Patents by Inventor Benoit THUILOT

Benoit THUILOT 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).

  • Method for reducing the risk of rollover of an automotive vehicle provided with a controllable suspension system
    Patent number: 9849747
    Abstract: A method for reducing the rollover risk of an automotive vehicle includes: a first step of calculating, on the basis of a plurality of signals delivered by sensors (28, 29) of the controllable suspension system, a measured quantity (TCm) as an active value (TC) of a load transfer; a second step of calculating an estimated quantity (TCe), on the basis of signals delivered by kinematic sensors (50-58) placed onboard the vehicle and a dynamic model of the vehicle, the estimated quantity being taken as an active value of the load transfer when the measured quantity is not available; a step of evaluating the rollover risk on the basis of the active value (TC) of the load transfer; and, in the event of increased rollover risk; and a step of the emission of a safety signal (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL—CLERMONT II, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET L'AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Roland Lenain, Nicolas Bouton, Mathieu Richier, Dieumet Denis, Benoit Thuilot
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF ROLLOVER OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH A CONTROLLABLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160046167
    Abstract: A method for reducing the rollover risk of an automotive vehicle includes: a first step of calculating, on the basis of a plurality of signals delivered by sensors (28, 29) of the controllable suspension system, a measured quantity (TCm) as an active value (TC) of a load transfer; a second step of calculating an estimated quantity (TCe), on the basis of signals delivered by kinematic sensors (50-58) placed onboard the vehicle and a dynamic model of the vehicle, the estimated quantity being taken as an active value of the load transfer when the measured quantity is not available; a step of evaluating the rollover risk on the basis of the active value (TC) of the load transfer; and, in the event of increased rollover risk; and a step of the emission of a safety signal (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Roland LENAIN, Nicolas BOUTON, Mathieu RICHIER, Denis DIEUMET, Benoit THUILOT