Patents by Inventor Cyril RAPIN

Cyril RAPIN 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).

  • Motor vehicle electrical architecture comprising a distribution box of at least one switched electrical supply, method for the use thereof, and motor vehicle incorporating same
    Patent number: 11299114
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor vehicle electrical architecture comprising a supply switched by a relay. The architecture comprises a controllable resistive load (60) ensuring a consumption of, for example at least 500 mA, connected at the output of said relay and controlled by a computer (30) according to a control law. The controlled resistive load is only activated when the speed of said vehicle is zero, or very close to 0. This makes it possible to limit the duration of supply of the resistive load, and consequently the heat dissipation, electrical consumption and CO2 emissions over the duration of travel, while ensuring consumption at the switched supply voltage in the phases where the driver is likely to cut the ignition and thus cause the relay to open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PSA AUTOMOBILES SA
    Inventors: Jean Marc Dhainaut, Cyril Rapin
  • MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURE COMPRISING A DISTRIBUTION BOX OF AT LEAST ONE SWITCHED ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF, AND MOTOR VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME
    Publication number: 20220089109
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor vehicle electrical architecture comprising a supply switched by a relay. The architecture comprises a controllable resistive load (60) ensuring a consumption of, for example at least 500 mA, connected at the output of said relay and controlled by a computer (30) according to a control law. The controlled resistive load is only activated when the speed of said vehicle is zero, or very close to 0. This makes it possible to limit the duration of supply of the resistive load, and consequently the heat dissipation, electrical consumption and CO2 emissions over the duration of travel, while ensuring consumption at the switched supply voltage in the phases where the driver is likely to cut the ignition and thus cause the relay to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jean Marc DHAINAUT, Cyril RAPIN