Patents by Inventor Arnaud ESCOFFIER

Arnaud ESCOFFIER 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: 10723208
    Abstract: A tailgate for a vehicle including an inner panel and an outer panel. The outer panel includes an appearance wall and an edge wall adjacent to the appearance wall and taking part in delimiting a housing for receiving an optical unit. The outer panel further includes a bridge wall, located on the inside face of the outer panel, forming a bridge between the edge wall and the appearance wall and serving as a part of a bonding interface between the outer panel and the inner panel. A process for molding the outer panel for the tailgate for a vehicle, wherein a movable slider is built and used in a mold to create a naturally non-demoldable hollow cavity delimited by the appearance wall, the edge wall and the bridge wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Arnaud Escoffier, Richard Bailey
  • Patent number: 10604198
    Abstract: Motor vehicle spoiler intended to be positioned in a region of a rear edge of a roof above a rear screen, the spoiler including an upper face substantially aligned with an imaginary continuation of a stream line of the roof, and at least one through-opening that opens above a region of the rear screen, the opening being equipped with at least one internal wall designed to channel a stream of air coming from the roof over the region through the opening, characterized in that the wall is mounted with the ability to move with respect to the spoiler so as to be able to open towards the rear screen to channel the air stream over the region and so as to be able to close off the opening in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Arnaud Escoffier, Bertrand Hache, Philippe Coudron, Pascal Depardon, Pascal Barbier
  • Publication number: 20190023108
    Abstract: A tailgate for a vehicle including an inner panel and an outer panel. The outer panel includes an appearance wall and an edge wall adjacent to the appearance wall and taking part in delimiting a housing for receiving an optical unit. The outer panel further includes a bridge wall, located on the inside face of the outer panel, forming a bridge between the edge wall and the appearance wall and serving as a part of a bonding interface between the outer panel and the inner panel. A process for molding the outer panel for the tailgate for a vehicle, wherein a movable slider is built and used in a mold to create a naturally non-demoldable hollow cavity delimited by the appearance wall, the edge wall and the bridge wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Arnaud Escoffier, Richard Bailey
  • Publication number: 20190009709
    Abstract: A motor vehicle exterior part including an illuminating fabric and a support for receiving the illuminating fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Arnaud Escoffier, Gilles Vilquin
  • Publication number: 20180251166
    Abstract: Motor vehicle spoiler intended to be positioned in a region of a rear edge of a roof above a rear screen, the spoiler including an upper face substantially aligned with an imaginary continuation of a stream line of the roof, and at least one through-opening that opens above a region of the rear screen, the opening being equipped with at least one internal wall designed to channel a stream of air coming from the roof over the region through the opening, characterized in that the wall is mounted with the ability to move with respect to the spoiler so as to be able to open towards the rear screen to channel the air stream over the region and so as to be able to close off the opening in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Arnaud Escoffier, Bertrand Hache, Philippe Coudron, Pascal Depardon, Pascal Barbier
  • Publication number: 20170361781
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a motor vehicle part, wherein the part is produced by molding a filled thermoplastic material, the part thus molded is subsequently reinforced by positioning locally and at the surface of the part at least one reinforcing element including strips of unidirectional continuous fibers, the strips being deposited non-continuously on the part in at least one stress concentration zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventors: Issam KHAYAT, Jean-Francois PRAT, David TRESSE, Arnaud ESCOFFIER