Patents by Inventor Bertrand NICOLAS

Bertrand NICOLAS 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: 20250074135
    Abstract: A method for controlling a system for air conditioning and/or heating, the system including a loop for the circulation of a refrigerant, with a first heat exchanger between the refrigerant and the inside air stream, a second heat exchanger between the refrigerant and the inside air stream or a heat transfer fluid, the method including selecting a mode for dehumidifying the inside air stream from a plurality of dehumidification modes, the selecting being implemented on the basis of maps, produced in advance, of at least humidity control parameters, selected from an actual temperature of the inside air stream upstream of the first heat exchanger, a temperature setpoint downstream of the second heat exchanger, a temperature setpoint downstream of the first exchanger, a flow rate of the inside air stream through the first exchanger, an ambient temperature of the air and/or a humidity of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Jinming LIU, Mohamed YAHIA, Roland AKIKI, Bertrand NICOLAS, Stefan KARL, Muriel PORTO
  • Patent number: 12194813
    Abstract: A temperature management system for a vehicle is disclosed. The temperature management system includes a refrigerant circuit and a heat transfer fluid loop. The refrigerant circuit includes a compression device, an expansion member, a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow external to a vehicle interior, a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid circulating in the loop, and a fourth heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow inside the vehicle interior. The heat transfer fluid loop includes, on a main line, the second heat exchanger and a primary radiator configured to exchange heat between the air flow external to the vehicle interior and the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Stefan Karl, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20240375483
    Abstract: A thermal management device for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management device includes a reversible circulation circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant fluid. The reversible circulation circuit includes a main loop, a first bypass branch, and a second bypass branch. The main loop includes, in the direction of circulation of the refrigerant fluid, a compressor, an internal heat exchanger configured to directly or indirectly heat a flow of internal air en route to the vehicle interior, a first expansion device, and a first heat exchanger. The first bypass branch includes a second expansion device disposed upstream of a cooler. The cooler is configured to cool the batteries and/or the electric powertrain of the motor vehicle. The first bypass branch is connected in parallel at least with the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas, Stefan Karl
  • Patent number: 12115838
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for managing a thermal management device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: —increasing the speed of rotation of the compressor (3) to its maximum speed, —determining a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3) of the third element (300) greater than the first setpoint temperature (T15-sp1), so that the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) tends towards its setpoint temperature (T11-sp), —adjusting the opening diameter of the second expansion device (13) so that the temperature of the third element (300) at the outlet of the second evaporator (15) reaches a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3), until the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) reaches the setpoint temperature (T11-sp). The invention further relates to the thermal management device (1) for implementing said management method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Jin-Ming Liu, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20240253831
    Abstract: A hydrogen producing cube for refilling a hydrogen cylinder comprising a hydrogen cylinder holder, a compressor unit, an electrolyzer unit, and a liquefier unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Taras Elie WANKEWYCZ, Mark David SHUCK, Bertrand Nicolas Marie Christian GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 12023994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible air-conditioning circuit (1) comprising: • a main loop (A) comprising a compressor (3) and a water condenser (5) jointly connected to an auxiliary circuit, a first expansion device (7), an external evaporator-condenser (9), a second expansion device (15), and an evaporator (17), • a first bypass branch (B) comprising an internal condenser (13), the first bypass branch (B) connecting a first junction point (31) arranged downstream from the water condenser (5) to a second junction point (32) arranged upstream from the second expansion device (15), • a second bypass branch (C) connecting a third junction point (33) arranged downstream from the external evaporator-condenser (9) to a fourth junction point (34) arranged downstream from the evaporator (17), and • a third bypass branch (D) connecting a fifth junction point (35) arranged downstream from the third junction point (33) to a sixth junction point (36) arranged downstream from the first junction point (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20240181847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning system including a heat-transfer circuit, a refrigerant circuit including successively: a compressor, a first bi-fluid exchanger and a second bi-fluid exchanger arranged jointly on the refrigerant circuit and on a main loop of the heat-transfer circuit, a first expansion valve, a third bi-fluid exchanger arranged jointly on the refrigerant circuit and on a secondary loop of the heat-transfer circuit, a first branch of the heat-transfer circuit being configured so that the heat-transfer liquid leaving the first bi-fluid exchanger returns to the first bi-fluid exchanger without passing through the second bi-fluid exchanger, and including a second heat exchanger configured to exchange with a second air flow. A second branch connects the first branch to the main loop, and includes a third heat exchanger configured to exchange with the second air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed YAHIA, Bertrand NICOLAS, Stefan KARL
  • Publication number: 20240100909
    Abstract: Thermal conditioning system including a refrigerant circuit successively including: a compression device; a first two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a first loop of a heat transfer liquid circuit; a second two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a second heat transfer liquid loop; a first expansion device; a third two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a third heat transfer liquid loop. The first loop has a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with a first air flow. The second loop has a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with a second air flow. The third loop has a third heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the first air flow. The first loop includes a fourth heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the second air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed YAHIA, Bertrand NICOLAS, Stefan KARL
  • Patent number: 11912100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning circuit (1) for a hybrid or electric motor vehicle, in which a refrigerant can circulate, said circuit (1) comprising a compressor (3), a condenser (5), an evaporator-condenser (7), an evaporator (9) and a heat exchanger (11) thermally coupled to an electric member, e.g. a vehicle electric battery, characterized in that the circuit is configured to operate at least in the following three modes in which the refrigerant can circulate in a cascade and successively:—via the condenser (5), the evaporator-condenser (7) and the evaporator (9) in a first mode;—via the condenser (5), the evaporator (9) and the evaporator-condenser (7) in a second mode; and—in another mode, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20240042829
    Abstract: Thermal regulation circuit for a vehicle, said circuit comprising first (2) and second (4) heat exchangers that are situated in series along a direction of circulation of an air flow intended to pass through them in this order, said circuit comprising a third heat exchanger (6) intended to be passed through by an ambient air flow, said circuit being configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate in series in the first (2) and third (6) heat exchangers and a heat-transfer fluid to circulate in the second heat exchanger (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia, Jugurtha Benouali, Stefan Karl, Yvan Lechat
  • Patent number: 11867435
    Abstract: A reversible thermal management device for a motor vehicle includes a refrigerant fluid circuit containing a main loop which has, successively, a compressor, an internal condenser, a first expansion device and an external evaporator/condenser. The device also has a three bypass branches. The third bypass branch has a heat exchanger. The device further includes a device for redirecting the refrigerant fluid coming from the internal condenser towards the first expansion device or the first bypass branch, a stop valve for the refrigerant fluid, arranged on the main loop, a first check valve arranged on the second bypass branch to block the refrigerant fluid coming from the internal condenser, a second check valve arranged on the main loop to block the refrigerant fluid coming from the evaporator/condenser, and a device for redirecting fluid coming from the first expansion device towards the heat exchanger of the third bypass branch or the evaporator/condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jin-Ming Liu, Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas, Roland Akiki
  • Publication number: 20230406067
    Abstract: A thermal conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including a refrigerant circuit including a main loop including in succession: a compression device; a first heat exchanger; a first expansion device; a second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger; a refrigerant accumulation device. An inner volume of a portion of main loop extending from an outlet of the first heat exchanger to an inlet of the first expansion device defines a first reference volume. An inner volume of the accumulation device defines a second reference volume. The ratio of the first reference volume and the second reference volume is greater than 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed YAHIA, Patricia GARDIE, Bertrand NICOLAS, Muriel PORTO
  • Patent number: 11725737
    Abstract: Fluid circulation valve, the said valve comprising a housing (1) and a body (2) for circulation of fluid, the said body (2) being located at least partially within the said housing (1), the said body (2) being attached to the housing (1) and having a passage (4) for fluid between the said body (2) and the said housing (1), the said valve further comprising a control member (30) that can be actuated electromagnetically, the said control member (30) being able to move with respect to the said body (2) so as to selectively open or close the said passage (4), the said body (2) having at least locally a tubular configuration at the said passage (4), the said control member (30) being able to slide along the said body (2) at least at the said passage (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Stefan Karl, Mohamed Yahia, Jin-Ming Liu, Bertrand Nicolas, Roland Akiki
  • Publication number: 20230191867
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning circuit (1) for a hybrid or electric motor vehicle, in which a refrigerant can circulate, said circuit (1) comprising a compressor (3), a condenser (5), an evaporator-condenser (7), an evaporator (9) and a heat exchanger (11) thermally coupled to an electric member, e.g. a vehicle electric battery, characterized in that the circuit is configured to operate at least in the following three modes in which the refrigerant can circulate in a cascade and successively:—via the condenser (5), the evaporator-condenser (7) and the evaporator (9) in a first mode;—via the condenser (5), the evaporator (9) and the evaporator-condenser (7) in a second mode; and —in another mode, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20230177718
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a proper fit of a sporting equipment are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a processor, from a camera video or image data of a user comprising a series of movements of the user; detecting, at the processor, coordinates of a plurality of joints of the user from the video or image data; generating, at the processor, a calibrated body segment length of the user; assessing, at the processor, mobility of the user based on the video or image data; generating, at the processor, a model of the user using the calibrated segment length; and selecting, at the processor, the sporting equipment based on the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: William Jesse Carim Jarjour, Jérôme Bertrand Nicolas Cornet
  • Publication number: 20230031154
    Abstract: A temperature management system for a vehicle is disclosed. The temperature management system includes a refrigerant circuit and a heat transfer fluid loop. The refrigerant circuit includes a compression device, an expansion member, a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow external to a vehicle interior, a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid circulating in the loop, and a fourth heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow inside the vehicle interior. The the heat transfer fluid loop includes, on a main line, the second heat exchanger and a primary radiator configured to exchange heat between the air flow external to the vehicle interior and the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Stefan Karl, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20230019811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit (1) for a vehicle configured to be traversed by a coolant (FR). The circuit (1) comprises a main branch (2) comprising a main heat exchanger (3) comprising at least one inlet (100; 101, 102) for coolant (FR). The circuit (1) comprises a first branch (4) and a second branch (5) that extend between a point of divergence (6) and a point of convergence (7). The first branch (4) comprises a first compression device (9), a first expansion member (8) and a first heat exchanger (10) configured to thermally treat an electrical storage device (11) of the vehicle. The second branch (5) comprises a second compression device (13), a second expansion member (12) and a second heat exchanger (14) configured to thermally treat a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The circuit (1) comprises a high-pressure line (200) that comprises a first portion (201) extending between an outlet (31) of the first compression device and the inlet (100; 101, 102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Stefan Karl, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11479079
    Abstract: A thermal management circuit for a hybrid or electric vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management circuit has a first reversible air conditioning loop in which a refrigerant circulates and includes a two-fluid heat exchanger arranged jointly on a second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid. The second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid includes a first circulation branch including in the direction in which the heat-transfer fluid circulates, a first pump, a first radiator arranged in an internal air flow, and a battery heat exchanger. A second circulation branch is connected in parallel with the second radiator and includes a second pump and an electric device for heating the heat-transfer fluid. A third circulation branch connected in parallel with the first pump and the battery heat exchanger includes the two-fluid heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20220332169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a thermal regulation circuit of a vehicle, the circuit comprising first (2) and second (4) heat exchangers situated in series in a circulation direction of an air flow intended to pass through them in this order, the circuit further comprising an additional heat exchanger (16) situated upstream from the first heat exchanger (2) in the circulation direction of the air flow, the circuit being configured to allow the circulation of a refrigerant fluid in the first exchanger (2) and the circulation of a heat transfer fluid in the second exchanger (4) and in the additional exchanger (16), the method comprising a step of generating or increasing a flow rate of the heat transfer fluid in the additional exchanger (16) depending on operating modes of the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20220234423
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for managing a thermal management device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: —increasing the speed of rotation of the compressor (3) to its maximum speed, —determining a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3) of the third element (300) greater than the first setpoint temperature (T15-sp1), so that the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) tends towards its setpoint temperature (T11-sp), —adjusting the opening diameter of the second expansion device (13) so that the temperature of the third element (300) at the outlet of the second evaporator (15) reaches a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3), until the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) reaches the setpoint temperature (T11-sp). The invention further relates to the thermal management device (1) for implementing said management method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Jin-Ming Liu, Mohamed Yahia