Patents by Inventor Arnaud Duval

Arnaud Duval 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).

  • Publication number: 20160375836
    Abstract: An object holder assembly in a vehicle that includes a floor having an upper face intended to support at least one object and at least one trunk separator having a base able to be applied on the floor and a separating partition. The separator includes a fastening device having an active configuration in which the fastening device is able to fasten the base on the floor when the base is in contact with the upper face of the floor and a released configuration of the separator, and a control member for the fastening device, able to be actuated between a locking position, in which the control member activates the fastening device, and an unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Xavier BATHELIER, Arnaud DUVAL, Markus UHLIG
  • Patent number: 9133615
    Abstract: This assembly includes an elastic and porous base spring layer intended to be placed facing a surface, in particular of an automobile vehicle, and an intermediate insulation layer impervious to the passage of air, the intermediate layer being positioned on the base spring layer. The airproof intermediate layer has a surface mass density of less than 500 g/m2, the sound proofing assembly including a porous stiffening layer, positioned in contact with the impervious intermediate layer. The porous stiffening layer has a smaller thickness than the thickness of the base spring layer and a flexural stiffness, reduced to a unit width, of more than 0.01 N.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Lars Bischoff, Arnaud Duval
  • Publication number: 20140332313
    Abstract: This assembly includes an elastic and porous base spring layer intended to be placed facing a surface, in particular of an automobile vehicle, and an intermediate insulation layer impervious to the passage of air, the intermediate layer being positioned on the base spring layer. The airproof intermediate layer has a surface mass density of less than 500 g/m2, the sound proofing assembly including a porous stiffening layer, positioned in contact with the impervious intermediate layer. The porous stiffening layer has a smaller thickness than the thickness of the base spring layer and a flexural stiffness, reduced to a unit width, of more than 0.01 N·m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Lars Bischoff, Arnaud Duval
  • Publication number: 20140287216
    Abstract: The inventive method includes the following steps: bringing a plurality of disjointed ribbons (32) of fibers into parallel, at least one ribbon (32) containing long natural fibers; dispersing the adjacent ribbons (32) through a field of tips (60) to form a strip (62) of parallel fibers; tensioning and stretching the strip (62) in the field of tips (60) parallel to an axis of travel (B-B?); binding the fibers of the stretched strip (62) to form the web (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Faurecia Automotive Industrie
    Inventors: Jacques Decorme, Arnaud Duval, Eric Vanfleteren, François Vanfleteren
  • Patent number: 8695757
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a base spring layer made with a base of a resilient porous material, and the base spring layer being intended to be placed opposite a surface of the automobile. It comprises a stiffening layer arranged above the base spring layer and having a surface density greater than 250 g/m2 and at least one resilient porous upper layer arranged on the stiffening layer. The stiffening layer is made with a base of a dense porous material having a resistance to air flow strictly greater than 2000 N·m?3·s. The assembly advantageously has an upper resistive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Industrie
    Inventors: Arnaud Duval, Lars Bischoff, Jean-Francois Rondeau
  • Publication number: 20140037927
    Abstract: This component comprises a first mat of felt and a second mat of felt, each felt mat comprising fibers and a resin binding the fibers. It comprises a spacer interposed between the first mat and the second mat, the first mat and the second mat being fixed to opposite faces of the spacer. At least one of the first mat and the second mat comprises at least 50 wt % of wood fibers bound together by the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Steve Jeunesse, Jacques Decorme, Arnaud Duval
  • Publication number: 20120037447
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a base spring layer made with a base of a resilient porous material, and the base spring layer being intended to be placed opposite a surface of the automobile. It comprises a stiffening layer arranged above the base spring layer and having a surface density greater than 250 g/m2 and at least one resilient porous upper layer arranged on the stiffening layer. The stiffening layer is made with a base of a dense porous material having a resistance to air flow strictly greater than 2000 N.m?3.s. The assembly advantageously has an upper resistive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Arnaud Duval, Lars Bischoff, Jean-Francois Rondeau
  • Patent number: 7789197
    Abstract: A soundproofing assembly includes stacked layers in the form of a first set of layers (36) having good resistance to the passage of air, and a second set of layers (24) with mass-spring function including a layer (28) having a heavy viscoelastic mass and a spring type layer (26); the first set of layers includes a layer (36) of a foam with open cells of high porosity, high tortuosity and good resistance to the passage of air, the layer (36) having, owing to its high tortuosity, excellent sonic absorption properties at medium and high frequencies. The invention is useful for soundproofing motor car passenger compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Industrie
    Inventors: Arnaud Duval, Valérie Marcel, Jean-François Rondeau, Patrice Charbonnier
  • Publication number: 20100006372
    Abstract: A sound-insulation component for a rigid structural member, of the type including a mass-spring system (12) includes at least one layer of a heavy mass (16) and one layer defining a spring (14), and a sound absorption system (18) with two layers having different air-flow resistances. The structural member is a metal sheet, the mass-spring system (12) is provided on one side of the rigid structural member (10), and the sound absorption system (18) is provided on the other side of the rigid structural member (10). The first layer (22) among the two layers of the sound absorption system (18) consists of a non-woven fabric having an adjustable air-flow resistance. Application in the sound insulation of automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Lars Bischoff, Arnaud Duval
  • Publication number: 20080196971
    Abstract: A soundproofing assembly includes stacked layers in the form of a first set of layers (36) having good resistance to the passage of air, and a second set of layers (24) with mass-spring function including a layer (28) having a heavy viscoelastic mass and a spring type layer (26); the first set of layers includes a layer (36) of a foam with open cells of high porosity, high tortuosity and good resistance to the passage of air, the layer (36) having, owing to its high tortuosity, excellent sonic absorption properties at medium and high frequencies. The invention is useful for soundproofing motor car passenger compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Patrice Charbonnier, Arnaud Duval, Valerie Marcel, Jean-Francois Rondeau
  • Patent number: 7201253
    Abstract: A soundproofing assembly intended, in particular, to soundproof a motor vehicle. The inventive assembly includes four stacked layers, consisting respectively of: a first layer having an air resistance of between 500 and 2,000 N·m?3.s; a second porous, acoustic spring-type layer having a resistivity of between 10,000 N·m?4.s and 50,000 N·m?4.s; a third viscoelastic, airtight, heavy mass-type layer having a density that is greater than or equal to 1,500 Kg/m3 and a surface density of between 0.2 Kg/m2 and 9 Kg/m2; and a fourth porous, acoustic spring-type layer having a resistivity of between 10,000 N·m?4.s and 50,000 N·m?4.s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Industrie
    Inventors: Arnaud Duval, Guillaume Deshayes
  • Publication number: 20050103564
    Abstract: A soundproofing assembly intended, in particular, to soundproof a motor vehicle. The inventive assembly includes four stacked layers, consisting respectively of: a first layer having an air resistance of between 500 and 2,000 N·m?3.s; a second porous, acoustic spring-type layer having a resistivity of between 10,000 N·m?4.s and 50,000 N·m?4.s; a third viscoelastic, airtight, heavy mass-type layer having a density that is greater than or equal to 1,500 Kg/m3 and a surface density of between 0.2 Kg/m2 and 9 Kg/m2; and a fourth porous, acoustic spring-type layer having a resistivity of between 10,000 N·m?4.s and 50,000 N·m?4.s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Arnaud Duval, Guillaume Deshayes
  • Patent number: D637919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Bertolucci SA
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval
  • Patent number: D749433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sevenfriday AG
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval
  • Patent number: D761668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sevenfriday AG
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval
  • Patent number: D773317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval
  • Patent number: D781572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval