Patents by Inventor Christophe Le Tinnier

Christophe Le Tinnier 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).

  • Patent number: 11052804
    Abstract: An assist handle (10) for a vehicle passenger compartment includes a gripping body (12) having at least one base (14) for bearing on and fastening to a wall of the passenger compartment. At least one clip (18) is carried by the base or each base and configured to fasten the handle to the wall. The clip is configured to be engaged at least partially in an orifice in the wall and includes at least one elastically deformable tab (28) configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with an edge of the orifice. The clip also includes at least one first element (30) which is configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with at least one second element (22) formed in one piece with the base, so as to fasten the clip to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Christophe Le Tinnier
  • Publication number: 20200247297
    Abstract: An assist handle (10) for a vehicle passenger compartment includes a gripping body (12) having at least one base (14) for bearing on and fastening to a wall of the passenger compartment. At least one clip (18) is carried by the base or each base and configured to fasten the handle to the wall. The clip is configured to be engaged at least partially in an orifice in the wall and includes at least one elastically deformable tab (28) configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with an edge of the orifice. The clip also includes at least one first element (30) which is configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with at least one second element (22) formed in one piece with the base, so as to fasten the clip to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Christophe LE TINNIER
  • Publication number: 20200180429
    Abstract: A filling head (12) for a fuel tank, particularly of a vehicle, the head including a tubular sleeve (16) of which a first longitudinal end (16a) defines a filling opening and of which a second longitudinal end (16b) is intended to be fixed to one end (14a) of a fuel pipe (14). The head further includes a ring (18) mounted in the sleeve and having a passage orifice for a filling nozzle, wherein the sleeve is made of HDPE and its second end is intended to be fixed by welding to the end of the fuel pipe. An annular seal (36) is mounted between the ring and the sleeve near the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe LE TINNIER, Jean-Philippe BAR
  • Publication number: 20160325621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling system for filling at least one tank of a motor vehicle, the filling system comprising: a casing secured to the motor vehicle; at least one filling head arranged in the casing and connected to a urea tank; a removable cap suitable for closing off or freeing the filling head for filling the urea tank; and a movable flap suitable, during closure thereof, for covering the filling head for filling the urea tank and the cap closing off the filling head for filling the urea tank. The casing includes a housing for receiving the cap in a configuration preventing closing of the flap. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a system and to a method for implementing such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Christophe LE-TINNIER
  • Patent number: 8641116
    Abstract: The article comprises a part comprising two lugs for snap-fastening said part on a support and two abutment means for bearing against that support. The part also comprises a body, provided with an aperture, to which are attached the lugs as well as a fixing foot adapted to be disposed through the aperture. The article has a locked configuration in which the fixing foot blocks said lugs in said snap-fastening position and an unlocked configuration in which said foot is adapted to be inserted and extracted from said part and in that said article further comprises quarter turn fixing means to make the article pass between said locked configuration and unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: I.T.W. de France
    Inventors: Christophe Le Tinnier, Emmanuel Ledent, Laurent Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20110309648
    Abstract: The article comprises a part comprising two lugs for snap-fastening said part on a support and two abutment means for bearing against that support. The part also comprises a body, provided with an aperture, to which are attached the lugs as well as a fixing foot adapted to be disposed through the aperture. The article has a locked configuration in which the fixing foot blocks said lugs in said snap-fastening position and an unlocked configuration in which said foot is adapted to be inserted and extracted from said part and in that said article further comprises quarter turn fixing means to make the article pass between said locked configuration and unlocked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: I.T.W. DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Christophe Le Tinnier, Emmanuel Ledent, Laurent Sanchez