Patents by Inventor Benoit Janier
Benoit Janier 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).
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Patent number: 10259286Abstract: A device that controls a temperature of a battery onboard a motor vehicle includes an air-conditioning circuit of the motor vehicle in which circulates, as a first heat-transfer fluid, an air-conditioning fluid. The air-conditioning circuit includes at least one evaporator for direct transfer of heat emitted by the battery to the air-conditioning fluid and a compressor to increase a pressure and a temperature of the air-conditioning fluid. The device also includes a cooling circuit in which circulates, as a second heat-transfer fluid, a cooling fluid. The cooling circuit includes at least one first heat source to heat the cooling fluid and at least one main radiator to cool the cooling fluid that can be short-circuited. The cooling circuit also includes a battery radiator to directly transfer heat conveyed by the hot cooling fluid to the battery when the main radiator of the cooling circuit is short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Benoit Janier, Pascal David
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Patent number: 10245938Abstract: An air guide is assembled on a structural component of a motor vehicle by at least two fasteners that each include a first component and a second component. The fasteners project laterally from a frame defined by lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction. The first component is joined to the air guide by a retainer that breaks following an impact directed substantially parallel to the fastening direction. Lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second components. Each guide part guides a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retainer of the first component working together with the second component, the breakage resulting in movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Joseph Bui, Benoit Janier, Gilles Dauboin, Stephane Grevet
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Publication number: 20190047403Abstract: An air guide is assembled on a structural component of a motor vehicle by at least two fasteners that each include a first component and a second component. The fasteners project laterally from a frame defined by lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction. The first component is joined to the air guide by a retainer that breaks following an impact directed substantially parallel to the fastening direction. Lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second components. Each guide part guides a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retainer of the first component working together with the second component, the breakage resulting in movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
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Patent number: 10094434Abstract: A device for hydraulic control of a clutch for a motor vehicle, including a master cylinder controlled by a clutch pedal, a mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid, a receiving cylinder for actuation of the clutch, the master cylinder linked to the receiver cylinder by a hydraulic pipe, the cylinder for actuation of the clutch being positioned in a rear of the vehicle and the pedal and the master cylinder being placed at a front of the vehicle, the hydraulic pipe linking the front and rear of the vehicle including a plurality of pipe offset devices along its length to encourage return of air bubbles to the mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: RENAULT S .A. S.Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
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Publication number: 20170305262Abstract: An air guide is assembled on a structural component of a motor vehicle by at least two fasteners that each include a first component and a second component. The fasteners project laterally from a frame defined by lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction. The first component is joined to the air guide by a retainer that breaks following an impact directed substantially parallel to the fastening direction. Lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second components. Each guide part guides a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retainer of the first component working together with the second component, the breakage resulting in movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
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Publication number: 20170282676Abstract: A device that controls a temperature of a battery onboard a motor vehicle includes an air-conditioning circuit of the motor vehicle in which circulates, as a first heat-transfer fluid, an air-conditioning fluid. The air-conditioning circuit includes at least one evaporator for direct transfer of heat emitted by the battery to the air-conditioning fluid and a compressor to increase a pressure and a temperature of the air-conditioning fluid. The device also includes a cooling circuit in which circulates, as a second heat-transfer fluid, a cooling fluid. The cooling circuit includes at least one first heat source to heat the cooling fluid and at least one main radiator to cool the cooling fluid that can be short-circuited. The cooling circuit also includes a battery radiator to directly transfer heat conveyed by the hot cooling fluid to the battery when the main radiator of the cooling circuit is short-circuited.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Benoit JANIER, Pascal DAVID
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Publication number: 20170096059Abstract: An air guide is assembled on a structural component of a motor vehicle by at least two fasteners that each include a first component and a second component. The fasteners project laterally from a frame defined by lateral edges of the structural component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fastening direction. The first component is joined to the air guide by a retainer that breaks following an impact directed substantially parallel to the fastening direction. Lateral edges of the air guide exhibit guide parts situated substantially opposite second components. Each guide part guides a lateral edge of the structural component supporting a second component inside the air guide following a breakage of the retainer of the first component working together with the second component, the breakage resulting in movement of the air guide towards the structural component in a direction substantially parallel to the fastening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
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Patent number: 9604538Abstract: A vehicle including an engine at a rear, and a clutch system including a hydraulic conduit passing below the vehicle and connecting a master cylinder placed at the front of the vehicle and a slave cylinder located at the rear thereof. The hydraulic conduit is positioned in a vicinity of a pre-existing heat source in the vehicle, to be heated by the heat source.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
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Publication number: 20160252145Abstract: A device for hydraulic control of a clutch for a motor vehicle, including a master cylinder controlled by a clutch pedal, a mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid, a receiving cylinder for actuation of the clutch, the master cylinder linked to the receiver cylinder by a hydraulic pipe, the cylinder for actuation of the clutch being positioned in a rear of the vehicle and the pedal and the master cylinder being placed at a front of the vehicle, the hydraulic pipe linking the front and rear of the vehicle including a plurality of pipe offset devices along its length to encourage return of air bubbles to the mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Benoit JANIER, Vincent BLONDEAU
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Publication number: 20150165902Abstract: A vehicle including an engine at a rear, and a clutch system including a hydraulic conduit passing below the vehicle and connecting a master cylinder placed at the front of the vehicle and a slave cylinder located at the rear thereof. The hydraulic conduit is positioned in a vicinity of a pre-existing heat source in the vehicle, to be heated by the heat source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
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Patent number: 8695543Abstract: A unit for cooling an internal combustion engine, including: a crankcase exchanger configured to allow for a flow of a crankcase coolant, a main radiator, an additional radiator, and a cooling circuit configured to convey the coolant between the exchanger of the crankcase and the radiators. The unit includes a burnt gas exchanger including a burnt gas pipe and a coolant pipe, the burnt gas exchanger configured to convey the coolant and to perform a heat exchange between the burnt gases and the coolant. In addition, the cooling circuit is configured to convey the coolant between the burnt gas exchanger and the main and additional radiators.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Guillaume Adam, Christophe Aymard, Vincent Desfeux, Benoit Janier, Pascual Lopez Oliva
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Publication number: 20110174243Abstract: A unit for cooling an internal combustion engine, including: a crankcase exchanger configured to allow for a flow of a crankcase coolant, a main radiator, an additional radiator, and a cooling circuit configured to convey the coolant between the exchanger of the crankcase and the radiators. The unit includes a burnt gas exchanger including a burnt gas pipe and a coolant pipe, the burnt gas exchanger configured to convey the coolant and to perform a heat exchange between the burnt gases and the coolant. In addition, the cooling circuit is configured to convey the coolant between the burnt gas exchanger and the main and additional radiators.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Guillaume Adam, Christophe Aymard, Vincent Desfeux, Benoit Janier, Pascual Lopez Oliva