Patents by Inventor Bruno Delobel
Bruno Delobel 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: 11977127Abstract: A method for detecting a faulty cell in an electric battery pack includes the following steps: measuring the no-load voltage at the terminals of each cell of the battery pack; calculating the deviation between the no-load voltage measured at the terminals of the cell and an average known no-load voltage as a function of the number of days during which the battery pack was not used; calculating the difference between the calculated deviation and a quantity n·?, n being an integer no lower than 1, and ? being a known standard deviation which is a function of the number of days during which the battery pack was not used; and detecting a faulty cell if the difference is greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: Renault s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Bruno Delobel, Benoit Arsac, Masato Origuchi
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Patent number: 11143709Abstract: A method for estimating a state of health of an electrochemical cell for storing electrical energy includes applying at least one current strength peak to the cell, the current peak passing through the cell, measuring a variation, as a function of a time t elapsed after the application of the current peak, of voltage U at the terminals of the cell, and calculating at least one coefficient ?I1 and at least one coefficient U0,I1 such that the function ?{square root over (t)}??I1×?{square root over (t)}+U0,I1 is a linear approximation of the variation of the voltage U as a function of ?{square root over (t)} for ?{square root over (t)}?C, where C>0. The method is used in electrical or hybrid vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno Delobel, Antoine Saint-Marcoux
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Publication number: 20200363478Abstract: A method for detecting a faulty cell in an electric battery pack includes the following steps: measuring the no-load voltage at the terminals of each cell of the battery pack; calculating the deviation between the no-load voltage measured at the terminals of the cell and an average known no-load voltage as a function of the number of days during which the battery pack was not used; calculating the difference between the calculated deviation and a quantity n·?, n being an integer no lower than 1, and ? being a known standard deviation which is a function of the number of days during which the battery pack was not used; and detecting a faulty cell if the difference is greater than zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicants: Renault s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Benoit ARSAC, Masato ORIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200166582Abstract: Said method is used for detecting, in an electric storage battery (10) having a plurality of battery cells (1, 2, 3, 4), a self-discharge defect in a cell (1, 2, 3, 4), wherein: a charge balancing of the battery cells (1, 2, 3, 4) is at least partially carried out, a relaxation of the battery cells (1, 2, 3, 4) is performed, a charge balance during the balancing and relaxation (?i) of said cell (i) is calculated for each battery cell (i), and any self-discharge defects of said cell (i) are detected for each battery cell (i) depending on the charge balance calculated for said cell (i) during the balancing and relaxation (?i).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Michel MENSLER, Bruno DELOBEL, Ana Lucia DRIEMEYER FRANCO, Benoit ARSAC, Masato ORIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190207262Abstract: The invention relates to a Li-ion battery cell comprising a material for a positive electrode, a carbon-based material for a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte, said electrolyte comprising:—at least one additive;—at least one lithium salt;—at least one solvent; and—at least one electrically neutral metal salt of formula (I): wherein:—A is a metal chosen from Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Cr, Ag and Zn;—B is chosen from Cl, ClO4, TFSI, [N(SO2?R)2] where R=CzF2z+1 or 1?z<8, FSI, CF3SO3 and CF3CO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventor: Bruno DELOBEL
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Patent number: 10222428Abstract: A method for managing an authorized operating range of a battery, the authorized operating range being limited between a minimum level and a maximum level of state of charge of the battery. The method includes estimating a state of health in power of the battery, the state of health in power characterizing capacity of the battery to supply a minimum required power level across an entirety of the operating range; and determining the minimum level of state of charge of the battery in accordance with the estimated state of health in power, the minimum level of state of charge being increased when the state of health in power decreases.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Antoine Saint-Marcoux, Bruno Delobel
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Patent number: 10196053Abstract: A method manages a state of charge of a traction battery of a rechargeable hybrid vehicle including a hybrid power train to provide propulsion. The battery being capable of operating according to a first operating mode over a state of charge range, of which an amplitude is bounded by predefined maximum and minimum state of charge values, in which the battery supplies substantially all power necessary for propulsion, and a second operating mode, in which the state of charge of the battery is kept substantially constantly around an equilibrium state of charge value. The method includes estimating an ageing state of the battery, comparing the estimated ageing state of the battery in relation to a given ageing state threshold, and reducing the amplitude of the state of charge range linked to the first operating mode when the ageing state of the battery rises above the given ageing state threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno Delobel, Antoine Saint-Marcoux
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Patent number: 10180464Abstract: A method for managing an electrochemical accumulator or a storage battery includes determining an estimated value of a state of deterioration of the accumulator from the accumulator's history of voltage values, intensity of current flow, and temperature. The estimated value is a barycentric value of the state of deterioration calculated as a barycenter of at least two values. The at least two values include a first value indicative of the state of deterioration of the accumulator calculated by a first method and a second value indicative of the state of deterioration of the accumulator calculated by a second method different from the first method. From an initial commissioning state of the accumulator, barycentric coefficients are varied at least once to calculate the next barycentric value when a previous value of the state of deterioration of the accumulator, calculated according to the first method, has passed a first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Antoine Saint-Marcoux, Masato Origuchi, Bruno Delobel, Thomas Creach, Juan-Pablo Soulier
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Publication number: 20180315995Abstract: The invention deals with a method of preparing a lithium-ion accumulator comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are disposed on either side of an electrolyte, the positive electrode comprising, as active material, a lithium-based material, a method comprising the following steps: a) a step of depositing lithium salt on the surface of the positive electrode, before placement in the accumulator; b) a step of assembling the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte; and c) a step of forming a passivation layer on the surface of the negative electrode with the lithium ions arising from the decomposition of the lithium salt by applying a first charge to the abovementioned assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: RENAULTInventors: Yvan REYNIER, Mohamed CHAKIR, Bruno DELOBEL, Florence MASSE
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Patent number: 10099568Abstract: A method for managing the charge of a battery comprising: control of a rapid charging phase at increasing voltage, followed by control of an absorption phase at decreasing current regulated to a first voltage value, and in which the rapid charging phase is controlled until the voltage at the terminals of the battery reaches a second voltage value that is strictly higher than the first voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno Delobel, Antoine Saint-Marcoux, Marc-Henri Giraud
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Patent number: 10079412Abstract: An electrochemical electricity storage cell including a casing including: at least two positive electrodes connected to a positive terminal, at least two negative electrodes connected to a negative terminal, the positive and negative electrodes being stacked in an alternating manner in the casing. At least one spacer is placed between each of the positive and negative electrodes. At least one contact element is placed in contact with the positive and negative electrodes and the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno Delobel, Philippe Recouvreur
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Publication number: 20180219250Abstract: A method for forming a cell of a lithium-ion battery comprising a material for a positive electrode having a pore ratio of between 20 and 35% and comprising at least one sacrificial salt, a material for a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte, comprising the following successive steps: (a) heating the cell to a temperature T of between 30 and 45° C.; and (b) charging the cell to a potential lower than or equal to 4.8 V, preferably between 4.6 and 4.8 V, even more preferably between 4.7 and 4.8 V.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Mohamed CHAKIR, Yvan REYNIER, Florence MASSE
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Patent number: 10023067Abstract: A method for charging a motor vehicle battery includes determining the electrolyte resistance frequency of the cell, determining the battery charge transfer resistance frequency, and charging the battery with a current at a charging current frequency greater than the electrolyte resistance frequency of the battery and less than the battery charge transfer resistance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Bruno Delobel, Julien Marie, Anais Ricaud, Juan-Pablo Soulier, Laureline Marchal
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Publication number: 20180126863Abstract: A method for charging a motor vehicle battery includes determining the electrolyte resistance frequency of the cell, determining the battery charge transfer resistance frequency, and charging the battery with a current at a charging current frequency greater than the electrolyte resistance frequency of the battery and less than the battery charge transfer resistance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Julien Marie, Anais Ricaud, Juan-Pablo Soulier, Laureline Marchal
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Publication number: 20170369048Abstract: A method manages a state of charge of a traction battery of a rechargeable hybrid vehicle including a hybrid power train to provide propulsion. The battery being capable of operating according to a first operating mode over a state of charge range, of which an amplitude is bounded by predefined maximum and minimum state of charge values, in which the battery supplies substantially all power necessary for propulsion, and a second operating mode, in which the state of charge of the battery is kept substantially constantly around an equilibrium state of charge value. The method includes estimating an ageing state of the battery, comparing the estimated ageing state of the battery in relation to a given ageing state threshold, and reducing the amplitude of the state of charge range linked to the first operating mode when the ageing state of the battery rises above the given ageing state threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Antoine SAINT-MARCOUX
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Publication number: 20170299660Abstract: A method for managing an authorized operating range of a battery, the authorized operating range being limited between a minimum level and a maximum level of state of charge of the battery. The method includes estimating a state of health in power of the battery, the state of health in power characterizing capacity of the battery to supply a minimum required power level across an entirety of the operating range; and determining the minimum level of state of charge of the battery in accordance with the estimated state of health in power, the minimum level of state of charge being increased when the state of health in power decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Antoine SAINT-MARCOUX, Bruno DELOBEL
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Patent number: 9428074Abstract: An automotive vehicle with electric or hybrid propulsion including a rechargeable electric accumulation battery and a braking system allowing recovery of energy, the battery being rechargeable during braking phases and during charging phases under control of a supply system including a mechanism determining a maximum allowable power for the battery. The mechanism determining the maximum allowable power for the battery includes a first mapping making it possible to read a first maximum power on the basis of a temperature and of a state of charge of the battery, and a second mapping making it possible to read a second maximum power based on the temperature and of the state of charge of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Antoine Saint-Marcoux, Claire Oberti, Marc-Henri Giraud, Bruno Delobel
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Publication number: 20160187432Abstract: A method for managing an electrochemical accumulator or a storage battery includes determining an estimated value of a state of deterioration of the accumulator from the accumulator's history of voltage values, intensity of current flow, and temperature. The estimated value is a barycentric value of the state of deterioration calculated as a barycenter of at least two values. The at least two values include a first value indicative of the state of deterioration of the accumulator calculated by a first method and a second value indicative of the state of deterioration of the accumulator calculated by a second method different from the first method. From an initial commissioning state of the accumulator, barycentric coefficients are varied at least once to calculate the next barycentric value when a previous value of the state of deterioration of the accumulator, calculated according to the first method, has passed a first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Antoine SAINT-MARCOUX, Masato ORIGUCHI, Bruno DELOBEL, Thomas CREACH, Juan-Pablo SOULIER
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Publication number: 20160154063Abstract: A method for estimating a state of health of an electrochemical cell for storing electrical energy includes applying at least one current strength peak to the cell, the current peak passing through the cell, measuring a variation, as a function of a time t elapsed after the application of the current peak, of voltage U at the terminals of the cell, and calculating at least one coefficient ?I1 and at least one coefficient U0,I1 such that the function ?{square root over (t)}??I1×?{square root over (t)}+U0,I1 is a linear approximation of the variation of the voltage U as a function of ?{square root over (t)} for ?{square root over (t)}?C, where C>0. The method is used in electrical or hybrid vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Antoine SAINT-MARCOUX
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Publication number: 20160107535Abstract: A method for charging a motor vehicle battery includes determining the electrolyte resistance frequency of the cell, determining the battery charge transfer resistance frequency, and charging the battery with a current at a charging current frequency greater than the electrolyte resistance frequency of the battery and less than the battery charge transfer resistance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: RENAULT S.A.SInventors: Bruno DELOBEL, Julien MARIE, Anais RICAUD, Juan-Pablo SOULIER, Laureline MARCHAL