Patents by Inventor Catherine CUINIER

Catherine CUINIER 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).

  • OIL LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230101529
    Abstract: An oil level measuring device has a distal end and a proximal end. The oil level measuring device includes an arm comprising a first channel and a second channel, an electronic oil level sensor comprising a measuring mean configured to measure the level of the oil in an oil pan and a connecting port, the measuring mean being hosted into the first channel of the arm, a dipstick hosted into the second channel of the arm and configured to dip into the oil in the oil pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lea SOLEILHAC, David MOREAU, Catherine CUINIER
  • Nozzle for cooling engine pistons
    Patent number: 11300019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling jet nozzle (10) for an engine piston. The nozzle (10) comprises a cooling stream pathway (14), in which the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the pathway vary along the length of the pathway; and a plunger (28) located within the cooling stream pathway to impinge a cooling feedstream received within the pathway to provide a cooling jet. The plunger (28) is axially moveable within the pathway to adjust the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the cooling jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas Granottier, Catherine Cuinier
  • A NOZZLE FOR COOLING ENGINE PISTONS
    Publication number: 20210246815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling jet nozzle (10) for an engine piston. The nozzle (10) comprises a cooling stream pathway (14), in which the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the pathway vary along the length of the pathway; and a plunger (28) located within the cooling stream pathway to impinge a cooling feedstream received within the pathway to provide a cooling jet. The plunger (28) is axially moveable within the pathway to adjust the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the cooling jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolas GRANOTTIER, Catherine CUINIER