Patents Assigned to Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
  • VEHICLE TANK AND/OR FILL PIPE FOR SUCH A TANK
    Publication number: 20130284732
    Abstract: A vehicle tank and/or fill pipe for the vehicle tank, the vehicle tank and/or the fill pipe including a flexible part having an auxetic structure and/or a flexible part including helicoidal corrugations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AN SCR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130269418
    Abstract: A method for detecting whether an injector with a valve controlled by a PWM signal of an SCR system is at least partially clogged, the system including a pump, or a positive-displacement pump, driven by a motor and pressure of which is controlled by a controller that continuously measures the pressure and/or another parameter characteristic of energy transmitted by the motor to the pump. According to the method, during normal operation of the SCR system, specific portions of one of the measurements are compared with equivalent portions stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Frederic Peucat, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Joel Op De Beeck
  • LINE EQUIPPED WITH A COUPLING HAVING AN INTEGRATED HEATING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20130241192
    Abstract: A urea feed or return line (2) that comprises a hollow coupling (1) enabling it to be connected to a urea tank and that comprises a passage for the urea, this coupling being, in addition, equipped with a heating filament (9), at least one part of which extends freely inside the passage provided for the urea, this part having the shape of a loop or a spiral capable of also extending at least partly into the tank and/or into a tube attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Stephane LEONARD, Joel OP DE BEECK, Vincent POTIER
  • METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20130222008
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing an electrical circuit including at least one electrical device, an actuator for the device controlled by a high side actuating switch and a low side actuating switch, and at least one additional switch not in series with any of the HS or LS switch, the method including: to each of the possible statuses of the circuit, giving a code; sequentially putting the circuit in at least some of these statuses for a given time period; during each of these periods, measuring voltage and/or current in different parts of the circuit and giving a code to the measurement; and establishing a diagnosis of correct functioning or of a malfunctioning of at least some elements of the circuit according to a pre-established correlation between the status codes and the measurement codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Francois-Regis Lavenier, Mircea Mateica
  • Process for manufacturing a fuel tank
    Patent number: 8496867
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with a component, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, the process comprising the mounting of a component around a needle or an oblong object attached to the core, the displacement of the needle or oblong object so as to deform the parison and pierce an opening into it, the needle or oblong object carrying the component with it in order to position the component in the opening, and the withdrawal of the needle/oblong object, leaving the component lodged in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Jean-Claude Mur, David Hill
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AN SCR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130180323
    Abstract: A method for detecting whether an injector with a valve controlled by a PWM signal of an SCR system is clogged, the SCR system including a rotary positive-displacement pump driven by a motor and pressure of which is controlled by a controller that continuously measures rotational speed of the motor and pressure at an outlet of the pump. During operation of the SCR system at a given pressure: the associated average rotational speed is measured; the speed is held at the measured value; a curve of a change in pressure is compared to reference curves stored in a memory and a condition of the injector, for example whether the injector is clogged or not, is deduced therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Frederic Peucat, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Joel OP DE Beeck
  • Electronic venting and mechanical roll over valve
    Patent number: 8479763
    Abstract: A valve including a mechanical part, e.g. a float, for performing a ROV function (Roll Over Valve) and an electronic part, e.g. an electronically controlled solenoid valve, for performing a venting function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société Anonyme)
    Inventors: David Hill, Saurin Mehta, Scott McCleary, Scott Garabedian
  • Method for producing a fuel tank provided with internal accessories
    Patent number: 8475614
    Abstract: Method for producing a fuel tank provided with internal accessories and having a wall made of plastic made in a single piece by moulding a split parison or a parison in at least two parts, said method comprising the following steps: a) the parison is introduced in the heat-softened state into a mould comprising dies; b) a core on which the accessories are placed is introduced inside the parison; c) the parison is pressed onto the dies of the mould; d) the accessories are fastened to the parison with the aid of the core in an ideal layout; e) the core is withdrawn and the mould is closed; f) the tank is moulded from the parison; and g) the tank is removed from the mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Nadja Walling, Fabrice Laborde, Hervé Lemoine
  • Method and system for injecting a liquid
    Patent number: 8474244
    Abstract: Method for controlling an injector intended for injecting a pollution-control liquid additive into the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine at a flow rate governed by a given frequency and opening time of the injector, the injector having a calibration curve that establishes, at given frequency, pressure, temperature and nature of the liquid, the amount of liquid injected during an opening of the injector as a function of the duration of this opening, this curve comprising at least one linear zone (calibration line) and a non-linear zone, said method being characterized in that in the linear zone the parameters of the calibration line are used and in the non-linear zone use is made of a set opening time and a variable frequency according to at least one calibration point established for this purpose. SCR system to which this method can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Nicolas Duret, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Frederic Peucat, Claude Mesjasz
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A FUEL TANK EQUIPPED WITH A BAFFLE
    Publication number: 20130160274
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a fuel tank including a baffle, and an attachment part and an offset part, both made of an incompressible material and being of fixed size and shape, the process including: manufacturing a fuel tank including a wall; making an opening in this wall; through this opening, introducing the baffle into the tank; attaching the baffle to the wall of the tank via its attachment part. The offset and attachment parts together describe a fixed angle, the baffle has a fixed shape and when it is being introduced into the tank, the baffle is rotated to be able to pass through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pierre De Man, Manuel Bretnacher, Paul Wouters
  • PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A PLASTIC HOLLOW BODY FROM TWO SHEETS
    Publication number: 20130140730
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body by molding two sheets of molten plastic in a mold including two cavities, the process including: a) two molten plastic sheets are manufactured by extrusion of at least one stream of molten plastic and transverse cutting thereof; b) these sheets are introduced between the mold cavities; c) the mold is closed and the hollow body is manufactured by conforming the two sheets to the mold cavities; d) the hollow body thus obtained is removed from the mold; e) all of operations a) to d) are repeated to manufacture another hollow body from two new sheets; and before, during, or after the transverse cutting operation, the lower portion of the two new sheets is cooled using a specific device that makes possible a local cooling of the sheets in the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pierre-Francois Tardy, Bjorn Criel, Jean-Claude Mur, Serge Dupont, Franck Bajor
  • RESERVOIR AND TANK EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-REGULATING HEATING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20130125531
    Abstract: A reservoir for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, the reservoir including a first resistive element for heating a first part of the tank and a second resistive element for heating a second part of the tank, the second resistive element having a positive temperature coefficient. The reservoir further includes a third resistive element for heating the second part of the tank, the second resistive element and the third resistive element forming a parallel circuit, and the first resistive element being connected in series with the parallel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Jae Sik Choi
  • PROCESS FOR TRANSFERRING A LIQUID USING A PUMP
    Publication number: 20130098460
    Abstract: A process to pump liquid held in a passive tank to an active tank when the active tank has a liquid level below a set point level and when the passive tank contains liquid at a temperature above the freezing point of the liquid, the active tank including a discontinuous level gauge configured to provide at least x+1 indications of the level of liquid in tank as a function of the relative position of a moving part with respect to x set point levels, x being at least equal to 2. The process includes: reading the level indication from a level gauge; starting a pump and measuring a time during which a pump transfers liquid; stopping the pump if this time is greater than a time constant, which depends on the value of the level indication, and if a next set point level is not reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Paul Elong, Mircea Mateica
  • SYSTEM TO DETECT ANOMALOUS FLUIDS IN AN SCR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130037138
    Abstract: A system for a fluid tank for storing a urea solution in a motor vehicle, the system including a first float having a first density and a second float having a second density, the first and second floats being movably arranged on a guide in the fluid tank, the first density is less than a density of the urea solution at a reference temperature but greater than a density of water at the reference temperature, and the second density is less than the density of water at the reference temperature. The system further includes a control system configured to receive signals indicative of a level of the floats, and to generate an anomaly signal in response to detecting sinking of the first float and floatation of the second float.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Philippe Lucien Valmy Georis
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A FUEL TANK AND USE THEREOF IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130037549
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a fuel tank including a thermoplastic wall and a fibrous reinforcement on at least one portion of its outer surface, according to which: a molten thermoplastic parison is molded in a mold and is left to cool in order to obtain a wall of the tank; a fibrous reinforcement is chosen that includes a thermoplastic similar to or compatible with that of the wall of the tank and the reinforcement is heated so as to soften or even melt the thermoplastic of the reinforcement; and the reinforcement is applied to an outer surface of the tank by exerting a force that makes it possible to weld the reinforcement and the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Philippe Martin, Serge Dupont, Bjorn Criel
  • Fuel tank with improved creep resistance and method for manufacturing it
    Publication number: 20130008908
    Abstract: A fuel tank having two opposite wall portions and at least one reinforcing element connecting these two wall portions, such reinforcing element comprising at least two parts linked by at least one rotating link. A method for manufacturing such tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: David HILL, Bjorn CRIEL, Vincent CUVELIER, Scott McCleary
  • System for filling a tank
    Patent number: 8347914
    Abstract: System for filling a tank comprising a pipe head and a fill pipe extending between the pipe head and the tank. The pipe head comprises a chamber with an inlet opening that connects to the atmosphere and an outlet opening that connects to the fill pipe and a stopper being movable between open and closed positions to open or close the access to the fill pipe, the head inlet and outlet openings being sized and arranged to allow introduction of a filling nozzle into the fill pipe through the pipe head when the stopper is in its open position. The fill pipe comprises or is preceded by a local restriction designed so that the cross section of the passage for the nozzle is substantially reduced to the outer diameter of the nozzle. A degassing connection links the fill pipe and the pipe head outside of its outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Société Anonyme)
    Inventors: Hervé Runarvot, Patrick Ganachaud, Mickaël Charrier
  • METHOD FOR REGULATING A PUMP OF AN SCR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120324865
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Volodia Naydenov, Joel Op De Beeck
  • Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory
    Patent number: 8282875
    Abstract: 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 mould so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, said mould comprising cavities equipped with at least one moving part; b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison to carry out a pre-blow moulding of said parison; c) the pre-blow-moulded parison is pressed locally against the accessory using the moving part in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison; d) the mould is closed and the final blow moulding of the parison is carried out by flattening it against the mould cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Sylvain Roos, Manuel Bretnacher
  • Method for heating at least one component of an SCR system using resistive heating elements
    Patent number: 8283608
    Abstract: Method for heating at least one component of an SCR system using several resistive heating elements, according to which these heating elements are fed in parallel by a current source and according to which a current sensor is placed in series with the current source and all the resistors, which are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Volodia Naydenov, Nicolas Duret