solid absorbing matrix including: generating a refilling ammonia gas by chemically decomposing an ammonia precursor in a biochemical decomposition unit mounted on board the vehicle and storing at least one protein component adapted to decompose the ammonia precursor; directing the refilling ammonia gas to the solid absorbing matrix where it is stored thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Francois DOUGNIER, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Dominique MADOUX, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20150345455Abstract: A vehicular liquid containment system including a tank, a pump arranged to pump a liquid from the tank to a vehicular system via a feed line, a pressure sensor arranged to detect a pressure in a vapor dome inside the tank, and a sprayer arranged within a branch of the feed line, the outlet of the sprayer being arranged inside the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Josh BUTLER, David HILL, Bjorn CRIEL
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Publication number: 20150345429Abstract: A method and system for generating power on board a vehicle. The method includes: generating a gas by chemically decomposing an ammonia precursor in a biochemical decomposition unit mounted on board the vehicle and storing at least one protein component adapted to decompose the ammonia precursor; converting the gas into power in at least one power generator mounted on board the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Francois DOUGNIER, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Dominique MADOUX, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20150336322Abstract: It is proposed a process for fastening an accessory to the interior of a blow-molded tank, the tank having a plastic wall produced from a parison, the accessory comprising a body having at least one attaching portion projecting radially from the body. The process comprises the steps of: a) introducing the accessory and the parison in a molten state into a mould so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, the mould comprising cavities, at least one cavity being equipped with at least one movable insert configured to fold locally some of the molten parison on the attaching portion; b) contacting the parison with the attaching portion; c) moving forward the insert and folding locally some of the molten parison on the attaching portion; d) closing the mould by moving the mould cavities to a final closing position and inflating the parison to form the blow-molded tank; e) moving backwards the insert; and f) opening the mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jean-Francois COING, Pierre Lacome
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Publication number: 20150314516Abstract: A method of manufacturing fuel tanks made of polymer material using a blow molding technique, the method including: offering up at least one sheet form extrudate between two opposing cavities of an open mold with an impression that corresponds to a shape of a tank that is to manufactured; then bringing the two cavities together until the mold is closed; as the two cavities are being moved closer together and before the extrudate comes into contact with one of them, injecting a first fluid between the extrudate and at least one cavity; injecting a second fluid on the opposite side of the extrudate from each cavity, to press it firmly against the wall of the cavity; removing the first fluid present between the cavity and the extrudate before end of injection of the second fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME)Inventors: Eric BOUCAUX, Seiji KOSAKO
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Publication number: 20150314677Abstract: A filler neck assembly including a main channel for supplying a liquid into a tank and an auxiliary channel for evacuating gas from the tank. The main channel includes a tubular main body including a first end receiving a filler spout and a second end discharging the liquid into the tank. The auxiliary channel includes a first section and a second section, the first section being a channel integrally molded with the tubular main body, and the second section being formed by a feature on an exterior of the main body cooperating with a separately formed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Neill Patrick BOOTH, Damon UPTON
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Patent number: 9175677Abstract: A method for regulating a motor-driven pump of an SCR system, the pump delivering a pressure, being subjected to a hydraulic torque in relation to this pressure and also to a resistive torque and being driven by an electric motor including coils supplied with a current and developing a torque in relation to this current, according to which to regulate the pump, use is made of a mechanism to measure the current in the coils of the motor, of a regulator of overall current consumed by the motor, and of a model of the relation between the current and the pressure using an estimate of part of the resistive torque, namely the dry frictions, obtained by rotating the pump under no-load conditions at different speeds and by measuring the associated current.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Volodia Naydenov, Joel Op De Beeck
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Patent number: 9168830Abstract: Plastic fuel tank comprising a noise reduction baffle and interference sections for suppressing tank deformation in the case of application of negative pressure to said tank, the interference sections projecting inward in the tank from an upper surface and a lower surface thereof respectively, and being disposed so as to be substantially opposed with a specified interval between them, one of these sections being part of a fixation device which secures the baffle to the tank wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventor: Se-Hyung Park
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Patent number: 9162390Abstract: Process for fastening an accessory to a hollow body obtained by molding a molten plastic parison, this fastening taking place by snap-riveting with the aid of a tool during the actual molding of the parison, according to which, before carrying out the snap-riveting, the parison is locally deformed so as to surround the snap-riveting zone with a dome, the snap-riveting zone being also in relief (hollow) compared to the rest of the accessory.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Frederic Jannot, Bjorn Criel, Pierre-Francois Tardy, Ralph Pohlmann
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Publication number: 20150291025Abstract: The invention relates to a tank (1) for storing a liquid, comprising a wall (10) made of plastic and a device for stopping the filling of said tank (1) with a liquid at a maximum fill level, this device extending inside the tank (1) and comprising at least one opening (71) of which the position inside the tank (1) fixes the said maximum fill level. The device that stops the filling of this tank (1) comprises a first part formed with the wall (10) and a second part which is fixed hermetically to the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Franck DHAUSSY, Gwereg Paolini
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Publication number: 20150292385Abstract: A method for managing operation of a component of a system for storing and injecting an additive into exhaust gases of a combustion engine. The system includes a container for storing the additive and the method includes: obtaining an instantaneous measurement of concentration of additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of alkalinity of the additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of the temperature inside the container, by one or a plurality of measurement sensors mounted inside the container; determining reducing power of the additive based on the instantaneous measurement of concentration of additive and/or an instantaneous measurement of the alkalinity of the additive and/or temperature inside the container; generating a control signal, based on the defined reducing power; transmitting the generated control signal to the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Paul Wouters, Stephane Leonard, Frederic Jannot, Francois Dougnier, Romain Herdier
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Publication number: 20150275924Abstract: A vehicle supply system including a reservoir for storing a fluid; and a supply circuit arranged for being in fluid communication with the reservoir. The supply circuit is such that it includes a thermo-hydraulic section configured for generating a temperature difference between a first portion and a second portion of the thermo-hydraulic section, the temperature difference being capable of causing evaporation in the first portion and of causing condensation in the second portion such that an oscillating flow is generated between the first portion and the second portion. The supply circuit is such that it is configured for using the oscillating flow for sucking fluid from the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Pierre DE MAN, Francois Dougnier, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
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Patent number: 9079490Abstract: Method for fastening an accessory to a wall of a plastic fuel tank, this fastening taking place by snap-riveting using a tool at the same time as the tank is manufactured by molding, the accessory being, for this purpose, provided at at least one of its fastening points with an orifice through which the snap-riveting is carried out. According to the invention, a concave relief at least partially surrounds this orifice, the relief having a size and shape suitable for being able to cooperate with an excrescence of the tool during the snap-riveting.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Hervé Lemoine, Frédéric Jannot
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Publication number: 20150192064Abstract: A method for controlling depressurization of a fuel system mounted on board of a vehicle including a vehicle impact sensor, the method including: detecting, using the vehicle impact sensor, whether an impact on the vehicle is present; and when the impact on the vehicle is detected, using a controller for generating at least one signal for controlling an opening of at least one valve disposed in the fuel system, to release internal pressure of the fuel system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventor: Bjorn Criel
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Publication number: 20150185101Abstract: A device for measuring a pressure of a gas in a pollution control or energy storage system, including: a housing including an inlet and an outlet; a compound disposed inside the housing and configured to absorb at least one portion of gas entering the housing through the inlet, the non-absorbed portion of gas exiting the housing via the outlet; at least one sensor configured to measure a temperature of the compound; a processing unit configured to determine the pressure of the gas by using the temperature measurement from the sensor and a predefined pressure/temperature ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi
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Patent number: 9061580Abstract: A hollow body (1) comprises an accessory module (2) fastened to the wall (13) thereof by being inserted by sliding into a slide (12) formed in said wall. The module (2) comprises a housing (20) and two flat and flexible wings (23) that extend from the housing in opposite directions, the distant edges (24) of said wings extending substantially parallel and being inserted respectively into the opposite grooves (14) of the slide, and the module also comprises at least one flexible fin (25) that extends from the housing, said fin (25) being shaped so that it is bent elastically during the sliding insertion of the module (2) into the slide (12) and so that its end (26) is facing a stop member (151) of the slide when the fin is not bent and is situated beyond the end of said slide in the direction of sliding.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Stéphane Philippe Pascal Gardien, Nicolas Le Clec'h, Laurent Guyotte
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Publication number: 20150160078Abstract: A method for diagnosing a system for storing a gas, the gas being stored by sorption on a compound, the system being mounted onboard a vehicle and including a tank configured to contain the compound and a control device configured to control a heating device to increase a temperature of the compound to release the gas. The control device obtains a set of information including at least one measurement of the temperature of the system, then carries out an estimation of the gas pressure in the system by using a predetermined kinetic model of desorption of the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi
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Patent number: 9051864Abstract: A system and a process for storing an additive solution and injecting it into the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The system comprises at least one tank for storing the additive, one pump equipped with an inlet and an outlet and that is capable of generating a direct flow (in injection mode) or a reverse flow (in drawing off mode), at least two additive solution suction points, and an injector, wherein a first suction point is connected to the pump inlet and is only active when the pump operates in injection mode, and wherein the second suction point is connected to the pump outlet and is only active when the pump operates in drawing off mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme)Inventors: Stephane Leonard, Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana, Jean-Baptiste Gouriet, Dominique Madoux, Claude Mesjasz, Philippe Marechal, Volodia Naydenov, Jean-Christophe Lemaire
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Publication number: 20150118132Abstract: An SCR method for purifying the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, according to which ammonia gas is exclusively metered in the exhaust gases, the method comprising a step of releasing ammonia gas from at least one solid absorbing matrix where it is stored by sorption and a step of metering the released ammonia gas in the exhaust gases. The method is such that it comprises a step of regenerating the solid absorbing matrix that consists in: generating a refilling ammonia gas by thermally decomposing an ammonia precursor in a heater mounted on board the vehicle; directing the refilling ammonia gas to the solid absorbing matrix where it is stored thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Francois Dougnier, Dominique Madoux, Jules Joseph Van Schaftingen, Paul Wouters