Patents by Inventor Christophe MAZENC

Christophe MAZENC 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: 10767583
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing position data of an automotive vehicle motor, implemented by a multi-core electronic computer including: a software module for the production of data of angular position of the motor, and at least one software module for driving the motor as a function of the angular position data. The method includes a step of deactivation of each drive module by the module for the production of angular position data, followed by a step of activation of each drive module by the production module. In the course of the deactivation step, the production module dispatches to each drive module a deactivation command, and then a request for confirmation that each drive module is deactivated, and the step of activation of the drive modules is implemented only when the deactivation of all the drive modules has been confirmed to the production module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Marconato, Arnaud Chicher, Christophe Mazenc
  • Patent number: 10634077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the state of rotation of a camshaft of a vehicle engine, notable in that the method for determining the state of rotation of the camshaft determines that the state of rotation of the camshaft is “in the process of stalling”, corresponding to an intermediate state of rotation, when the time elapsed since the last detection of a camshaft wheel tooth-front by the sensor exceeds Tcam_cal, Tcam_cal being defined as the theoretical length of time needed for the camshaft wheel to cover an angular distance equal to the maximum angular distance separating two successive camshaft wheel tooth-fronts at a camshaft rotational speed corresponding to a predetermined low engine speed higher than the minimum engine speed tolerated by the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Christophe Mazenc
  • Publication number: 20200056556
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing position data of an automotive vehicle motor, implemented by a multi-core electronic computer including: a software module for the production of data of angular position of the motor, and at least one software module for driving the motor as a function of the angular position data. The method includes a step of deactivation of each drive module by the module for the production of angular position data, followed by a step of activation of each drive module by the production module. In the course of the deactivation step, the production module dispatches to each drive module a deactivation command, and then a request for confirmation that each drive module is deactivated, and the step of activation of the drive modules is implemented only when the deactivation of all the drive modules has been confirmed to the production module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin MARCONATO, Arnaud CHICHER, Christophe MAZENC
  • Patent number: 10428752
    Abstract: A method for determining the angular position of an engine by a crankshaft sensor, having the following steps: production by the crankshaft sensor of a signal exhibiting a “revolution” event, determination of the revolution out of two revolutions, since a crankshaft makes two revolutions per engine cycle for a four-stroke engine, for each “no tooth” event potentially produced, a change in the direction of rotation of the engine is suspected, and an analysis step is performed which comprises: if, during an inverse window, a further “no tooth” event is produced, the change in direction of rotation is confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Mazenc, Pierre Zouboff
  • Patent number: 10240550
    Abstract: A method for determining the angular position of an engine by a crankshaft sensor and a camshaft sensor. The method includes production by the crankshaft sensor of a revolution event, determination of the angular position of the camshaft by identifying the start-of-tooth and end-of-tooth events following the revolution event, in rapid mode, over at most one revolution of the crankshaft, if a no tooth event occurs after the revolution event and if the determination of the angular position of the camshaft fails, the method continues with a step of determining the angular position of the camshaft by identification, in slow mode, over at least two crankshaft revolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Christophe Mazenc
  • Publication number: 20180347483
    Abstract: A method for determining the angular position of an engine by a crankshaft sensor, having the following steps: production by the crankshaft sensor of a signal exhibiting a “revolution” event, determination of the revolution out of two revolutions, since a crankshaft makes two revolutions per engine cycle for a four-stroke engine, for each “no tooth” event potentially produced, a change in the direction of rotation of the engine is suspected, and an analysis step is performed which comprises: if, during an inverse window, a further “no tooth” event is produced, the change in direction of rotation is confirmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christophe Mazenc, Pierre Zouboff
  • Publication number: 20180313288
    Abstract: A method for determining the angular position of an engine by a crankshaft sensor and a camshaft sensor. The method includes production by the crankshaft sensor of a revolution event, determination of the angular position of the camshaft by identifying the start-of-tooth and end-of-tooth events following the revolution event, in rapid mode, over at most one revolution of the crankshaft, if a no tooth event occurs after the revolution event and if the determination of the angular position of the camshaft fails, the method continues with a step of determining the angular position of the camshaft by identification, in slow mode, over at least two crankshaft revolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Christophe Mazenc
  • Publication number: 20180209362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the state of rotation of a camshaft of a vehicle engine, notable in that the method for determining the state of rotation of the camshaft determines that the state of rotation of the camshaft is “in the process of stalling”, corresponding to an intermediate state of rotation, when the time elapsed since the last detection of a camshaft wheel tooth-front by the sensor exceeds Tcam_cal, Tcam_cal being defined as the theoretical length of time needed for the camshaft wheel to cover an angular distance equal to the maximum angular distance separating two successive camshaft wheel tooth-fronts at a camshaft rotational speed corresponding to a predetermined low engine speed higher than the minimum engine speed tolerated by the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Christophe MAZENC
  • Patent number: 9556756
    Abstract: A method for estimating the angular position of a crankshaft of a 4-stroke internal combustion engine prior to synchronization of the engine having a plurality of camshafts provided with a number n of targets (CAM_i) secured respectively to n camshafts, each target defining a plurality of events over one revolution of the camshaft to which it is secured, the crankshaft having a securely attached target (CRK) including a plurality of standard teeth and at least one reference tooth which define a plurality of events over one crankshaft revolution, the method including: estimating a range of plausible positions of the crankshaft prior to synchronization, at a given moment, from events detected on the n camshaft targets, correlated with events detected on the crankshaft target, as corresponding to the shortest angular window that is common to all the members of rank i using the following formula: Pos_Crk ? _est = ? i = 1 i = n ? ? _ ? ? CAM ? List_event ? _plaus ? _CAM ? _i + Dist_ang
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre Zouboff, Julien Lefevre, Christophe Mazenc
  • Publication number: 20140299080
    Abstract: A method for estimating the angular position of a crankshaft of a 4-stroke internal combustion engine prior to synchronization of the engine having a plurality of camshafts provided with a number n of targets (CAM_i) secured respectively to n camshafts, each target defining a plurality of events over one revolution of the camshaft to which it is secured, the crankshaft having a securely attached target (CRK) including a plurality of standard teeth and at least one reference tooth which define a plurality of events over one crankshaft revolution, the method including: estimating a range of plausible positions of the crankshaft prior to synchronization, at a given moment, from events detected on the n camshaft targets, correlated with events detected on the crankshaft target, as corresponding to the shortest angular window that is common to all the members of rank i using the following formula: Pos_Crk ? _est = ? i = 1 i = n ? ? _ ? ? CAM ? List_event ? _plaus ? _CAM ? _i + Dist_ang
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre ZOUBOFF, Julien LEFEVRE, Christophe MAZENC