Patents by Inventor Alain ROCHAIS

Alain ROCHAIS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10618550
    Abstract: A power steering electrohydraulic system is provided for an electric vehicle, including: at least one reservoir of hydraulic fluid; and at least one hydraulic actuator for actuating a steering rack shaft of the vehicle; at least two electric motor pump units in parallel for supplying the actuator with hydraulic fluid from the reservoir and adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator, and each electric motor pump unit is a motor pump unit operating at a voltage of 24V. A vehicle equipped with such a system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BLUEBUS
    Inventors: Christophe Bardot, Alain Rochais
  • Publication number: 20190308522
    Abstract: A method for managing an electric or hybrid vehicle including at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage module, each storage module being arranged in order to: provide a high-voltage electrical supply signal for the drive of the vehicle, and be maintained at a temperature, called operating temperature, by a heating apparatus; said method including, before a prolonged period of non-use of the vehicle, a phase, called winterizing phase, including a step of cooling each storage module in order to reach a predetermined temperature, lower than the operating temperature. A system and a vehicle implementing such a method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe BARDOT, Alain ROCHAIS, Guillaume LESNIK, Laurent PERRIER
  • Publication number: 20190054834
    Abstract: An electric vehicle is provided, equipped with a communication network including: at least one communication bus, called main communication bus; and at least two subnetworks, each subnetwork carrying out a communication with at least two components of the vehicle; each subnetwork including a communication node connecting the subnetwork to the main bus; and the communication network includes a subnetwork dedicated to communicating with the rechargeable electrical energy storage modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe BARDOT, Alain ROCHAIS
  • Publication number: 20180244309
    Abstract: A power steering electrohydraulic system is provided for an electric vehicle, including: at least one reservoir of hydraulic fluid; and at least one hydraulic actuator for actuating a steering rack shaft of the vehicle; at least two electric motor pump units in parallel for supplying the actuator with hydraulic fluid from the reservoir and adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator, and each electric motor pump unit is a motor pump unit operating at a voltage of 24V. A vehicle equipped with such a system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Christophe BARDOT, Alain ROCHAIS