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).

  • Patent number: 10259286
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Pascal David
  • Patent number: 10245938
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Joseph Bui, Benoit Janier, Gilles Dauboin, Stephane Grevet
  • Publication number: 20190047403
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
  • Patent number: 10094434
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT S .A. S.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
  • Publication number: 20170305262
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
  • Publication number: 20170282676
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Benoit JANIER, Pascal DAVID
  • Publication number: 20170096059
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Joseph BUI, Benoit JANIER, Gilles DAUBOIN, Stephane GREVET
  • Patent number: 9604538
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
  • Publication number: 20160252145
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Benoit JANIER, Vincent BLONDEAU
  • Publication number: 20150165902
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
  • Patent number: 8695543
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Guillaume Adam, Christophe Aymard, Vincent Desfeux, Benoit Janier, Pascual Lopez Oliva
  • Publication number: 20110174243
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Guillaume Adam, Christophe Aymard, Vincent Desfeux, Benoit Janier, Pascual Lopez Oliva