Patents by Inventor Charles Lombarte

Charles Lombarte 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).

  • Device for replacing a power battery of a drive motor or a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9162653
    Abstract: A toolbox device for actuating locking and/or unlocking of a power battery of a drive motor of a motor vehicle, the device including a supporting structure supporting a plurality of separate modules, each including at least one system for gripping a mechanism for locking/unlocking the battery and at least one actuator, a number of actuators being relative to a number of movements to be performed to implement the locking/unlocking the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Bruno Escande, Charles Lombarte
  • Method and system for replacing a container of input energy for a drive motor of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8957626
    Abstract: A method for replacing a container of input energy for a drive motor of a motor vehicle including at least one iteration of a phase including the following: recognizing the type of container to be deposited; making, if needed, at least one tool suitable for the container type; using the at least one tool to take down the container; depositing the container; and using the at least one tool to mount a new container. The making at least one tool suitable for the container type includes dismantling, on the at least one tool, a first device for activating and deactivating a first mechanism for locking the container onto the motor vehicle and mounting, on the at least one tool, a second device for activating and deactivating a second mechanism for locking the container onto the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventor: Charles Lombarte
  • DEVICE FOR REPLACING A POWER BATTERY OF A DRIVE MOTOR OR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130031776
    Abstract: A toolbox device for actuating locking and/or unlocking of a power battery of a drive motor of a motor vehicle, the device including a supporting structure supporting a plurality of separate modules, each including at least one system for gripping a mechanism for locking/unlocking the battery and at least one actuator, a number of actuators being relative to a number of movements to be performed to implement the locking/unlocking the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Bruno Escande, Charles Lombarte
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CONTAINER OF INPUT ENERGY FOR A DRIVE MOTOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120240387
    Abstract: A method for replacing a container of input energy for a drive motor of a motor vehicle including at least one iteration of a phase including the following: recognizing the type of container to be deposited; making, if needed, at least one tool suitable for the container type; using the at least one tool to take down the container; depositing the container; and using the at least one tool to mount a new container. The making at least one tool suitable for the container type includes dismantling, on the at least one tool, a first device for activating and deactivating a first mechanism for locking the container onto the motor vehicle and mounting, on the at least one tool, a second device for activating and deactivating a second mechanism for locking the container onto the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventor: Charles Lombarte